Last letter written by Chaya Felman in Krakow to Mr. Schenkalewsky in New York, 01/08/1942
Suicide by 93 Beit Yaakov seminary girls from Krakow, who were supposed to be used as prostitutes for German soldiers;
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There is no base to this story, according to Holocaust research.
Letter sent by teachers and students of the Beit Yaakov School to Rabbi Izak Lewin, several hours before their execution
Letter sent by an unnamed girl in the name of 93 teachers and students of the Beit Yaakov School, several hours before their execution: eviction of the 93 [teachers and] girls from their apartments by Gestapo men; detention in a dark building with supply of water only; attempts by the author to console the young girls in the educational spirit of Sara Szenirer, founder of the Beit Yaakov School; hope to be united with Sara Szenirer.
The letter was sent to Rabbi Izak Lewin in New York...
Documentation regarding the Jewish community in Athens, Greece
Included in the collection are community registration documents; regulations of the Jewish community of Athens; regulations of the community's Rabbinical Court, minutes of Rabbinical Court sessions, Rabbinical Court decisions, marriage contracts and divorces filed at the Rabbinical Court, and related documents; financial documentation of the Jewish community of Athens, as well as documentation regarding religious education at Jewish community schools and the teaching of Judaism at Jewish secular schools;
Also included in the collection are...
Video of a ceremony held in Trutnov, Czechoslovakia, 18/08/2011, including a memorial service and the recitation of the Kaddish prayer in commemoration of 41 young Jewish women who perished in German labor camps during the Holocaust
Type of Material : Ceremonies, Prayer
Language : Hebrew
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Beit Yaakov
Girls
Prostitutes
Suicides
Executions
Gestapo - Secret State Police
Mass Murders
Banks
Jewish Businesses
Jewish Communities
Jnf - Keren Kayemet Le'israel, Jewish National Fund