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Joint memoir of Shimshon Shimko Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1908, and Lea Lucia (Rothfeld) Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1912, entitled "Testimony from the Inferno", regarding their experiences in Skole, a camp and in hiding in a forest Life in Skole during the Soviet occupation, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; confiscation of Jewish property; murder and persecution of Jews by the Ukrainians; escape to a forest in order for Lea to give birth; stillbirth and escape back to Skole; "Aktion", September 1942; escape to a forest; return to the family home three days later; labor in a sawmill with...

File Number : 8511

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Work Permit, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Ukrainian

Correspondence of the aliya training kibbutz of the Hanoar Chalutzi (Pioneering Youth) of Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud in Czestochowa, 18 January 1945-13 April 1946

Correspondence of the aliya training kibbutz of the Hanoar Chalutzi (Pioneering Youth) of Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud in Czestochowa, 18 January 1945-13 April 1946 - Appeals from the Hanoar Chalutzi (Pioneering Youth) organization in Czestochowa to the Ichud center for assistance with food items, clothing and money needed by members of the kibbutz; - Lists of members of the kibbutz and the Ichud movement in Czestochowa; - Excerpt from an article pertaining to the history of the Zionist movement, published in February 1930.

File Number : 521

Type of Material : List of Names, Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Reports from meetings of the Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud Central Committee held in Warsaw, 1947-1949

Reports from meetings of the Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud Central Committee held in Warsaw, 1947-1949 Contemporary matters pertaining to activities of the organization are mentioned in the reports, including the organizational budget, administrative matters, membership dues, assistance to those making aliya to Eretz Israel, visits to Israel by organization members, organization voters throughout Poland, and cooperation with the World Zionist Organization (WZO). A number of documents from the Hitachdut chapter in Katowice are attached.

File Number : 517

Type of Material : Reports, List of Names

Language : Polish

Circulars issued by the Ichud Movement that were sent by the Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud administration in Dzierzoniow to Haichud chapters in Lower Silesia in Poland, 09 June 1946-26 April 1948

Circulars issued by the Ichud Movement that were sent by the Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud administration in Dzierzoniow to Haichud chapters in Lower Silesia in Poland, 09 June 1946-26 April 1948 The circulars deal with matters pertaining to a Zionist education and framework for the youth, the future of Zionism in Poland, support for the Yishuv (the Jewish population of Israel prior to establishment of the State) and its struggle for independence, preparation for aliya and aliya, cooperation with the postwar Communist regime in Poland, and changes in the organizational and administrational structure in...

File Number : 516

Type of Material : List of Names, Circular

Language : Polish

Circulars of Hanoar Hachalutzi-Ichud in Poland, 1946-1948

Circulars of Hanoar Hachalutzi-Ichud in Poland, 1946-1948 - Circulars of Hanoar Hachalutzi-Ichud in Poland regarding organization activities in Poland, news from Eretz Israel and decisions made by HaIchud in the United States to support its members in Poland, 1947-1948; - Circular from the Central Committee of Hitachdut Zionim-Democratim-Ichud in Warsaw calling on all the chapters of the organization in Poland to fully and actively support the Jews fighting in the War of Independence in Israel. The activities needed were: organized blood donation, collection of medicines, collection of funds for...

File Number : 515

Type of Material : Circular

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Internal documents of the administration of Ichud, the Zionist-Democratic Movement, 17 January-12 March 1948

Internal documents of the administration of Ichud, the Zionist-Democratic Movement, 17 January-12 March 1948 Reports from Ichud administration meetings. Most of the reports pertain to internal organizational matters, such as budgets, distribution of membership cards and relations among movement members. Some of the reports are devoted to matters pertaining to aliya to Eretz Israel and providing food for Jews living in various places in Poland.

File Number : 514

Type of Material : Reports

Language : Polish

Internal documents of Ichud, the Zionist Democratic Movement, and correspondence between Ichud chapters, dated 1948

Internal documents of Ichud, the Zionist Democratic Movement, and correspondence between Ichud chapters, dated 1948 The correspondence is between Ichud chapters, and reports from administration meetings. The documents relate to internal matters pertaining to the movement (work priorities in the chapters, budget, membership cards) and organization activities in order to disseminate the Zionist idea and the need for assistance to Jews living in Poland and making aliya to Eretz Israel. A list of people to whom the notice regarding the meeting of movement members in 1948 was sent is attached to the documents.

File Number : 513

Type of Material : List of Names, Letter, Reports

Language : Polish

Various documents of Ichud, the Zionist-Democratic Movement, dated 1946

Various documents of Ichud, the Zionist-Democratic Movement, dated 1946 In the file there is internal correspondence of chapters of the movement (Lodz, Dzierzoniow, Katowice, Bielsko-Biala, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw) and correspondence between the organization and other Jewish institutions, such as the Maccabi Movement in Poland and the "Ha'aretz" newspaper in Tel Aviv. Most of the letters are devoted to organization activities in 1946, and in particular to the following subjects: assistance and welfare- care for Jewish orphans; provision of food items, clothing and footwear to movement members; Jewish...

File Number : 512

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Correspondence of the Poalei Zion Party administration in Warsaw with Party branches in Poland and other countries, with other Zionist organizations and the World Jewish Congress (WJC), winter 1947-1948 Letters and reports regarding their activities sent to the administration in Warsaw by the local branches in various cities. The reports include information regarding cultural activities, changes of personnel and organizational matters, aliya arrangements and relief campaigns for the Yishuv (Jewish population of Israel prior to establishment of the State) and the Haganah Organization. The documentation is...

File Number : 525

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Letters to the Guttman family in Gliwice from 1946, documentation of Dr. Leon Guttman, born in Tarnopol, 1893, and of his family

Letters to the Guttman family in Gliwice from 1946, documentation of Dr. Leon Guttman, born in Tarnopol,1893, and of his family - letter from Josef Auerbach in Vienna to M. Vogelmann in Tel Aviv from 1936; - letters of Dr. Jecheskel Lewin in Lwów from 1936 and 1938; - letter from the Office of Educational Affairs in Katowice to Dr. Leon Guttman in Gliwice in 1946; - postcard to Johanna Guttman in Gliwice from 1946; - letter from Jerusalem from 1949 to Johanna Guttman; - letter from the URO office in Frankfurt am Main from 1960 concerning Eliahu Havivi's compensation claim; - documentation of Dr. Leon...

File Number : 4997

Type of Material : Marriage Certificate, Poem/song, Certification, Postcard, Birth Certificate, Article, Letter, Personal Documents, Declaration

Language : Latin, Hebrew, Polish, Czech, English, Russian, German, Ukrainian

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