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Documentation of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1941

Documentation of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1941 Included in the collection: - Personal files of Jewish teachers, prepared by the teachers certification committee of the Jewish education branch of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia; - Correspondence with the office for Jewish education, and survey reports; - Budgetary documents of Jewish schools, and reports regarding the schools' budget and the budget for other Jewish education institutions; - Reports regarding the receipt of salaries by workers in the Jewish educational system in Latvia.

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Latvian

Correspondence between Chlawna Kagan in Pithiviers and his wife Dora Tchor in Paris, including personal documents of the Tchor family and Chlawna Kagan, 1941-1942

Correspondence between Chlawna Kagan in Pithiviers and his wife Dora Tchor in Paris, including personal documents of the Tchor family and Chlawna Kagan, 1941-1942 - Letter sent by Chlawna Kagan to his wife Dora Tchor, 05 September 1932; - Letters sent by Chlawna Kagan to his wife during his service in the French Army, 1940 (most of the letters are translated to Hebrew); - Letters sent to Dora Tchor and Chlawna Kagan by family members and friends, including from Warsaw, 1930s-early 1940s; - Greeting cards for Rosh Hashana [with inscriptions], sent by Tchor family members; Personal documents of the...

File Number : 1883

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Postcard, Letter, Vouchers

Language : Polish, French, Russian, Yiddish

Personal documentation of Chaim Szycher, born in Starokonstantynow, pertaining to his early education and higher education in Warsaw, 1925-1933

Personal documentation of Chaim Szycher, born in Starokonstantynow, pertaining to his early education and higher education in Warsaw, 1925-1933 - Membership card in the League for Working Eretz Israel issued for Chaim Szycher in Warsaw, 1933; - Student cards for a student in the Social and Political Science Faculty of the Wszechnica Polska (Polish Free University) issued for Chaim Szycher in Warsaw, 1927-1928; a grades registry notebook is attached to the cards; - List of courses for Chaim Szycher in the Institute of Jewish Wisdom in Warsaw, 1928-1929; - Card for a student in the Humanities Faculty...

File Number : 1020

Type of Material : Membership Cards, Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree

Thesis on the subject of schools and Jewish education in Lodz, 1939-1945, submitted by Helena Smolenska in order to receive the Master's degree The subjects selected for the paper: The relationship between the German authorities and the Jewish schools; transfer of the Jewish schools to the supervision of the Judenrat; school books and Jewish education in the ghetto; holidays for children; high schools and vocational schools; the Judenrat Educational Department; education in the underground; vocational training courses in the ghetto. Many sources are attached to the thesis, among them: Correspondence...

File Number : 243

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Research article by Henryk Kroszczor regarding the history of the Instytut Nauk Judaistycznych (Institute for Judaic Studies) in Warsaw, 1927-1939

Research article by Henryk Kroszczor regarding the history of the Instytut Nauk Judaistycznych (Institute for Judaic Studies) in Warsaw, 1927-1939 - Letter written by Marian Fuks from the Institute for Judaic Studies in Warsaw to Henryk Kroszczor inviting him to write an article regarding the history of the Institute for Judaic Studies in Warsaw, 1927-1939; the letter was written 16 December 1970; - Research article by Henryk Kroszczor regarding the history of the Instytut Nauk Judaistycznych (Institute for Judaic Studies) in Warsaw, 1927-1939. Included in the research article are handwritten articles on...

File Number : 118

Type of Material : Study, Research Article

Language : Polish

Personal documentation belonging to Genia (Wollfeiler) Manor, including her entries in a chronicle of the Jewish School for Girls in Krakow written 1933-1939; correspondence with the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw regarding publishing the chronicle - Letters from the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny (ŻIH-Jewish Historical Institute) in Warsaw to Genia (Wollfeiler) Manor, dated 1991 and 1993 regarding publishing the chronicle written by the [female] students at the Klementyna Tanska School in Krakow, 1933-1939; one of the authors of the chronicle was Eugenia Wollfeiler, later Genia Manor; - The entries...

File Number : 319

Type of Material : Diary, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Directive from the Chairman of the Lodz Judenrat, Chaim Rumkowski, to Jewish organizations in the city to hand their assets over to the Judenrat, 10 November 1939

Directive from the Chairman of the Lodz Judenrat, Chaim Rumkowski, to Jewish organizations in the city to hand their assets over to the Judenrat, 10 November 1939 A list of the Jewish institutions in Lodz, and a guideline to whom each institute should hand over its assets is attached to the directive.

File Number : 212

Type of Material : Instruction

Language : Polish, German

Historical overview by Bela Mandelsburzanka regarding the history of the Jews in Lublin in the 16th and 17th centuries, published in the "Wiadomosci Krajoznawcze" newspaper in 1928

Historical overview by Bela Mandelsburzanka regarding the history of the Jews in Lublin in the 16th and 17th centuries, published in the "Wiadomosci Krajoznawcze" newspaper in 1928 The overview opens with a description of the flourishing of Jews in Lublin in the 16th century, including Jewish institutions that were active in the city, among them courts, publishing houses, and a famous yeshiva where Szolom Szachna and Mojzesz Isserles studied. The lively commerce contributed to the enrichment of the residents, including the Jews, even though they were not permitted to live in the city. The deterioration of...

File Number : 405

Type of Material : Article, Survey

Language : Polish

Letter from the Czestochowa Judenrat to the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) administration in Krakow, 28 August 1940

Letter from the Czestochowa Judenrat to the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS- Jewish Social Self Help) administration in Krakow, 28 August 1940 Overview of cultural institutions and organizations and of charity and social welfare associations in Czestochowa; the Judenrat is requesting to maintain those institutions and organizations the termination of whose activities has been decided by order of the German authorities as of 23 July 1940. A list of organizations included in the German order dated 23 July 1943 is in the file.

File Number : 347

Type of Material : List, Letter

Language : Polish, German

Report submitted by Hertha Beuthner regarding the Asia Seminar, a university founded by W. Y. Tonna in the Shanghai Ghetto, 1943

Report submitted by Hertha Beuthner regarding the Asia Seminar, a university founded by W. Y. Tonna in the Shanghai Ghetto, 1943 W. Y. Tonn emigrated from Berlin to Shanghai in 1939; he was completely fluent in Far Eastern languages, and he published approximately 400 literary articles regarding Asian cultures. Immediately after the establishment of the Shanghai Ghetto in 1943, Tonn founded the Asia Seminar as a free university for culture and science in Kongkou. In the file: - Aims and future plans of the university (pp. 2-3, 4-5 [copy)]; - University calendar for spring 1946 (pp. 6-8); -...

File Number : 89

Type of Material : Report, Photograph, Calendar, Official Documentation

Language : German

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