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Letters sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, refugees from Poland to the Soviet Union, 17 February 1941 and 27 December 1945

Letters sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, refugees from Poland to the Soviet Union, 17 February 1941 and 27 December 1945 - Letter sent by Sara Fridlender and members of her family in Rudnik to her sister in Eretz Israel, 17 February 1941; the letter contains the addresses of other family members in the Soviet Union: R. Fridlender in Mariupol and Leiba Brand in Zhmerinka. - Another letter sent to their relatives in Eretz Israel by the Fridlender family, 27 December 1945. Notes from Yehudit Glicksberg, who submitted the material: The family escaped from Poland to the...

File Number : 2254

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Yiddish

Letters written by Naum Yakub in Gorkiy to his daughter Revekka Yakub during her military service as a physician in the Red Army on the Ukrainian front and near Berlin, 1945

Letters written by Naum Yakub in Gorkiy to his daughter Revekka Yakub during her military service as a physician in the Red Army on the Ukrainian front and near Berlin, 1945 Also in the file: - Notice of his acceptance as a student at Moscow University sent to Naum Yakub in Novgorod, 04 September 1912; - Visiting card of the physician, Naum Yakub; - Congratulations on the completion of her studies sent to Revekka Yakub by the members of her family in Reutovo, 15 June 1942; - Letters and a postcard sent to Revekka (Vera) Yakub in Sochi by her father Naum Yakub in Gorkiy, 1956-1957; - Postcard...

File Number : 2252

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Records, Letter

Language : Russian

Letter sent by Dawid Brzoza from Ostrow Mazowiecka to his relatives in Eretz Israel, 1938

Letter sent by Dawid Brzoza from Ostrow Mazowiecka to his relatives in Eretz Israel, 1938 Note: On the back of the letter there is a notice regarding the public sale of his property which was published 08 February 1938. Notes from Nechama Golobinski who submitted the material: Dawid Brzoza perished with his wife and children during the Holocaust. His parents Yitzchak Dov and Chaya Sarah (Kasher) Brzoza made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1934. His brother Meir made aliya to Eretz Israel in 1932. His sister Mina (the mother of Nechama Golobinski who submitted the material) made aliya in 1936. His sister...

File Number : 2249

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Postcard sent by Solomon Posner from Oswiecim to Lena Kofman, a relative in Eretz Israel, 06 November 1938, and a discharge certificate from military service issued to Moses Israel Schnapp in Vienna, 15 April 1940 Moses Schnapp was born in Przemyslany, Poland, 21 January 1904 (according to what was entered on the certificate). Notes from Rachel (Posner) Yakimovski who submitted the material: Shlomo and Matilda (Bruner) Posner lived in Oswiecim. They had eight children of whom only one daughter survived - Rachel [the submitter of the material]. Shlomo and Matilda perished in the Holocaust. Moshe Israel...

File Number : 2247

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard

Language : German - Hebrew Characters, German

Letter sent by the members of the Kann family in Prague to Rene Rechnitz in Eretz Israel, 1941, and a short letter from his mother, Greta (Kann) Schueckova, 24 December 1939

Letter sent by the members of the Kann family in Prague to Rene Rechnitz in Eretz Israel, 1941, and a short letter from his mother, Greta (Kann) Schueckova, 24 December 1939 - Letter sent by his mother, grandfather and grandmother in Prague to Rene Rechnitz in Eretz Israel, 1941 (the letter was written after 31 October 1941, the date of Rene's wedding to Lizzi, and it contains congratulations on their marriage); - Chocolate wrapper and a short letter sent by Greta (Kann) Schueckova in Prague to her son Rene Rechnitz in Eretz Israel, 24 December 1939. Both letters have been translated into...

File Number : 2242

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998

Documentation of Rena Plavner Bar-Niv, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1922, for the years 1944-1998 - Three letters written by Rina Bar-Niv to her daughters, April and May 1977, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, establishment of the Konsky Ghetto, 1940, and ghetto life including leaving the ghetto in secret in order to find food for the family; - Memoirs written by the daughters, Miki and Irit, 1986-1988: Deportation by the Germans to a labor camp in Wannweil near Stuttgart using the false identity of Kazimiera Swierczynska; Work for UNRRA following liberation in Team 589 in Reutlingen, as a secretary...

File Number : 1241

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Memoirs, Letter, Administrative Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, German

Correspondence of Menachem Degani Kornblueh from Eretz Israel with his brother David Kornblueh who was in Bardejov and Bratislava, 1938-1940, and Krattigen, Switzerland, 1944-1945, letters sent by Menachem to his parents and sisters in Bardejov, 1938-1940 and his personal documentation from the period prior to his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938 Letters and postcards: - Letter from Menachem Degani in Cesky Tesin to his brother David Kornblueh, 10 September 1937; - Letter from Menachem Degani in Cesky Tesin to Rabbi Simcha Tannenbaum, 09 November 1937; - Letters sent by Menachem Degani in Eretz Israel to...

File Number : 2237

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

Language : Slovak, Hebrew, German, Yiddish, Hungarian

Postcard and letters sent by members of the Landesdorfer family in Krakow, Zdolbunow, New York and Istanbul to Salomon Landesdorfer in Eretz Israel, 1939-1941, and postcard greetings sent by Salomon Landesdorfer to family members in Krakow, 03 September 1939, which were returned to the sender by the [British] censor - Postcard and letter sent by family members in Zdolbunow to Salomon Landesdorfer in Eretz Israel, 14-15 November 1940 (the postcard was sent from Henek Buchner's address); - Letters sent by his parents, Ethel and Loebl, his brothers, Fredek and Smilek and his sister Regina Landesdorfer in...

File Number : 2236

Type of Material : Genealogy, Letter, Postcard, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English

Postcard sent by Rachel Machtynger from Ozarow to her nephew in the United States, 22 April 1940, a letter she sent from Lodz and the Ketubah (Jewish marriage certificate) of her daughter Sarah Machtynger and Yishayahu Ephraim Berkovitz, 1945 - Postcard sent by Rachel (Nisenbaum) Machtynger from Ozarow to her nephew in the United States, 22 April 1940, asking for help due to the great distress of the family. The postcard was sent from the address of her brother, Motek Nisenbaum; - Letter in Yiddish sent by Rachel Machtynger from Lodz (it is unclear when she sent the postcard and to whom); - Ketubah of...

File Number : 2234

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Postcard

Language : Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

Letters sent by the parents Mordechai and Dora Warchiwker in Lodz to their daughter Gizela (Warchiwker) Grabowiecki in Eretz Israel, 1936-1939

Letters sent by the parents Mordechai and Dora Warchiwker in Lodz to their daughter Gizela (Warchiwker) Grabowiecki in Eretz Israel, 1936-1939 Mordechai wrote his letters in Hebrew and Dora wrote hers in Polish. Also in the file: - Letter from the Central Committee of the Jews of Poland to Ignas Grabowiecki in Eretz Israel, 12 August 1946, including details regarding the Rosenblum family that lived in Lodz, 1939; - Invitation to the wedding of Eleazar Warchiwker and Bronislawa Lipsztatowna which was held in Warsaw, 14 April 1938. Notes from Yaakov and Ruth Ailon, who submitted the material: Gizela...

File Number : 2228

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Postcard, Personal Documents, Letter

Language : Hebrew, Polish

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