Shoshannah Gallowski Fine papers
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Overview
- Description
- The Shoshannah Gallowski Fine papers consist of Allied Expeditionary Forces Displaced Persons (A.E.F D.P.) registration records, administrative records, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Fine's work with orphaned Jewish children and displaced persons at Kloster Indersdorf (Kibbutz Dror) and in Great Britain after the Holocaust. The papers also contain addresses given by Leonard G. Montefiore relating to Jewish orphans; a book of drawings by Moshe Barash entitled "Figures from the haze" (in Hebrew); and a book of songs entitled "Songs from the Vilna ghetto" (in Yiddish).
A.E.F D.P. registration records consist of registration cards including medical clearances, supplemental records fact sheets, and unoccupied children information sheets about Jewish orphans after World War II. The records are arranged by name in alphabetical order from Bialek to Zycher.
Administrative records document Fine’s work with displaced persons and include signed petitions, a 1983 letter from Fine describing her work, a voluntary transfer slip for Fine, a letter regarding Fine’s resignation, and a list of children’s names.
Correspondence includes postwar letters from Leonard Montefiore to Fine as well as copies of two speeches he gave at the Cambridge University Jewish society in 1946 and at the Central British Fund Conference in 1947.
Photographs depict Jewish orphans from 1945-1946 attending English lessons in the lounge, eating dinner, having their wounds dressed, playing sports, in the nursery, by the lake, washing clothes, cooking, and reading. Most of the photographs are identified as having been taken at Windermere, and most bear the copyright stamp of Pictorial Press.
Printed materials include newspaper clippings and articles regarding Jewish Children’s day, Auschwitz refugees preparing for new home in Palestine, and German refugees. The series also includes a 1948 drawing book titled “Figures from the Haze” by Moshe Barash and pamphlets from the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief. - Date
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inclusive:
1945-1983
bulk: 1945-1948
- Collection Creator
- Shoshannah G. Fine
- Biography
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Shoshannah Gallowski Fine, a welfare officer with the Jewish relief unit of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committiee, worked with the Jewish orphans liberated from Theresienstadt from 1945 to 1947. She worked with unaccompanied children from 1947 to1948 at Kloster Indersdorf (Kibbuz Dror) near Dachau, Germany.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Clippings. Correspondence. Photographs. Songs.
- Extent
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1 box
- System of Arrangement
- The Shoshannah Gollowski Fine papers are arranged as five series:
Series 1: A.E.F D.P. registration records, 1946-1947
Series 2: Administrative records, circa 1946-1983
Series 3: Correspondence, 1946-1948
Series 4: Photographs, 1945-1947
Series 5: Printed materials, circa 1945-1948
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish children. Orphans--Great Britain. Refugees. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art. Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius. Songs, Yiddish--Lithuania--Vilnius. Orphanages
- Personal Name
- Fine, Shoshannah Gallowski.
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Kloster Indersdorf
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The National Archives and Records Administration transferred the Shoshannah Gallowski Fine papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 10:16:05
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504374
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