Overview
- Description
- Personal papers of Dr. Rafael Gerstenfeld relating to his activities in social work in the Netherlands. Includes minutes, reports, correspondence of the Joods Maatschappelijk Werk, JMW (Foundation of the Jewish Social Work), letters and applications for assistance (alphabetical order), various announcements, bulletins and correspondence (alphabetical order), and financial documents of the Verbond van Midden- en Oost-Europese Joden in Nederland (Federation of Central and Eastern European Jews in the Netherlands), other materials: List of people who received assistance, various documents related to the refugees (HIAS, JMW, Nederlandse Federatie voor Vluchtelingenhulp, NFV (Dutch Federation for Refugee Aid)), newspaper clippings, list of donations, art programs, and articles for publication on the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
- Alternate Title
- Collection of Rafael Gerstenfel
- Date
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inclusive:
1948-1982
- Collection Creator
- Rafael Gerstenfeld
- Biography
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Dr. Rafael Gerstenfeld was born in 1900 in Kolomea, East Galicia (then in Austro
Hungary, today in the Ukraine). He moved to Vienna where he attained a PhD., and in
1938, fled to the Netherlands, with his wife Mina and their son Manfred, where they
spent the war in hiding. After World War II, Gerstenfeld devoted himself completely to the welfare of Jews in the Netherlands. He established the foundation, "Joods Maatschappelijk Werk" ("Jewish Social Work") and was active in the "Verbond van Midden- en Oost Europese Joden in Nederland" (Federation of Central and Eastern European Jews in the Netherlands). He died in Jerusalem in 1976. [Source: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)]
Physical Details
- Language
- Dutch
- Genre/Form
- Announcements. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Letters. Minutes. Programs. Registers.
- Extent
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25,390 digital images : JPEG ; 16.7 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in five series: 1. Records of the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk, JMW (Jewish Social Work Foundation), 1948-1967; 2. Records of the Verbond van Midden- en Oost-Europese Joden in Nederland (Federation of Central and Eastern European Jews in the Netherlands, 1948-1975; 3. Correspondence, 1955-1982; 4. Financial records, 1963-1977; 5. Miscellaneous records, 1947-1979.
Note: Correspondence and some other documents organized in alphabetical order.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- Fair use only. Publication and reproduction of records for commercial purposes for third parties require the written permission of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP).
- Copyright Holder
- Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Netherlands--History--20th century. Social workers--Netherlands. Jewish refugees--Netherlands--History. Holocaust survivors--Netherlands--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands. Social service. Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Geographic Name
- Netherlands--History--20th century. Netherlands.
- Personal Name
- Gerstenfeld, Rafael, 1900-1976.
- Corporate Name
- HIAS (Agency)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, CAHJP (Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in January 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-06 08:13:53
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