Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Jewish prayer book distributed to Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps in Germany by Vaad Hatzala.
- Title
- Siddur
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1948
- Geography
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publication:
Munich (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Laib Opoczynski
- Contributor
-
Publisher:
Vaad Hatzala
- Biography
-
Vaad Hatsala was established in November 1939, by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. Its mission was to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who fled to Lithuania at the onset of World War II. Vaad made it possible for numerous rabbis and Torah scholars to emigrate from Lithuania to the Far East prior to the German invasion in June 1941. After the United States entered the war, Vaad Hatsala focused on providing funds, food and clothing to refugees so that they could adhere to their Orthodox lifestyle and continue their studies. In January, 1944, the organization officially changed their mission to include all Jews, regardless of religiosity or affiliation, and focused on those living in areas that had been occupied by Germans. Vaad Hatsala had branches in Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, and Tangier. Through these branches they initiated various successful rescue projects, most notably the release of 1,210 inmates from the concentration camp Theresienstadt to Switzerland on February 6-7, 1945. The organization ceased operations in the early 1950s.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Prayer books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Book ; 14 cm.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
- Inscription
- inside cover, top right and left, pencil : 83 / Hebrew name
bottom, pencil : illegible
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. Siddurim--Texts.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Laib Opoczynski.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-14 13:54:29
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11713
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Metal identification tag worn by prisoner of Funfteichen Concentration Camp
Laib Opoczynski collection
Document
Contains a certificate issued to Laib Opoczynski, April 1946, stating that he has been given materials by the British Red Cross; D.P. index card issued to Opoczynski in July 1945 that functioned as an identification document; a photocopy of an identity card issued to Aryo Opoczynski (donor's brother), April 1946; and an envelope with a pre-printed map of Germany and the annexed territories of Poland.
Chana Opoczynski death announcement
Document
Contains a death announcement for Chana Opoczynski, Laib Opoczynski's mother, June 1929, Bendzin, Poland.
