Overview
- Description
- This collection contains 62 letters written to Dawid Naimark and his cousins: D. Solarz, A. Naimark and Rabbi A. Kronenberg in New York City from his relatives and acquaintances in Poland and other countries starting on November 2, 1938 through October 1941. Most of the letters written to Dawid Naimark were from his siblings and other relatives in Poland. Before the war, the family lived in Warsaw, Miedzeszyn and Góra Kalwaria. Part of the family remained in Warsaw during the war; one brother and one sister fled to Białystok and one brother escaped to Grodno. The letters were written in Yiddish and in Polish, part of one letter was written in Hebrew. The collection also includes receipts of letters and parcels sent by Dawid Naimark to his family.
- Alternate Title
- The Naimark Family Collection of Letters
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1941
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters.
- Extent
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466 digital images : PDF ; 116 MB.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in the seven series: Series 1: Materials related to the collection’s history; Series 2: Letters written during the inter-war period (1938-1939); Series 3: Letters written after September 1, 1939 until June 22,1941; Series 4: Letters written after June 22,1941: Series 5: Undated letters; Series 6: Personal documents of D. Naimark and A. Naimark; Series 7: Receipts of letters and parcels sent by Dawid Naimark.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.
- Copyright Holder
- Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Jews--Poland--Social conditions--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Miedzeszyn (Warsaw, Poland) Góra Kalwaria (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Hrodna (Belarus) United States
- Personal Name
- Naimark, Dawid. Kronenberga, Aaron.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 236. ŻIH purchased the collection from Bogumiła Dłużek on 5 January, 2004. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Sep. 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:38:43
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