Overview
- Description
- Consists of correspondence to the United States from yeshivas in Wolozyn and Jałówka, Poland, in the 1920s-1930s. Also includes correspondence related to the Vaad Hahatzala and extensive notes related to relief money and packages sent to individual Jews in Poland between 1942-1943, organized by date, and notes related to relief money sent to individuals in the immediate post-war years.
- Date
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inclusive:
1928-1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi David Bergstein
Physical Details
- Extent
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4 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Rabbi David Bergstein
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Poland. Jews--Europe, Eastern--Charities. Jews--United States--Charities.
- Geographic Name
- Valozhyn (Belarus) Jałówka (Poland)
- Corporate Name
- Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Rabbi David Bergstein donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012. Rabbi Bergstein received the collection from a elderly rabbi with which he was working.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:39:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49584
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