Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Yiddish newspaper, Unser Weg, for July 30, 1948, obtained by Kasriel Ejlender in Fohrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany, where he lived from circa 1945-1948. After Germany invaded Soviet territory in June 1941, eighteen year old Kasriel and his family had to move into the Jewish ghetto in Dereczyn, Poland. In May 1942, Kasriel was deported to a German labor camp in Mogilev. For the next three years, he was transferred to a series of concentration camps: Majdanek, Płaszów, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau. He was liberated in spring 1945 by Soviet forces. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Army and when the war ended in May 1945, he moved to Fohrenwald. Kasriel began medical school in Munich in 1946. In 1948, he emigrated to the United States with the help of relatives. He eventually learned that that his mother, father, and sister had joined Russian partisans in the woods, where they died of exposure and hunger; his brother had been shot and killed during deportation.
- Title
- Unser Weg, July 30, 1948
- Alternate Title
- Our Way
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1948 July 30
- Geography
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received:
Fohrenwald (Displaced persons camp);
Waldram (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kasriel K. Eilender
- Markings
- front page, top left corner, black ink : 1948 / Yiddish text [July] / 30
back page, lower left, black ink : “Unser Weg” (Our Way) published under EUCOM CIVIL AFFAIRS DIVI- / SION, Authorization Number UNDP 244 by THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE / OF THE LIBERATED JEWS OF US.ZONE -- Circulation: 5000. -- Re- / sponsible publisher: Ruben Rubinstein -- Editorial Board : Natan Bolel, / Ben-Cion Hibel, Marc Liebhaber / Printed by J.G. Weiß’sche Buschdr. u. Verlag, Munich - Contributor
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Publisher:
Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone
Printer: J.G. Weiß’sche Buschdr. u. Verlag
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Newspapers
- Object Type
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Newspapers (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Newspapers.
- Physical Description
- 12 p. The type is Yiddish in 5 columns. The masthead is in English in the lower left corner of the back page.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 18.750 inches (47.625 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The newspaper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Kasriel Eilender.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:11:17
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Also in Dr. Kasriel Eilender collection
The collection consists of one ration card and three publications relating to the experiences of Kasriel Eilender at Fohrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust during which he had been imprisoned in Mogilev, Majdanek, Plaszow, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau concentration camps.
Date: 1945-1948
Föhrenwald displaced persons camp January ration card issued to a Polish Jewish concentration camp survivor
Object
Unused ration coupon for January issued to Kasriel Ejlender in Fohrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany, where he lived from circa 1945-1948. After Germany invaded Soviet territory in June 1941, eighteen year old Kasriel and his family had to move into the Jewish ghetto in Dereczyn, Poland. In May 1942, Kasriel was deported to a German labor camp in Mogilev. For the next three years, he was transferred to a series of concentration camps: Majdanek, Płaszów, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau. He was liberated in spring 1945 by Soviet forces. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Army and when the war ended in May 1945, he moved to Fohrenwald. Kasriel began medical school in Munich in 1946. In 1948, he emigrated to the United States with the help of relatives. He eventually learned that that his mother, father, and sister had joined Russian partisans in the woods, where they died of exposure and hunger; his brother had been shot and killed during deportation.
Ibergang (Munich, Germany) [Newspaper]
Object
Yiddish newspaper, Ibergang, for August 5, 1948, obtained by Kasriel Ejlender in Fohrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany, where he lived from circa 1945-1948. After Germany invaded Soviet territory in June 1941, eighteen year old Kasriel and his family had to move into the Jewish ghetto in Dereczyn, Poland. In May 1942, Kasriel was deported to a German labor camp in Mogilev. For the next three years, he was transferred to a series of concentration camps: Majdanek, Płaszów, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau. He was liberated in spring 1945 by Soviet forces. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Army and when the war ended in May 1945, he moved to Fohrenwald. Kasriel began medical school in Munich in 1946. In 1948, he emigrated to the United States with the help of relatives. He eventually learned that that his mother, father, and sister had joined Russian partisans in the woods, where they died of exposure and hunger; his brother had been shot and killed during deportation.
Almanacs
Object
Yiddish almanac, B'Midbar, obtained by Kasriel Ejlender in Fohrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany, where he lived from circa 1945-1948. After Germany invaded Soviet territory in June 1941, eighteen year old Kasriel and his family had to move into the Jewish ghetto in Dereczyn, Poland. In May 1942, Kasriel was deported to a German labor camp in Mogilev. For the next three years, he was transferred to a series of concentration camps: Majdanek, Płaszów, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau. He was liberated in spring 1945 by Soviet forces. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Army and when the war ended in May 1945, he moved to Fohrenwald. Kasriel began medical school in Munich in 1946. In 1948, he emigrated to the United States with the help of relatives. He eventually learned that that his mother, father, and sister had joined Russian partisans in the woods, where they died of exposure and hunger; his brother had been shot and killed during deportation.
