Ann Goldman papers
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Overview
- Description
- The Ann Goldman papers document her work with the Vaad Hatzala in the 1940s. The documents contain a dinner program, vaccination certificate, travel documents, refugee data sheets, passenger list for the R.M.S. Queen Mary, and two undated letters. The photographs include photos of Ann’s brother Moti Leibman and his wife; Ann with Vaad Hatzala staff in Frankfurt and Munich, Germany; dinners for Henry Morgenthau and Binyamin Mintz; Vaad Hatzala staff with ambulances to be delivered to Palestine; and Ann Goldman with an unidentified person.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1920-circa 1959
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marsha Mirkin
- Collection Creator
- Ann Goldman
- Biography
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Ann Goldman (1917-2001, later Ann Pravder) was born on April 3, 1917 in Kłodawa, Poland to Menachem Mendel Goldman (d. 1939) and Sadie Goldman Ehrlich (d. 1963). Ann had two brothers, Mordechai Liebman (b. 1907?, also known as Motl Liebman) and Itzik Goldman. Ann, her parents, and her brother Itzik immigrated to the United States around 1922. She joined Vaad Hatzala in 1942 while attending Barnard College, and was active with the organization during and after the war. Her activities with Vaad Hatzala included serving on their board of directors, lobbying in Washington, D.C., working with Save the Children, and traveling overseas to France and Germany after the war to aid in assisting refugees. Ann married Sidney Pravder (1909-2002) in 1950.
Ann’s brother Motl remained in Poland where he worked as a barber. He, his wife, and their children were likely killed in Lubartów during the Holocaust.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Ann Goldman papers are arranged chronologically in two folders of documents and photographs.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Charities.
- Personal Name
- Goldman, Ann.
- 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
- The Ann Goldman papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by her daughter, Marsha Mirkin, in 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-08 11:54:49
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524955
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