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Aron Glass papers

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    Description
    Documents detailing the service of Aron Glass in the Palestine Police and the Jewish Brigade, from 1941-1946, including soldier's pay book, discharge papers, photographs, a naturalization certificate granting him citizenship in Palestine (1940), and a later Israeli passport (1956).
    Date
    inclusive:  1940-1956
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Lilly Glass
    Collection Creator
    Aron Glass
    Biography
    Aron Glass (1916-2006) was a native of Cologne, Germany, who after immigration to Palestine, served in the Palestine Police Force (1941-1943) and the Jewish Brigade of the British Army (1944-1946), serving in the Royal Engineers as a sapper. During this time, he saw action in Italy, and subsequently in Belgium, where he met and participated in the liberation of his future wife, Lilly Glass, who had been in hiding during the German occupation of that country.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew English
    Extent
    1 folder

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    Conditions on Use
    Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

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    Provenance
    Glass, Lilly. Gift, 2012.
    Record last modified:
    2023-02-24 13:40:40
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