Members of Vaad Hatzala see off Bernjamin Mintz at the airport as he leaves for Palestine to deliver an ambulance.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 01523

Date: Circa 1946 - 1948
Locale: New York United States
Photo Designation: WORLD RESPONSE (1933-1955) -- Jewish Political/Zionist Activity -- Postwar
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marsha Mirkin

Biography: Ann Goldman (1917-2001, later Ann Pravder) was born in Klodawa, Poland to Menachem Mendel Goldman (d. 1939) and Sadie Sunshine Goldman Ehrlich (d. 1963). Ann had two brothers, Motl Leibman and Itzik Goldman. Her family, except for her brother Motl, all moved to the United States in July, 1920. Ann married Sidney Pravder (1909-2002) in 1950. She joined Vaad Hatzala in 1941 while taking a class at Barnard College, and was active with the organization during and after the war. Her activities with Vaad Hatzala included serving as the only woman on their board of directors in 1942, lobbying in Washington, D.C., working with Save the Children, and working overseas in France and Germany after the war to aid refugees. Her brother Motl Leibman and his wife and children resided in Lubartow and were killed in the Holocaust.
Keyword: AIRPLANES
AIRPORTS
AMBULANCES
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (AMERICAN)
JEWS (RELIGIOUS)
RELIEF WORK/SOCIAL WORKERS
VAAD HATZALA
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Marsha Mirkin

Source Record ID: Collections: IRN 524955

Second Record ID: collections: 2015.506.1
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