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From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Wladyslaw Skalski, Budapest, January 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041263
- English
- 1944
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Wladyslaw Skalski from Budapest to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 January 1944. Skalski writes that this letter was sent via air mail because his two previous letters were not answered. He married six months ago and is currently in Budapest with his wife and her mother. His family is not with him. He reminds Schwarzbaum that he had escorted him to Katowice while Schwarzbaum was on his way to Switzerland. Skalski's aunt Eda, her sister and her sister in law Zaropf was like everyone else's. He tried everything, but his fam...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from Roman Jasinski (Lutek Lubetski) and Emilia Rosenberg, March - April 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041264
- English
- 1944
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters sent by Roman Jasinski and Emilia Rosenberg (nee Schumer) from Budapest to Schwarzbaum, March - April 1944. 7 pages, handwritten, original, in German and Polish Source file: 27250 Inventory: 1. Jasinski to Schwarzbaum, 14 March 1944. Roman specifies the address of the hostel in which he is staying in Budapest. He Asks Schwarzbaum to inform Julek Lubetski that his brother, Lutek Lubelski, is in distress, partly because of his recent incarceration, and needs financial support to save his son. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German 2. Ro...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Dolek Loewenhar, Budapest, March 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041265
- English
- 1944
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Dolek Loewenhar from Budapest Hungary, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 14 March 1944. Note: the letter is in broken German. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 27250 Loewenhar notes that he is related to Dr. Hochwald and an acquintance of Irena and Mania, Alfred's daughter and wife. He asks Schwarzbaum to contact his sister, I. Kupfersmith, who lives on 49 Clinton gasse, with Alfred's daughter Halina. Loewenhar wishes to ask Halina for urgent financial support. About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Sch...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Two letters from Aron Weintraub (alias Antoni Wedrinski), Budapest, November 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041266
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Two letters sent by Aron Weintraub (using the alias Antoni Wedrinski) from Budapest, Hungary, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 20 and 29 November 1943. 3 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 27250 Inventory: 1. 20 November 1943: Weintraub reports that he and his son (age 4) have been in Budapest for five months, having miraculously arrived there. Their parents and siblings perished, and they have no ties in Budapest. They are starving with no subsistence, since all their property remaiend in Poland. Weintraub werites that...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: letters from Majer Rozenkier, Budapest, January - March 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041267
- English
- 1944
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Two letters sent by Majer Rozenkier from Budapest, Hungary, to Schwarzbaum in Switzerlands, 25 January and 15 March 1944. Rozenkier asks for rescue papers for him and his daughters, reports on several matters, and asks for information. 4 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 27250 Inventory: 1. 25 January 1944: Rozenkier reports that he is alone in Budapest, but his daughters might visit. He mentions his friend Ogurek, and assumes he has already contacted Schwarzbaum. Rozenkier asks Schwarzbaum to make an effort to enable him to m...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Franciska Stieglitz, Tel Aviv, May 1945
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041268
- English
- 1945
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Franciska Stieglitz from Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine, to Schwarzbaum, 28 May 1945. Stieglitz asks for information about relative who were in Budapest during WWII. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in Polish Source file: 27250 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzin, Poland, who fled to Switzerland after the occupation. In Switzerland, he set up a relief enterprise, and supported hundreds of Jews. Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was born in 1896 in Sosnowiec, Poland. He later moved to Bedzin, bec...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: letters from G. Leibowitz, Zurich, November 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041269
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Two letters sent by G. Leibowitz from Zurich, Switzerland, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, November 1943. Leibowitz asks for information about his relatives, the Pilcer family, who are in Budapest, Hungary. Inventory: 1. 11 November 1943: Leibowitz relates that he has heard that Schwarzbaum received reports from Hungary about the Pilcers (Leibowitz's in laws). He inquires which family members are in Hungary, and whether they are free or interned. 2. 22 November 1943: Leibowitz reports that he has received a letter from the Pilcer brothers. He is not...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Vienna, October 1947
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041270
- English
- 1947
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by [?] from Vienna, Austria, to Schwarzbaum in Zurich, Switzerland, 9 October 1947. The sender, a woman, wishes to arrange a meeting with Schwarzbaum, and has already sent the document to Friedrich, who is supposed to meet Schwarzbaum in Poland. The letter also addresses Prague, Czechoslovakia, and to a financial transfer via an embassy for Ms. Gutmann in Budapest, Hungary. 8 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 27250 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzin, Poland, who fle...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from Dr. Ruth Kanarsch, Zurich, 1941 - 1942
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041349
- English
- 1942
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters sent by Dr. Ruth Kanarsch from Zurich, Switzerland, to Dr. Franziska Baumgarten - Tramer in Solothurn and to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne. November 1941 - June 1942. Kanarsch complains that seven parcels she sent to her brother and sister in law in Warsaw, Poland, via Baumgarten - Tramer and Schwarzbaum failed to arrive. The letters to Baumgarten - Tramer were sent on 20 November 1941 and 28 February 1942, and the letter to Schwarzbaum was sent on 3 June 1942. Note: Dr. Baumgarten - Tramer was born in Lodz in 1889 and studied psychology in Sw...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Swiss newspaper article about a man who sends out commodities as relief to other countries, early 1942
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041350
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: "Die Liebesgabe" (The Gift) - a short article published in a Swiss newspaper in early 1942, about a kind man who sends out commodities (e.g., coffee, chocolate, fat) as relief to the needy in foreign countries. According to the article, some of the parcels fail to arrive, but the man in question is quoted as saying he will not complain to the postal service. Note: the man in the story is evidently Schwarzbaum. 1 page, print, original, in German Source file: 26317 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzi...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: lists of commodities from Lisbon to the Bedzin and Sosnowiec ghettos via Zurich, October 1941
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041351
- English
- 1941
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Three lists of commodities packed in Lisbon, Portugal, and sent to Zurich, Switzerland, from where they were sent to the Bedzin and Sosnowiec ghettos in Zaglebie, Poland, on 19, 20 and 23 October 1941. The list specifies qunatities, weight, packing and shipment costs, destinations and recipients. The delivery was orchestrated by Schwarzbaum. The commodities include coffee, cocoa, sardines, honey, jam, chocolate, cookies and [?] powder. The destinatinos include: a Jewish welfare center in Sosnowiec, the Jewish Council in the Sosnowiec ghetto, an ...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Rozia Dafner (nee Sztrochlic), Bedzin, April 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041352
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Rozia Dafner (nee Sztrochlic) from the Bedzin ghetto, Poland, to Alfred's daughter Irka Schwarzbaum in Switzerland, 16 April 1943. Dafner's unstated request is for an urgent delivery of foreign passports to exit Poland. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 24087 Roza, daughter of Herszl – Herman (b. 1887) and Bejla – Riwka Sztrochlic (nee Kerner, b. 1889), was born in 1920. She joined the Zionist youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni and was a student in Krakow. She married Abram Dafner, son of Wolf (b. 1895) and Lea (n...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Chana Rotenberg, Bedzin, April 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041353
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Chana Rotenberg from the Bedzin ghetto to Irka Schwarzbaum, Alfred's daughter, in Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 April 1943. Chana (b. 1 January 1922) recalls the time she spent with Irka at the Szczyrk Mountain resort, on the Skawa River and in Bedzin. She writes that her father died in 1941 and she has been working as a seamstress to support her mother (age 49). She is in a relationship with her cousin, Josef Rotenberg (b. 15 January 1921) but she missed Stasiek and asks Irka if she has heard from him. She adds a family photo, asking...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Hersz Lustyger, Bedzin ghetto, May 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041354
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Hersz Lustyger from the Bedzin ghetto, Poland, to Schwarzbaum in Switzerland, 17 May 1943. Hersz mentions his parents' names and dates of birth: Mirale and Josek – Dawid (b. 3 May 1922). Hersz reports on his engagement to Perla Sztrochlic (b. 25 December 1923). The reason for the names and dates of birth is presumably an urgent need for foreign passports to escape Poland. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 24087 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzin, Poland, who fl...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard from Rabbi Elias Rosen - Stueckler, Bedzin ghetto, June 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041355
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard sent by Rabbi Elias Rosen - Stueckler from the Bedzin ghetto to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 21 June 1943. Rosen - Stueckler wrote the postcard on behald of himself, his wife Sabine and his unwed daughters Erna and Fela. According to Elias, he sent Schwarzbaum a postcard with his former address (Kirchsteig 12) on 19 April 1943. Schwarzbaum's brother in law, G. Abraham, visited them in early May, and showed them a letter Schwarzbaum had sent on 29 April 1943. Elias thanks Schwarzbaum and asks him to write to their new addresss, ...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Aron Hercygier, Bedzin ghetto, March 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041356
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Aron Hercygier from the Bedzin ghetto, Poland, to Schwarzbaum in Switzerland, 15 March 1943. Aron mentions his and his wife's dates of birth, along with two portrait photos. He asks Schwarzbaum to send his regards to Ilse and her relatives, and to Rela and Dita. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 23958 Hercygier was born in Bedzin on 27 December 1876, and was amerchant. He married Anna - Helena Szuldberg (b. 8 March 1881), a native of Warsaw. They lived on 21 Gartenstrasse, Bedzin. They had three children: 1. E...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Henri Cohen, Vevey, October 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041357
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Henri Cohen from Vevey, Switzerland, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 13 October 1943. Cohen asks for information about his relatives, who were deported from the Netherlands: Isak Cohen (b. 27 May 1916), Henri's brother; Isak's father in law, Ben Mondelson; and Isak's wife, Mia Cohen (nee, 1917, b. 1917). Isak and Ben were deported from the Netherlands in January 1943, and Mia was deported from the Westerbork transit camp in July 1943. 1 page, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 24077 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Sc...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter from Ernst Wiener, Geneva, June 1945
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041358
- English
- 1945
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Ernst Wiener from Geneva, Switzerland, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 29 June 1945. Wiener thanks Schwarzbaum for his monthly financial support during March - July 1945, and writes that on 5 July 1945 he intends to marry Ms. Tillemann, a Jewish refugee from Poland. At her request, the wedding party will be held later, after the couple's return to France, so that the bride's parents can attend. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 24077 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bed...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Rosh HaShanah card from Ewald Weiss, Lausanne, September 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041359
- English
- 2020
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Rosh HaShanah card sent by Ewald Weiss from the Sandoz hospice in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 12 September 1944. 1 pages, handwritten, original, in German Source file: 26548 About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzin, Poland, who fled to Switzerland after the occupation. In Switzerland, he set up a relief enterprise, and supported hundreds of Jews. Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was born in 1896 in Sosnowiec, Poland. He later moved to Bedzin, became a businessman and started a family. In...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard from Ms. Goldberg, Basel, February 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000041360
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard sent by Ms. Goldberg from Basel, Switzerland, to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 25 February 1943. In response to to a postcard sent to her by Schwarzbaum on 22 February 1943, Goldberg writes that she hasreceived an inquiry from Mrs. Jadzia Wainryb in the Dabrowa Gornicza ghetto about her brother, Jakob Klein. Goldberg asks Schwarzbaum to inquire. Note: According to a card issued by the Zionist Coordination for the Redemption of Jewish Children for Jadzia's daughter Fryda, and to Fryda's testimony (given on 16 October 1946) it appears that Jad...

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