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From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: List of physicians and other Jews in the ghettos of Lodz, Warsaw and Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027194
- English
- 1942
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: List of physicians and other Jews in the ghettos of Lodz, Warsaw and Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland. 2 pages, handwritten, original, in Polish Notes: 1. the name of the author is unclear, possibly Rachel Cwilich. 2. According to Schwarzbaum's handwritten note at the end of the page, he received the list of 22 July 1944. 3. See also Photo 2046 and file 5223 in the Collections Section. 4. Other documents that were in the file were transferred to files 41618, 41619, 41635, 41636. About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchan...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters, telegrams and postcards from Steffi and Max Wunsch, Prague, London, Melbourne and Vienna, during and after the war
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027245
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards sent by Steffi Wunsch from Prague during and after the war, and telegrams sent by Max Wunsch from London, Melbourne and Vienna. Typewritten original, in German and English Max was evidently Steffi's husband. In 1939, he left Czechoslovakia for Australia, where he started a business. Steffi remained in Prague with her parents and her children. They corresponded through Schwarzbaum, who supported them financially and sent them food and clothing. Inventory: 1. Letters sent by Steffi (Stepanka Wunschowa( from Prague to Schwarzb...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Three letters sent in 1940, 1943 and 1945 by Arieh Liwer
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027246
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Three letters sent in 1940, 1943 and 1945 by Arieh Liwer. 6 pages, typewritten, in German Inventory: 1. Postcard sent on 10 October from Bedzin to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne. 2 pages, handwritten original, in Polish 2. Letter sent on 8 November 1943 from Ilag VII Z in Tittmoning, Germany where Liwer was interned as a Paraguayian citizen, to the Schweizerische Gesandtschaft in Berlin, regarding his brother David. 2 pages, handwritten original, in German 3. Letter sent on 15 January 1945 from Ilag XVIII in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, to his brother...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards from David Knout and his family, Switzerland and France, February 1943 - March 1945, and other documents
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027247
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards sent by David Knout and his family from Switzerland and France to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 19 February 1943 - 26 March 1945, and other documents. 48 pages, print, typewritten and handwritten, original, in Russian, French, German and Hebrew Notes: 1. Knout was a Jewish poet and active in the Armee Juive (Jewish Army), a Zionist resistance movement in occupied France. He was born Duvid Meerovich Fiksman in 1900 in Orhei, Russia (now Moldova). In the 1920s, he moved to France, where he lived until November 1942. He then fled t...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards from Hilde and Arie - Arjeh Goldberg, Switzerland, 1943 - 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027248
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards sent by Hilde Goldberg and her husband Arie - Arjeh from Switzerland - mostly from the Sierre labor camp and some from Sonnenberg and from Finhaut - to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 3 January 1943 - 2 July 1944. 24 pages, handwritten original, in German Note: additional letters from this file were moved to files 41132, 41133, 41134, 41135, 41136 and 41137 in the Holdings Registry. About Alfred Schwarzbaum: Alfred (Alf) Schwarzbaum was a Jewish merchant from Bedzin, Poland, who fled to Switzerland after the occupation. In Switzer...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters and postcards from Zygmund Inwald, the Warsaw ghetto, 1941 - 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027249
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: 1. Letters and postcards sent regularly by Zygmund Inwald from the Warsaw ghetto to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, 16 March 1941 - 10 March 1943. 44 pages, handwritten original, in Polish and German 2. Telegram sent by Mueller to Inwald in Katowice, Poland, on 18 July 1945. Mueller asks Inwald to stop sending letters to Schwarzbaum because the latter is moving to Palestine. Source file: 27245 1 page, typewritten original, in French In his letters, Inwald describes the content of the parcels sent to him (tea, coffee, sardines, honey, chocolate, rice, r...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Joint letter from the Miechow region, February 1942
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027250
- English
- 1942
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by four authors, including Goldf [?], A. Friedrich and Abraham [?] to Schwarzbaum. The authors refer to parcels Schwarzbaum sent them and write that those have been forwarded to their recipients. According to one of the authors, he is currently in Miechoe. The letter was written on 22 February 1942. 4 pages, handwritten, original, in German and Polish Note: other letters from this file, including ones written by Jewish refugees from Zaglembie in Hungary (1943 - 1944) were transferred to the following files: 40277, 40278, 40279, 40280...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Seven letters from Switzerland concerning Leo Kagan, 1944 - 1945
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027347
- English
- 1944
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Seven letters sent to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1944 - 1945. The letters concern Leo Kagan. 7 pages, typewritten and handwritten, copy, in French, German and Yiddish Inventory: 1. Letter sent by Abraham Lekus from La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, 18 August 1944. The letters contains biographical information about Kagan and his situation in Leysin. 1 page, typewritten, copy, in German 2. Letter sent by E.M., who works at the Ecole Polyglotte in Montreux, to H. Schwarzbaum, 15 January 1945, concerning Kagan's studies. 1 page, handwritten...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Essay by Mordechai Hampel on Schwarzbaum
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027351
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Essay by Mordechai Hampel on Schwarzbaum and his relief efforts during WWII. 9 pages, typewritten, original, in Hebrew The essay is based on Hampel's interview with Schwarzbaum (the file does not contain a transcript). Notes: 1. Hampel, a native of Bedzin, Poland, was a journalist and author who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish. He was one of the editors of "Pinkas Bedzin", the memorial book for the Jewish community in Bedzin, published in Tel Aviv in 1959. 2. The date and location of the interview are not specified. Hampel's essay is a chronological...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from Simone Bass, Ferramonti (1942 - 1945), Bari, (1945 - 1946), Melbourne, (1947 - 1954)
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027354
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters sent by Simone Bass from the Ferramonti internment camp in Italy (1942 - 1945), from Bari, Italy (1945 - 1946) and from Melbourne, Australia (1947 - 1954). The file also contains letters sent by his relatives regarding Simone. Simone escaped from Poland and reached Italy in January 1940. He travelled to Benghazi, Lybia, hoping to reach Mandate Palestine, but was caught. In 1940, he was interned in Ferramonti. The letters address several issues, including financial support from Schwarzbaum and requests for information about friends. The n...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from members of the HaNoar HaTzioni movement, Bedzin, Spring 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027356
- English
- 1943
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters sent by Josef Kerner, Szlamek B., Moniek B., Szrulek G., Karola Boijm and Arieh H. - members of the HaNoar HaTzioni movement in Bedzin, to Schwarzbaum, his daughter Irka and Nathan Schwalb, Switzerland, March - April 1943. The senders ask Schwarzbaum to use the photos to forge passports and report on acquintances (relatives and movement members). The following names are mentioned: Suszek, Gelbhar, Dr. Weinzieher, Mendelsohn. 4 pages, typewritten and handwritten original, in German Note: other documents in this file were moved to files , ...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Correspondence regarding the news that Mendel Horenstein has survived the war as a Jew in Berlin, August 1945 - July 1946
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027359
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Correspondence regarding the news that Mendel Horenstein, who had been in Berlin during the war, has survived and is in a hospital, August 1945 - July 1946. 1. Letter sent by [?] at the Association of Swiss Jewish Refugee Aid and Welfare Organisations (VSJF – Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fluechtlingshilfen) in Zurich, informing Schwarzbaum and the wife of Dr. Schelli Rosenwald that Mendel is in the Jewish hospital in Berlin, according to a report delivered by a US soldier. The sender asks the recipients for the addresses of [Saly] Meier an...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcards and letters from Waclaw Lewandowski, refugee camps in Switzerland, asking for financial help and a visa, 1944
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027377
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcards and letters sent in 1944 by Waclaw Lewandowski from refugee camps in Switzerland to Schwarzbaum, asking for financial help and a visa. Handwritten original, in German, Polish and French Waclaw Lewandowski is evidently the identity assumed by Moniek Oberman, who lived in Bedzin and graduated from high school in Radomsk. He sends the letters from refugee camps in Switzerland and asks for help. On 23 January 1944, He fled from Germany to Switzerland, where he was arrested and interned with other refugees in Ringlicon, from which he was tr...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Reports on Jewish refugees in postwar Germany and Switzerland, and correspondence with Robert Weiler, 1945
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027379
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Reports on Jewish refugees in postwar Germany and Switzerland, and correspondence with Robert Weiler, 1945. 7 pages, typewritten, in German Inventory: 1. Report from Sankt Margarethen, Switzerland, with information about Jews in camps in Germany, and lists of Jews sent to Auschwitz. 1 page, typewritten, in German 2. Report dated 24 May 1945 about Jewish refugees in the French zone of occupation. The information is based on testimonies of refugees who had come to Switzerland and Jews in Konstanz, Germany. 1 page, typewritten, in German 3. Two let...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: correspondence with Jewish Councils of Elders
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000027716
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Correspondence between Schwarzbaum in Lausanne and Mosze – Moszek - Monjek Merin, head of the Zentrale der Juedischen Aeltestenraete Ostoberschlesien (chief Council of Elders in Upper Silesia), which coordinated the affairs of the ghettos in Zagelbie, and his secretary Fanny Czarna; Chaim Merin, his brother, Elder of the Jews in the Sosnowiec ghetto; Chaim Molczadski, EOJ of the Bedzin; and other Jewish institutions such as the JDC in Poland, Switzerland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal. The letters, financial reports and confirmations con...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Pages from the only surviving copy of the Zaglebie anthology, 1939
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000028110
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Pages from the only surviving copy of the Zaglebie anthology, "Ilustrirter almanakh fun yidishn Zaglembie" ("An Illustrated Almanac of Yiddish Zaglebie"), a comprehensive book on Jewish Zaglebie that was written and edited by Szimon Rotenberg between the years 1929 - 1939. Three copies of the book were printed as part of a trial edition in 1939. Only one copy was preserved, which Rotenberg presented for censorship in Bedzin. After the war, this copy was transmitted by the starosta (governor) of Bedzin to someone from the community. Szimon Rotenb...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from Fritz Schwab, Switzerland, regarding supplies to Warsaw via Abraham Gepner, May 1940
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000028114
- English
- 1940
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letter sent by Fritz Schwab at Aluminum Press und Walzwerk Muenchenstein AG (Aluminium Rolling & Press - Works Ltd.) near Basel to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a copy of a letter sent to Dr. Boris Lifschitz in Bern, 29 May 1940. The letter concerns Mr. Abraham Gepner in Warsaw, Poland,* owner of a large metal factory in Poland. The seemingly formal letter actually discusses an attempt to smuggle supplies to the Jews of Warsaw via the Jewish Council. 2 pages, typewritten, copy, in German According to Schwab, following his teleph...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard and letters from Rabbi Mordechai – Zvi – Hinko Urbach, Lausanne, 1944 - 1945
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000028238
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Postcard and letters sent by Rabbi Mordechai – Zvi – Hinko Urbach, the chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Sarajevo, from Lausanne, 1944 - 1945. The letters concern his difficulties in contacting the Palestine Office and the Red Cross, as well as requests for help and assistance to relatives. 11 pages, handwritten original, in German Inventory: 1. Letter dated 28 August 1944, riasing concerns about the treatment of urgent matters vis a vis the Red Cross in Geneva, and adding that the Budapest issue has not yet been addressed. 2. A. Letter dated 30 August 1...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Requests for financial support sent by the Barenblatt family
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000028239
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Requests for financial support sent by the Barenblatt family to Schwarzbaum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Inventory: 1. Telegram sent by Litman - Lotek - Lucien Barenblatt from New York, informing Schwarzbaum that his brother and his sister in law have arrived in Budapest and need urgent help. 1 page, typewritten original, in English and German 2. Letter sent by Henryk Grabowski from Budapest, 26 January 1944. Grabowski, a trained pianist, asks Schwarzbaum for urgent help for him and his wife, as his parents have perished. He adds that his situation...
From the Alfred – Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters from Bedzin, 1942 - 1943
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot Archives/ בית לוחמי הגטאות
- 0000028240
- English
- Updated 2 years ago
From the Alfred - Alf Schwarzbaum collection: Letters sent by an unidentified author from Bedzin to Schwarzbaum in Switzerland, 1942 - 1943, thanking him for sending parcels, giving him information about relatives and asking for financial aid. One letter also contains a message from a woman named Mala Elbaum. 16 pages, handwritten original, in German and Polish Notes: 1. Israel - Ignac Gothajl & his wife Fania Gothajl nee Melamed, born 1897, 1900 respectively, had three children: Rachel - Irene Gothajl (born 1923); Meir - Marek Gothajl (born 1929); Hanna - Hesia Gothajl (born 1933). Dur...

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