The Naimark Family Collection of Letters Kolekcja listów rodziny Naimark (Sygn. 236)
Extent and Medium
466 digital images, PDF
Archival History
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Acquisition
Source of acquisition the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 236. ŻIH purchased the collection from Bogumiła Dłużek on 5 January, 2004. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Sep. 2012.
Scope and Content
This collection contains 62 letters written to Dawid Naimark and his cousins: D. Solarz, A. Naimark and Rabbi A. Kronenberg in New York City from his relatives and acquaintances in Poland and other countries starting on November 2, 1938 through October 1941. Most of the letters written to Dawid Naimark were from his siblings and other relatives in Poland. Before the war, the family lived in Warsaw, Miedzeszyn and Góra Kalwaria. Part of the family remained in Warsaw during the war; one brother and one sister fled to Białystok and one brother escaped to Grodno. The letters were written in Yiddish and in Polish, part of one letter was written in Hebrew. The collection also includes receipts of letters and parcels sent by Dawid Naimark to his family.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in the seven series: Series 1: Materials related to the collection’s history; Series 2: Letters written during the inter-war period (1938-1939); Series 3: Letters written after September 1, 1939 until June 22,1941; Series 4: Letters written after June 22,1941: Series 5: Undated letters; Series 6: Personal documents of D. Naimark and A. Naimark; Series 7: Receipts of letters and parcels sent by Dawid Naimark.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
People
- Naimark, Dawid.
- Kronenberga, Aaron.
Corporate Bodies
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Subjects
- Góra Kalwaria (Poland)
- Hrodna (Belarus)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- Jews--Poland--Social conditions--20th century.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- United States
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Miedzeszyn (Warsaw, Poland)
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma