Rabbi David Bergstein collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi David Bergstein
Rabbi David Bergstein donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012. Rabbi Bergstein received the collection from a elderly rabbi with which he was working.
Scope and Content
Consists of correspondence to the United States from yeshivas in Wolozyn and Jałówka, Poland, in the 1920s-1930s. Also includes correspondence related to the Vaad Hahatzala and extensive notes related to relief money and packages sent to individual Jews in Poland between 1942-1943, organized by date, and notes related to relief money sent to individuals in the immediate post-war years.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rabbi David Bergstein
Corporate Bodies
- Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects
- Jews--United States--Charities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Poland.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Charities.
- Jałówka (Poland)
- Valozhyn (Belarus)
Genre
- Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.