Mendel and Rachel Zehnwirth papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of portions of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation.
Scope and Content
Contains correspondence and documents related to obtaining an immigration visa to the United States for Mendel and Rachel Zehnwirth, dated 1946-1947. Among the documents is a letter signed by the secretary of Va'ad Ha'Hatzala, Rabbi Ya'akov Karlinski; a letter by Rabbi Shmuel Shechter; and letters sent to government officials by relatives of the couple, citizens of the USA, describing the couple's financial situation and their concern for relatives who had survived the Holocaust.
Corporate Bodies
- Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects
- Orthodox Judaism.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document