Rabbi David Eliach collection

Identifier
irn608265
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.612.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

folder

1

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Rabbi David Eliach is 7th generation Jerusalemite; born in 1922. In 1943 the "Bnei Akiba" movement asked him to work with Teheran Children for just a few weeks. He was taken by the suffering of the children and felt it was his duty to guide the orphan children. He put aside his law school plans and devoted himself to the children of the Motza colony. In later years Rabbi Eliach was a principal of the high school of the Flatbush yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi David Eliach

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Rabbi David Eliach.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs depicting the "Teheran Children," a group of approximately seventy observant children out of a group of 861 Jewish orphans, who were placed in the "Motza" children's agricultural colony under the leadership of David Eliach.

Genre

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.