Shlomo Gorner collection

Identifier
irn625766
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.436.3
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Bulgarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn625766

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

3

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.

Scope and Content

Contains papers that belonged to Shlomo Gorner, who immigrated to Palestine in 1925, and in 1927 was called to Bulgaria as a Hebrew teacher. Gorner remained in Bulgaria for 19 years until 1945. The collection includes documents from his time in Bulgaria, some with Jewish and Zionist contact, and a postcard addressed to him that was sent from the Łódź Ghetto in 1940 from A. Michelson. Collection also includes photographs, and Jewish newspapers or newspaper clippings from Bulgaria in the 1930s.

Subjects

  • Bulgaria--Ethnic relations.

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.