Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

Identifier: irn65252
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn65252

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988, 1990, and 1994 by Rabbi Judah Nadich and in 2011 by the Estates of Judah Nadich and Martha Hadassah Nadich.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of diaries, planners, publications, correspondence, statistical charts, seven unused Star of David badges, a Waffen SS addressed envelope, and a US Army's Chaplain tallit relating to the experiences of Rabbi Judah Nadich as a chaplain in the United States Army in Paris, France, following the liberation of the city by US forces in August 1944, as the first advisor on Jewish Affairs to General Eisenhower, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, and his post-war work with WWII and Holocaust commemoration.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Envelope with a Waffen SS return address found by a Jewish chaplain postwar at Buchenwald
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3692
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Unused envelope stamped with a Waffen SS Konzentrationslager Buchenwald return address found by Rabbi Judah Nadich during a visit to the former Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Buchenwald was established in 1937 near Weimar, Germany, with 88 subcamps. It supplied forced labor for SS administered German Equipment Works, the camp stone quarry, and local munitions factories. The camp was liberated by US troops on April 11, 1945. Nadich was a Jewish chaplain in the US Army from 1942-1946. He arrived in Paris just after its liberation on August 24, 1944. In August 1945, Lt. Colonel Nadich,...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4057
- English
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1-3, 1990.54.2-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other badges h...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4058
- English
- overall: Height: 4.450 inches (11.303 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 3, 1990.54.1, 3-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other ...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4059
- English
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 3, 1990.54.1-3, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4060
- English
- overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 3, 1990.54.1-3, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...
Rabbi Judah Nadich papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43373
- English
- 1939-1997
- folders book enclosure oversize box 6 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Rabbi Judah Nadich papers consist of material related to Rabbi Nadich’s work as a Jewish chaplain in the United States Army from 1942-1945, and his work as the Senior Jewish Chaplain at SHAEF from 1945-1946 reporting to General Dwight D. Eisenhower on the conditions in former concentration camps and in displaced persons camps. Includes Rabbi Nadich’s wartime and post-war diaries and planners; publications given to Jewish soldiers; correspondence; statistical charts relating to Jewish displaced persons in postwar Germany and Austria; and information regarding Rabbi Nadich’s post-war work...
Tallit with Great Seal, Star of David and 10 commandments used by a US Army chaplain
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn45308
- English
- 1942-1946
- overall: Height: 70.000 inches (177.8 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tallit, or prayer shawl with embroidered insignia worn by Rabbi Judah Nadich for his work as a Jewish chaplain in the United States Army from 1942-1946. Designed per US Army regulations, the tallit has the US coat of arms above the Jewish chaplain's insignia: a Star of David and the tablets of law. Nadich arrived in Paris just after its liberation on August 24, 1944. He conducted the first religious service after liberation in the rue de la Victoire synagogue, and preached to the assembled congregation of Jewish GIs and survivors in both French and English. On Passover 1945, Nadich conducte...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513614
- English
- overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.2-3, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other badges h...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513615
- English
- overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 3, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513616
- English
- overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 2, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...
Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn538667
- English
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1-3 and 1990.54.1-4 for 7 other badges he received. Nadi...