Furman family papers

Identifier
irn724179
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.272.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

2

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Yitzhak Furman was born on 5 November 1934 in Petah Tikva, Palestine (Petah Tikva, Israel) to Hanoch Furman and Dina Flaumenbaun (b. 1907). He had one sister, Yehudit (b. 1931), and one brother, Mordechai (b. 1938). His father Hanoch was born in 1907 in Krynki, Poland to Zelda Furman (1879-1944) and Mordechai Furman. He had one brother, Simcha (b. 1910), and one step-brother, Max Abramovicz, from his mother’s previous marriage. Max immigrated to the United States. Simcha and his wife perished during the Holocaust. Hanoch attended a Tarbut school in Krynki, and later worked as an accountant and teacher at the school. He immigrated to Palestine in 1926. He married Dina Flaumenbaun in 1928. His mother Zelda immigrated to Palestine in 1936.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Yitzhak Furman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Yitzhak Furman.

Scope and Content

The Furman family papers document the pre-war lives of the Furman family in Krynki, Poland and Palestine, including Hanoch Furman’s education and employment at a Tarbut school in Krynki, his immigration to Palestine in 1926, and his mother Zelda Furman’s immgration to Palestine in 1936. Documents include Tarbut school certificates and report card, marriage certificate for Hanoch and Dina Flaumenbaum, a Ketubah, Palestinian immigration certificates for Hanoch and Zelda, Palestinian naturalization certificate for Hanoch, and Zelda’s Polish passport and health card for immigration. Photographs include family portraits of Hanoch, his father Mordechai and mother Zelda, relatives, and students and teachers at the Tarbut school in Krynki.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as two files. 1 of 2, OS 1. Family papers, 1911-1949 2 of 2. Photographs, circa 1900-1937

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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.