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  1. Rabbi Judah Nadich papers

    1. Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

    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...

  2. Autobiographical ink drawing of a group of men and women in a Jewish Brigade truck

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his postwar experiences. It depicts Pavel and 3 others in the back of a military transport truck. In June 1946, Pavel was transported from Germany to France by the Jewish Brigade to board a ship for Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined ...

  3. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 3 men sharing a bed as a fourth removes his shoes

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994-1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and 3 men sharing a hotel room in June 1946 in Lyon, France, on their way to board a ship for Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German army an...

  4. Autobiographical ink drawing of a passenger transfer at sea between two Ma’apilim ships

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and other passengers being transferred between 2 ships mid-sea. In June 1946, Pavel was on the ship Biria bound for Palestine when it was discovered by the British near Cyprus. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, an...

  5. Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a sinking passenger filled boat

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and other passengers packed on a boat deck. In June 1946, Pavel was transferred mid sea from the immigrant ship Biria to the coal boat Akbel en route to Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the ...

  6. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of 3 adults and a child disembarking at a guarded port

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrationscreated by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994-1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel, 2 adults, and a child disembarking a boat at port. In June 1946, Pavel arrived in port after his illegal immigrant boat was discovered by the British. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In...

  7. Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 uniformed men boarding a bus in the countryside

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and another man boarding a bus. In July 1946, Pavel escaped from a detention camp in Palestine and boarded a passenger bus without money or papers. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In ...

  8. Autobiographical ink and pencil drawing of a woman on a storefront sidewalk and a man at an outdoor counter

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel standing an open-air soda fountain and a woman walking along a street in August 1946. Pavel, only in Palestine 1 month with limited Hebrew and no money, is welcomed with a free soda. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German nation...

  9. Autobiographical ink drawing of an armed man guarding a watertower at night

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel patrolling a neighborhood street corner. Pavel guarded the watertower in the Ramat-Gan neighborhood during the winter of 1946-1947. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pave...

  10. Autobiographical ink drawing of 6 refugees trekking through the snow at night

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel and 5 other men hiking through deep snow in November 1945, disguised as Greek refugees illegally crossing the Czechoslovakian border en route to a displaced persons camp. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined ...

  11. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of a uniformed man and his Russian interrogator

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel standing in a Russian interrogation office. In November 1945, Pavel left a detention camp to get cakes, was arrested, then released. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel desert...

  12. Photocopy of an autobiographical ink drawing of Polish refugees disguised as Greeks crossing the border

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Photocopy of a drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his postwar experiences. It depicts Pavel and 3 men at a train station on the Polish border in November 1945, disguised as Greek refugees en route to a displaced persons camp. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deser...

  13. Autobiographical ink drawing of a man sitting in a bathtub under a running shower

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel taking a bath in August 1945, when he visited a bathhouse in Warsaw for his first bath in nearly a year after the war. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German ar...

  14. Autobiographical ink drawing of 2 men in uniform sharing a meal at a train station cafe

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel talking to a Polish Army recruiting officer in a cafe. Pavel arrived in Warsaw in August 1945 to look for relatives and had a drink with a Jewish security officer who asked him to join the Polish army. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed...

  15. Autobiographical ink drawing of a uniformed man searching in the rubble of a destroyed city

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts an injured Pavel staring at the ruins of a demolished city block. Pavel returned to the destroyed Warsaw ghetto in August 1945 to search for surviving relatives. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German a...

  16. Autobiographical ink wash drawing of men, women, and children in a detention camp separated by barbed wire

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel at a detention camp divided by a barbed wire topped fence where he was sent by the British in Junre 1946 after arriving illegally in Palestine. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In Marc...

  17. Autobiographical ink drawing of a man walking along a traffic filled highway

    1. Peretz Chorshati collection

    Pen and wash drawing from a series of 19 captioned, narrative illustrations created by Peretz Chorshati (born Pavel Szenwald) between 1994 and 1997 about his wartime experiences. It depicts Pavel walking down a busy street in 1946. Pavel was without bus fare and walked 17 miles from Tel Aviv to Ramat-Gan. Pavel was an 18 year old student in Warsaw when the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto until his father got him forged papers and he escaped. He posed as a German national, and joined the German army. In March 1943, Pavel deserted the German...

  18. Prayer book

    1. Michael M. Garber collection

    Siddur taken by Michael [Mojsej] Garber, 21, when he fled Warsaw, Poland, for Soviet territory soon after the September 1939 German invasion. Attached to the cover is a glass plate with a photograph of the Teznia w Ciechocinku, 19th century graduated wooden cooling towers in Ciechocinek, Poland. The towers, used to evaporate brine from water, were built in 1825 and 1859, and at 53 feet, were the largest of their kind. Michael received this prayer book from his parents when he was a 12 year old boy preparing for bar mitzvah. He took it, and his tefillin, with him when he escaped. The Soviet ...

  19. Deggendorf displaced persons camp scrip, 50 cents, issued to a German Jewish couple

    1. Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn collection

    Scrip, valued at 50 cents, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had joi...

  20. Deggendorf displaced persons camp scrip, 10 dollars, issued to a German Jewish couple

    1. Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn collection

    Scrip, valued at 10 dollars, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had j...