Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: She’erith Hapletah, the rescue of children and the Bricha Organization

Identifier
O.46/SH
Language of Description
English
Dates
1939 - 1950
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

39 files on 1 microfilm reel

Scope and Content

The documentation (nine folders) contains:

  • Memoirs of Hasia Bornstein-Bilitzka, of Blessed Memory (one of the founders of Kibbutz Lahavot Habashan), regarding the initial organization of the movement by ghetto survivors, educational work with children as part of the Zionist Coordinating Group for the Redemption of Children in Poland and the rescue of children from non-Jews;

  • Two letter from children who were rescued from non-Jews;

  • Survey-report prepared by Yosef Indig regarding the rescue of children in Yugoslavia;

  • Official documentation from Romanian sources regarding the affair of the illegal immigrant ship, "Mefkura";

  • Report-survey prepared by the educator Nessia Orlovska, of Blessed Memory (one of the founders of Kibbutz Amir) regarding educational work in the children's home in Ludwikowo in 1946, and more.

Finding Aids

  • O.300/55 in YV archives

Existence and Location of Originals

  • Moreshet Archives

Existence and Location of Copies

  • YV archives

Note(s)

  • The description is based on the original description that was written by Emanuel Berand at the time when the collection was submitted to Yad Vashem, 03 November 1958

Archivist Note

JL according to the RG description in the YV system

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0

Dates of Descriptions

2014-06-11

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