Magen David Adom and Ben Zion Patkin records

Identifier
irn47344
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.139
  • RG-69.010M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1973
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47344

Extent and Medium

1,939 digital images, PDF

4 microfilm reels, 35 mm

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica - Fisher Library

Acquisition

Source of acquisition the University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection in July 2012 via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project. Benzion Patkin collected records thought to be irretrievably lost to the history and archive. His widow, Hemda Patkin, gave her husband's papers to the Archive of Australian Judaica over a number of years.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Magen David Adom (a "Jewish Red Cross" founded in Tel Aviv in 1930 as a First Aid Society) collected by Benzion Patkin. Includes annual reports, correspondence, newspapers, and photographs and relates to the Magen David Adom assistance to Palestine, and to Jews in Europe and Shanghai.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica - Fisher Library

People

  • Patkin, Benzion.

Subjects

  • Humanitarian assistance.
  • Concentration camps--Australia.
  • Palestine
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jewish refugees--Australia--History--20th century.

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.

Copies

  • Archive of Australian Judaica

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica