Yitzchak Singer papers

Identifier
irn562809
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.333.1
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562809

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of portions of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation

Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence of Va'ad Ha'Hatzala for a visa to the United States for Yitzchak Singer, a Holocaust survivor and yeshiva student who was found in Bergen-Belsen. Among the documents is a letter signed by Rosalie Stive of the immgiration department of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; and letters from rabbis in the United States to immigration authorities about accepting the boy to the yeshiva with a full scholarship, signed by Rabbi Yosef Shevlowitz and Rabbi Yosef Baumel. After many efforts, Yitzchak immigrated to Israel.

Corporate Bodies

  • Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Orthodox Judaism.

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.

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