Violet Herkovits Mainzer collection

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Oral history interview with Iby Mainzer and Martin Mainzer
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607595
- English
- 3 sound cassettes (60 min.), analog. 1 digital file,
- Updated 7 months ago
Violet Herkovits Mainzer collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn94996
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains documents, photographs and correspondence regarding the experiences of Rabbi Boril Herschkovics, who immigrated to the United States in the late 1920s ahead of his immediate family. Documents include recommendations of employment for Boril. Also includes correspondence with organizations including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Society regarding the efforts of his daughter Alice Herst to arrange for the immigration of Edith and Rose Herskovits, then in Hungary, to join the rest of the family in the United States.