List of Polish Jewish orphans
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of portions of this collection were made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation and the Joseph H. and Freda Guzman Gerber Fund for Library Acquisitions.
Funding Note: The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family Fund.
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.
Scope and Content
Contains a list of Jewish orphans from Łańcut, Poland, who immigrated to Palestine with the "Tehran Children." Next to the names of the children appear names of relatives in Łańcut; names of places where they had been lodged (among them Givat Brenner, Beit Yehoshua and the religious youth village by Kfar Hassidim); and general comments. Includes a handwritten copy of a response from Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever about the rules of Mikve, which had been printed in the book "Khikre Halacha She'elot uTeshuvot" published in 1944.
Subjects
- Tehran (Iran)
- Jewish children--Iran--Tehran.
- Jewish refugees--Iran--Tehran.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Registers (lists)
- Document