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Language of Description: English
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Language of Description: Ukrainian

  1. Harvey Shreibman collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, coat, jacket, trousers, and a mug relating to the experiences of Erich Hershel Sakofski (later Harvey Shreibman) as a prisoner in several concentration camps in German-occupied Poland and Germany during the Holocaust.

  2. Hashem Ykom Wiktor Brilliant collection

    Consists of one set of copies and one CD-ROM containing a Powerpoint of scanned images, of pre-war and wartime correspondence from Hashem Ykom Wiktor Brilliant (the Levy), originally of Jaroslaw, Poland, and his sons, Edmond, Karol, Maximilian, and Yohanan, between Poland and Palestine. Also includes information about the family history.

  3. Hashoah Ve'hagvura book of remembrance

    This unbound volume was produced by Yad Vashem in 1966 to mark remembrance day for the Holocaust and Heroism, and was designed for use in schools. It contains photographs depicting the rise of Nazism; the destruction and desecration of synagogues in Vienna, 1938; the Warsaw Ghetto; Yellow Stars; Lodz; Dachau; partisans and the Jewish Brigade.

  4. Hashomer Hatzair Buenos Aires Office (RG 35)

    Contains correspondence and letters of the Hashomer Hatzair leadership, Israel Rappaport, Meir Sal, Rotem Eliezer, Ariel Said, Sandra Tz'mh, Pesach Zskin, Hao Senkman, Shlomo Slutzky, Avery Fisher, Enrique Zvika, Shani Haim, Daniel Geller, Diana Niimark, and Dario Teitelbaum (founder of the Ken headquarters, i.e. "nest"). Also includes various advertisements, and other records regarding a construction site in Santa Fe, Argentina, and a collection of articles about missing persons in Argentina during the "Dirty War" from 1976 to 1983.

  5. Hashomer Hatzair in Austria (R-9-2) השומר הצעיר באוסטריה.

    Contains name lists of the Holocaust survivors (1946-1947), members of the Hashomer Hatzair in Austria (1946), materials on the 22nd Zionist Congress (1946), a notebook "Son's Rebellion " in Yiddish, correspondence with other branches, the central leadership and MAPAM organisations, circulars of Linz branch, a speech of Andrei Gromyko on May 14, 1947 on Palestine partition plan in Yiddish and Polish. Also contains reports, notes on activities of the Omer and Magen groups (gari'in) (1959-1966), issues of the magazine "Hevrateynu" (1961-1978), and brochures of Vienna branch (ken), 1981-1985.

  6. Hashomer Hatzair in Bulgaria (RG-7-2) השומר הצעיר בבולגריה

    Contains newspapers "Itoneynu", "Halapid", "Hashofar", and "Medura", the information bulletin published in Sofia in 1931; programs of activities, statistics and reports on the situation in "kenim" (branches), 1931; the central leadership reports in Bulgaria; correspondence, circulars, and minutes regarding Aliyah Bet (Alyah "B"), Plovdiv,1932; articles and lectures of the Hashomer Hatzair leaders translated to Bulgarian language; and records from "ken" (branch) in Ruse, 1923-1939. Includes also records on activities after WWII.

  7. Hashomer Hatzair in Cyprus (RG-19-2) השומר הצעיר בקפריסין

    Contains memoirs and other documents of the Jewish refugees and survivors on their stay in Cyprus in 1947. Also includes various publications, correspondence (1947), names lists of kibbutz members, the issue of Hashomer Hatzair journal "Ba Girush" (1947), published in Cyprus, the "exodus" story of "Ma'apilim" (illigal emigrants to Palestine) written by Yehushua Ratman in Yiddish.

  8. Hashomer Hatzair in France (RG-14-2) השומר הצעיר בצרפת

    Contains activity records, minutes of meetings of the Hashomer Hatzair Council, work plans, educational publications : Ha kvutza, on summer camps in France, articles Hashomer Hatzair leaders, a report on the World Zionist Federation, brochures of the "Lapidim" group, newspapers clippings "Al Hamishmar" (newspapers been published in France by the Hashomer Hatzair publishing house in 1931-1949).

  9. Hashomer Hatzair in Germany (R-13-2) השומר הצעיר בגרמניה

    Contains journal "Kameraden" (1924-1931), diaries from various cities (kvuzot) in Germany (1923-1937), a diary and minutes of meetings of leadership in Danzig (1925-1928), records on children camps, correspondence with the central leadership and brunches, circulars, reports on activities, youth aliya issues, names lists of members from different branches, names lists for drafting to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), 1948, publications on Ha Shomer Hatzair history in Yiddish (1946-1948), financial reports.

  10. Hashomer Hatzair in Israel, Headquarters (RG-1-3) הנהגה הראשית השומר הצעיר-ישראל

    Contains minutes of meetings, circulars, correspondence with branches in Israel, reports, educational publications and ideological materials of the movement, articles of the Hashomer Hatzair leaders, journals : "El Ori",, "Igeret", "Be Sha'ar", lists of kibutzim in the Eretz Israel (Land of Israel), historical data on Hashomer Hatzair in Israel. Includes also a report of Moshe Czizhik (Klif) on the Ha Shomer Hatzair in the Nazi occupied territories and its attitude toward Soviet Union.

  11. Hashomer Hatzair in Lithuania (RG-4-2) השומר הצעיר בליטא

    Circulars, publications, activities reports, Benjamin Grinboim archive, including reports on the situation of the Hashomer Hatzair in Lithuania in 1938 and his correspondence, the kibbutz training (Hakshara), information brochures and journals "Ziv", "Al Hamishmar" from 1927-1930, Akiva Wonhozker 's papers on children's house (Kinderhaus) in Kovno, reports on Jewish scouts movement in Kovno, Yaakov Amit's correspondence and legacy, Yekheskel Ben Tour memoirs on Ponevezh (Panevėžys ), 1922-1934, and national conference reports.

  12. Hashomer Hatzair in Romania (R-5-2) השומר הצעיר ברומניה

    Circulars, minutes of meetings, work plans of the central leadership, reports from the meetings of the chief council in Kishinev and Czernowitz in 1927, reports on activities in different brunches, newspapers and magazines published in Romania 1927-1940, including "Mantvivea" and "Iovelua", testimonies and memoirs of the Ha Shomer Hatzair activities in various "kenim" (branches) in Romania, names lists of the members of central leadership and those who had made Aliya in 1938.

  13. Hashomer Hatzair in Yugoslavia (RG 3-2)

    Consists of records of the Hashomer Hatzair Worker Committee in Yugoslavia. Contains personal papers of Menachem Shelah and of Rachel and Zvi Loke including speeches; leaflets; the alumni newspaper; letters and postcards, 1930 to 1940; various photographs of refugees from Italy, dated July 1943; name lists of students; and records pertaining to the movement of Communist educational activities in Zagreb, June 14, 1937.

  14. Hashomer Hatzair Paris Office (RG-34) הלשכה האירופאית בפריס

    Contains correspondence and letters with the Hashomer Hatzair movement in various countries, such as France, Belgium, Israel, England, Austria, Chile, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Germany, Italy etc.; also letters written by the leadership, activity reports, accounting and financial reports, newspapers of the movement. Included are MAPAM (United Worker's Party) correspondence, reports and correspondence with the Conference of Jewish Materials Claims against Germany (CJMCAG).

  15. Hashomer Hatzair Prague-Bratislava Office (RG-33)

    Contains correspondence, letters, diaries, activity reports of the Hashomer Hatzair, Prague-Bratislava office concerning refugee camps, immigration, summer settlements, and a seminar held in Lindenfels (Germany). Records relate to the Hashomer Hatzair movement in various European countries or areas such as Poland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania, Transylvania, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Italy, and France.

  16. Hashomer Hatzair World Headquarters in Israel (RG-31) הנהגה עליונה ישראל

    Correspondence of the World Hashomer Hatzair Headquarter in Palestine (Eretz Israel) and in Israel, between 1930s and 1940s, with branches of the Hashomer Hatzair, reports on activities, documents on immigration (Alya), absorbtion of new immigrants, the kibbutz movement, Holocaust survivors in Cyprus detention camps, families' tracing after the WWII, guidelines for "Shlichim" (representatives) .

  17. Hashomer Hatzair World Headquarters Representation in Palestine (RG 1.2-ה)

    Contains correspondence, and letters of the top leadership of the Hashomer Hatzair in Palestine with the offices in various countries such as France, Belgium, Israel, England, Austria, Chile, and Morocco. Includes action reports, newspapers, and other documents concerning activities of Jewish communities, organization of the pioneer conferences, colonies, kibbutzim, trainings, immigration, refugees from Germany, and the Hashomer Hatzair union branches in Galicia. Also contains records pertaining to the youth movements Maccabi and Keren–Hashomer; the National Conference, 1932; the Chief Coun...

  18. Hashomer Hatzair World Headquarters Warsaw (RG 2-ה)

    Contains records pertaining to the Hashomer Hatzair Supreme Leadership - Center in Warsaw, Poland. Includes correspondence with the envoys from the Zionist Organization and Gordonia, from countries such as Cuba, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Greece, England, Romania, Egypt, Argentina, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Germany, and Austria. Main subjects relate to kibbutzim, colonies, immigration, the youth alliance, scouting, the global Zionism movement and education, Jewish communities, trainings, pioneer conferences, the Zionist Congress, the camp in Belgium, Zionist workers, and the establishme...

  19. Hassia Gilman letter

    Consists of one letter, written by Hassia Gilman to her brother and sister's family on October 15, 1944. In the letter, she describes wartime life in Leningrad and hearing about what happened to Jewish relatives in the town of Beshenkowitz, Russia.

  20. Hasso Hinke journal

    Journal illustrated and written by German POW Hasso Hinke who was held in Rheinwiesenlager in 1945-46 (part of a group of 19 camps built in Allied-occupied part of Germany by the US Army to hold captured German soldiers (held between 1-2 million Wehrmacht personnel) under poor conditions and later in a PG Lager in Grenoble, France. The journal Includes letters and postcards he sent and received. (It looks like a family member or the author later added notes in pen and an article). Hasso Hinke worked as a professional cartoonist and caricaturist in Berlin after the war. Photographs, clipping...