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  1. Mirski family papers

    Collection of documents, photographs, drawings, writings, newspaper clippings relating to Klara and Michal Mirski (donor's grandparents). Klara Mirski was born in 1901 as Chaja Fichman and grew up in Warsaw; she was a teacher. Michal was born in 1905 in Kowel as Mosze Tabacznik; he was a teacher and principal in Jewish schools before the war. Due to his Communist activity, he was incarcerated in Bereza Kartuska concentration camp. Michal and Klara married on June 4, 1926 in Skidel. Their daughter Maja was born in 1927. They managed to flee Warsaw in September 1939 to Kowel and in June 1941 ...

  2. Geoffrey and Hansi Lynfield collection

    Consists of manuscripts, drafts, original documents and photographs, correspondence, and research material related to the writing of "The Four Sisters," and "In Search of Gustav." The manuscripts were written by Geoffrey Lynfield, ca. 2005-2006. "The Four Sisters' documents the experiences of his wife, Hansi Sternberg Lynfield, and her three sisters, all of whom were deported from their hometown of Munkacs (now Mukacheve), survived Auschwitz and Tannenberg concentration camps, and worked for the Red Cross or UNRRA after the war. "In Search of Gustav" traces the family history of the Lilienf...

  3. Henry M. Heinrichs photographs

    Consists of 20 copyprints from the collection of Private First Class Henry M. Heinrichs documenting his experiences as an American soldier, mainly as an ambulance driver, during World War II, particularly his experiences witnessing the Dachau concentration camp. Includes portraits, Heinrichs posing with his ambulance, piles of corpses at Dachau, the corpse of a guard dog, and liberated prisoners riding in a military jeep with a banner thanking the Allies.

  4. Ha Shomer Hazair in Poland, Galicia (RG-2-1) השומר הצעיר בפולין, גליציה

    Contains records of the Histadrut (trade union of Jewish workers) of the Hashomer Hatzair in Galicia, includes census data of movement members, name lists of candidates for the "Youth Aliya", a diary of "Shalhevet" group (branch "Vilna") in the years 1924-1935, census data of graduated members of the movement according to the regions: Baranovichi, Białystok, Grodno, Włoclawek; records of the Central leadership in Warsaw in 1935: forms of referendum and circulars, minutes of meetings of the Chief Council, correspondence of the Central leadership in Lviv with its branches (kenim).

  5. Haika Grosman personal archives (RG-95-69) חייקה גרוסמן, ארכיון אישי

    The collection includes personal documents, correspondence with Hashomer Hatzair leadership and personalities as Meir Ya'ari (1897-1987), the leader of Hashomer Hatzair, Kibbutz Artzi and Mapam; and Ya'akov Hazan (1899-1992),the Israeli politician and social activist; also includes documents from Grosman's activities as a Knesset member (1969-1988).

  6. Shalom Cholawski personal archives (RG-95-82) שלום חולבסקי, ארכיון אישי

    Consists of correspondence, articles and drafts related to Cholawsky's research on history of Belorussian Jews during the Holocaust, partisans movement in Belarus, Jewish underground and the Jewish uprising in the ghetto of Nieswicz, including testimonies recorded by residents of the Nieswicz ghetto. Also includes documentations on Holavsky's work as a teacher in the kibbutz ʻEin Hashofet and his activities in United Workers Party (MAPAM), and his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.

  7. Meir Yaari personal archive (RG-95-7) מאיר יערי, ארכיון אישי

    Meir Yaari's (1897-1987) personal archive consists of biographical data, personal documents, certificates, documents and correspondence related to Rzeszów (1921-1987), letters from Vienna (1919-1920), correspondence related to the kibbutz movement, and to kibbutz Merhavia, as well as the United Workers Party (MAPAM).

  8. 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.

  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 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).

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Aharon Cohen personal archives (RG-95-10) אהרון כהן – ארכיון אישי

    Personal archive of Aharon Cohen (1910-1980) contains reports and correspondence with representatives of Ha Shomer Hatzair Movement in Romania in 1937-1940, also includes the personal notebook related to his mission in Romania in 1947-1948.

  16. Israel Barzilai personal archives (RG-95-15), ישראל ברזילי

    Personal archives of Israel Barzilai (1913-1970) contains letters, personal documents, reports on his mission in France during WWII, council's meetings, lectures, speeches, records related to Israeli government and Knesset elections, papers on operation "Sinai" and afterwards.

  17. Nahum Sharon (Strachman) personal archives (RG-95-17), נחום שרון (שטרכמן) - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archive of Nachum Sharon (1912-1976) contains records on the Hashomer Hatzair in Poland, biographical data and description of his hometown Luck (Ukraine), speeches, articles, papers related to his leadership in MAPAM party (United Workers’ Party, Israel) and the Histadrut (General Organization of Workers), issues of the magazine "Al Hamishmar", articles on "German problem"-restitutions from Germany (1951), records from his mission in Cuba (1959-1962) and association of friends Israel-Cuba, the manuscript on Emanuel Ringelblum, the reproduction of his book "Summer 42" (in Hebrew).

  18. 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.

  19. Arthur Ben-Israel personal archive, Kibutz Beit-Alfa (RG-95-19), ארתור בן-ישראל

    Contains personal archive of Arthur Ben-Israel (1901-1986) from the kibbutz Beit Alfa including his biographical data, correspondence, testimony on the Hashomer Hatzair in Germany, records from the mission in England (1939-1945).

  20. Menachem Bader personal archives (RG-95-23) מנחם בדר - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Menachem Bader (1895-1985) contains documents with his biographical information, memoirs, records on the mission in Turkey and activities of the Rescue Commettee in Istanbul, articles, speeches, poems in Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish.