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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Erna Witsches Schmidmayer: A Holocaust Story from Kindertransport to Pioneer in Israel, 2016-09-16

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0003
Abstract

Oral history interview with Erna Witsches Schmidmayer.

 Erna, born in Odessa, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland); escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport to London, England in 1939; and her immigration to Palestine in 1946.

Dates: 2016-09-16
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B452, Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos / Oral Histories / Box 1

Feldman Documents, from folder labeled ''Israel - Misc.'', 1964-1972

 File
Identifier: M145.04.0010.0010
Abstract

This folder contains files from a collection of documents that Burton Feldman entitled ''Israel - Misc''. It consists of some correspondence in Hebrew, and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1964-1972
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M145, Burton Feldman Papers / Research, Drafts, and Personal Documents / Research, Drafts, and Personal Documents, 1950 - 2000

Feldman Documents, Gershom Scholem, 1974-1976

 File
Identifier: M145.04.0010.0020
Abstract

This folder contains files pertaining to Burton Feldman's efforts to publish a translation of Gershom Scholem's essay entitled ''Walter Benjamin and his Angel.'' The translation was done by Werner Dannhauser, and the folder also contains his correspondence and a full copy of his translation of the work.

Dates: 1974-1976
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M145, Burton Feldman Papers / Research, Drafts, and Personal Documents / Research, Drafts, and Personal Documents, 1950 - 2000

Focus on Soviet Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0003
Abstract

Materials related to the newsletter "Focus in Soviet Jewry," published by the International League for the Repatriation of Russian Jews in London. The League assisted Russian Jews to emigrate to Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 4

Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos

 Collection
Identifier: B452
Abstract This collection details the Grünfeld Heimann family Holocaust stories. Kurt Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann married in 1938 and took a train with family to Shanghai in 1940 to escape Nazi violence. They survived in the Shanghai Ghetto alongside thousands of other European Jewish refugees until they were able to relocate in 1948. Kurt, Lotte, and their young son relocated to the United States and settled in Denver, Colorado where their second child, Giselle, was born, and where they...
Dates: 1984-2021
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos

Golda Meir and the Korngolds, 1914

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00003
Abstract

Future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (center) stands with her sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Sam Korngold, and their daughter, Judith. The formal portrait was taken in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1914
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 21

''Hadassah'', 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0004
Abstract

Materials related to Hadassah, a women's Zionist organization.

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 4

Harry Pells at the Wailing Wall, 1963 October

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Identifier: B063.08.0039.00033
Abstract

Harry Pells stands beside the Wailing Wall depositing a prayer during an AFJ trip to Jerusalem, Israel.

Dates: 1963 October
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Individuals / Box 39

Harry Pells on an Israel Tour, 1963 October 6

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0038.00026
Abstract

Harry Pells sits astride a camel with his tour guide Moshe Ingbor at Beersheba while on an AJF tour in Israel.

Dates: 1963 October 6
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 38

Inbal Dance Theatre of Israel, 1958

 Item
Identifier: D004.01.0001.00005
Abstract Souvenir program for Inbal's American tour for the 1957-1958 season. Organized in Tel Aviv in 1949, this Israeli troupe performs theater and dance based an Jewish scriptures, folklore from Yemen and the Israeli national experience. With the international funding, and the help of artists such as Jerome Robbins and Anna Sokolow, it evolved from an amateur group into a professional touring company. Principal performers: Margalith Oved, Meir Ovadia. Artistic director: Sara Levi-Tanai. Presented...
Dates: 1958
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D004, The Dance Archive Souvenir and House Program Collection / National and International Companies / Box 6: Hamburg Ballet-Julio Bocca and Ballet Argentino

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