Warsaw Ghetto Monument. Translated Summary: CKŻP announces plans to erect a heroic monument (denkmahl) the following year on the razed site of the Warsaw Ghetto to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the uprising, which will be April 19, 1948. The monument to the Ghetto's heros will be created by sculptor Nathan Rapoport. Letter asks for immediate support and participation in the memorial project which is envisioned as encompassing Jews worldwide as well as those living in Poland. Other signatories in addition to Berman, Lazebnik and Bitter are Professor Yosef (Josef) Sak, Salo Fiszgrund, Inzh Rosenman, Hersh Smolar, and Dr. Herman Parnas.
Date:
1947-04-23
Creator:
Berman, Adolf Abraham, 1906-
Lazebnik, Joel
Bitter, Marek
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 45, Folder 7
Yiddish pamphlet Farn Heimland in Slacht!, Zamlung, (anthology) Moscow 1941 with graphic with red flag and rifle. Melucha Farlag, Der Emes, Moskeva, 1941. (Moscow: State Publishing House “The Truth,”). Translated Summary: Poetry by Peretz Markish and others associated with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAFC). Written during World War II apparently right after the U.S.S.R. was invaded by Nazi Germany in Operation Barbarossa. Peretz Markish, Avrom Reisen, Yosef Kerler, and others appear here with poetry, prose, and a play. Marked up in pencil (as edits for proofs?). The pages between 54-59 seem to be missing: pieces of those pages have been left in that place. Notably contains Peretz Markish poem: Tsurik in Heyl Arein (Return to the Cave). Peretz Markish is the editor of this anthology.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAFC)
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 47, Folder 16
Yiddish, 32-page black booklet Khurbn Daytshland (Moshe Kats, L. Faynberg, and Moshe Shifres, eds.). The catastrophic destruction of Germany (meaning what is happening to Jews). An anthology of prose and (a little over half) poetry. Has very strong Moshe Nadir poem Daytshland in Noyt. Twenty-one contributors in all, and the full roster of over 70 Proletpen writers at the end of the book. A prescient and not well known Yiddish volume.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Kats, Mosheh, 1885-1960
Feinberg, Leon, 1897-1969
Shifris, M., 1897-1977
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box , Folder
Yiddish, 32-page black booklet Khurbn Daytshland (Moshe Kats, L. Faynberg, and Moshe Shifres, eds.). The catastrophic destruction of Germany (meaning what is happening to Jews). An anthology of prose and (a little over half) poetry. Has very strong Moshe Nadir poem Daytshland in Noyt. Twenty-one contributors in all, and the full roster of over 70 Proletpen writers at the end of the book. A prescient and not well known Yiddish volume.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Kats, Mosheh, 1885-1960
Feinberg, Leon, 1897-1969
Shifris, M., 1897-1977
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 47, Folder 20
Yiddish newspaper June 1942, No. 3, year 1, Subtitled, "Monatlekhe Tzaytshrift fun dem Dzhuish Kaunsil far Roshien Vor Relif" (Monthly Bulletin from the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief). Headline: Yidn fun der Velt, Nemt Nekome farn Folk. Jews of the World, Take Revenge for Your People. Includes appeal by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. Some of the issue is devoted to honoring Abraham Goldberg [Zionist, important in Poale Zion, and] head of the Jewish section of the Russian War Relief agency until his recent sudden death. Banner above the headline promises to continue his work. Goldberg also has a byline on page 2 of the paper. The paper's editorial board members are listed on page 4. The Jewish Council on Russian War Relief, funneled money for medical and other supplies to Russian War Relief. Albert Einstein was honorary chairman, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Louis Levine, Sholem Asch and the Joint Distribution Committee, were involved in supporting this multi-million dollar campaign effort.
Date:
1942-06
Creator:
Goldberg, Abraham, 1883-1942
Goldberg, B. Z. (Ben Zion), 1895-
Tsukerman, V.
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 69, Folder 5
6 pages. Article about living in Warsaw's Ghetto in 1941 written as a harrowing eyewitness account documenting deliberate Nazi policies of starvation and death. Describes the creation of the Ghetto and the building of Ghetto walls, depicting its impact on children and other vulnerable populations. Bialer escaped from the Ghetto with her husband and son. Published just before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Date:
1943-02-27
Creator:
Bialer, Tosha
Identifier:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 69, Folder 6
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