| | Creator: | Tenzer, Herbert | Save to cart | | | Title: | Herbert Tenzer oral history collection | | | | Dates: | Bulk Dates:1940-1947; Bulk Dates: 1940-1947; 1940's, 1985 | | | | Call No: | 1986.004 | | | | Abstract: | Herbert Tenzer was a founder and administrator of Rescue Children, Inc., organized in June 1946 to assist young Jewish refugees in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The collection includes taped interviews concerning Tenzer's involvement with Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. and photographs of Tenzer with Mayor William O'Dwyer and children at the Rescue Children center. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Refugees, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | |
| Creator: | Bunim, Irving M., 1901-1980 | Save to cart | | | Title: | Irving Bunim oral history collection | | | | Dates: | 1976-1978 | | | | Call No: | 1985.014 | | | | Abstract: | Irving Bunim was a businessman, Jewish lay leader, and major figure in the Vaad Hatzala to help Jewish refugees. The Vaad Hatzala, an Orthodox Jewish relief organization established in 1939, provided funds for rabbis and religious students in war-torn Europe and worked for their emigration. The collection contains a photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Irving Bunim by Rabbi Moshe Kolodny of the Agudath Israel of America Orthodox Jewish Archives concerning the work of the Vaad Hatzala during World War II. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Refugees, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | |
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