Detailed Description

Guide to the Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors' Union), 1908-1940, RG 26

Arranged by Solomon Krystal, 1984. Translated and edited by Rivka Schiller in 2006 with the assistance of a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation. Additional processing by Sarah Ponichtera in 2013 as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.

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Electronic finding aid was converted to EAD by Sarah Ponichtera in March 2013. EAD customized in Archon in 2013. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors' Union), 1908-1940, RG 26

ID: RG 26

Extent: 16.25 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The series are arranged by type of material, namely administrative materials, correspondence, or membership files.

Languages: Yiddish, Polish, German, Russian, Hebrew, English

Abstract

The Yidisher Artistn Farayn, or Yiddish Actors’ Union, advocated for actors’ economic interests while striving to create a professionally run, artistically ambitious, Yiddish theatrical scene in Warsaw. From 1919-1938, its influence gradually increased until it included the majority of actors working in Poland, and collaborated with the most significant Polish Yiddish cultural figures and institutions, including E. R. Kaminska, YIVO, Literarishe Bleter, and the Landrat, or National Council of Class Trade Unions (Krajowa Rada Klasowych Związków Zawodowych). This collection contains records of annual conventions, Executive Committee meetings, correspondence with actors and theaters from Poland and around the world, and membership files on almost 600 actors.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains administrative materials detailing institutional functions and decision-making processes, correspondence, and membership files, each separated into its own series.

Series I, Administrative Records, contains very early notes on the initial formation of the YAF, as well as the bylaws of the union (both the original handwritten version and a sample of the subsequent print versions, in Yiddish and Polish). Series I also contains records of the annual conventions. There are particularly complete records of conventions 3-15 (1921-1932). Series I contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee, from 1922-1933, and records of the communal court. There are few financial records, although there are records of the YAF’s drive to collect funds to build a new theater building.

Series II, Correspondence, is divided into subseries that reflect the YAF’s own filing system. Correspondence is separated according to the location of the correspondent, which correlates with the primary subject matter of each group of correspondence. Executive Committee correspondence, dealing with administrative and charitable matters, forms Subseries 1. Subseries 2 consists of correspondence with international theatrical organizations, either groups that toured Poland, or groups that Polish actors worked for abroad. Subseries 3 contains correspondence with theatrical groups in Poland, organized by the name of each Polish city where the group was located. Correspondence with Polish government organizations as well as non-governmental organizations falls into Subseries 4. Subseries 5 contains correspondence with permanently established theaters in Poland, organized by the name of the theater. Subseries 6 consists of correspondence with touring acting troupes, organized by the name of their correspondent. This filing system represents the way that the YAF established intellectual control over their activities, which attempted to encompass all theatrical work in Poland.

Series III contains the YAF’s membership files, arranged by member’s name. Many of these files contain membership booklets that include a picture, and the person’s basic biographical information. If the member took the exam held by the YAF in order to qualify for membership, records of the exam are included in their file. Some files also contain correspondence between the member and the YAF, often pertaining to questions or problems they encountered in their dealings with the organization.

Series IV consists of unarranged YAF materials. These materials, though they were originally produced by the YAF, like the rest of the collection, do not possess the same inherent order, and seem to have been assembled over a period of time from a variety of sources. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Zalman Reyzen, and the materials on performances and actors relate to those located in Vilna more than other cities, so YIVO may have had a hand in collecting these materials at some point during the prewar period. Special permission to work with these materials must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Historical Note

The Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors’ Union), also known as the Zwiazek Artystow Scen Zydowskich (ZASZ), located in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1919, and existed until the beginning of WWII (September 1939). Its primary purpose was to represent the interests of actors in their financial negotiations with directors of theaters and theatrical troupes. However, its role went beyond that, as it involved itself in politics, supporting greater autonomy for Polish Jews, and in cultural life, as it attempted to support the development of a professional, artistically ambitious Polish Jewish theater. In fact these goals were connected: demonstrating the advancement of Jewish culture was thought to buttress Jewish claims for greater political freedom.

Several attempts were made to establish an actors’ union in the 1910s in different cities in Poland, beginning in 1915 in Lodz. The German occupation of Poland during and after WWI provided Polish Jews, and the Yiddish theater in particular, with unprecedented freedom. Whereas under the Russia Czar, permits to perform Yiddish plays were rarely granted and frequently revoked, the German occupation authorities, eager to undermine Russification, allowed ethnic minorities including Jews to freely participate in cultural life. Following WWI, it took some years for refugees who had fled to return to Warsaw, but when a critical mass of actors and activists was reached, in 1919, the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (henceforth referred to as YAF) took shape.

In the early years of its existence, the YAF struggled to exert influence over the energetic but chaotic blossoming of the Yiddish theatrical scene in Poland. New theatrical companies would be established and then disappear, and rifts emerged particularly between actors affiliated with permanent theaters and those that toured the provinces, sometimes only for a single season. They also ironically struggled with the greater freedoms allowed Yiddish theaters and actors: if they called a strike, there was no reason directors could not simply hire actors unaffiliated with the union, and many did exactly that, limiting the YAF’s ability to create meaningful change.

In 1925, the YAF affiliated itself with the Landrat , or the National Council of Class Trade Unions ( Krajowa Rada Klasowych Związków Zawodowych ). This unified them with unions in other professions, broadening their ability to enforce internal discipline and amplifying their voice on the Polish political stage.

The YAF conducted extensive activities aside from bargaining with directors and political activism. As part of its general financial support of retired, ill, and unemployed actors, it provided a stipend to actors who wished to send their children to school. In 1925, they decided to limit this stipend to those who sent their children to Yiddish-language schools, thus buttressing Yiddish education in Poland. They also published their own journals ( Yidish teater and Yidishe bine , among others) and amassed one of the most impressive libraries among the Warsaw trade unions. They held lectures on the history of Yiddish theater, and became involved in education, training young actors and providing certification for experienced actors. Its membership grew to include over 300 (324 in 1938), and accounted for the vast majority of Yiddish actors in Poland at the outbreak of WWII.

References

Mordechai V. Bernstein, “Di organizatsye fun di yidishe artistn,” in Yidisher teater in Eyrope tsvishn beyde velt-milkhomes , vol. 1, Poyln, ed. Itsik Manger, Yonas Turkov (Jonas Turkow), and Moyshe Perenson, pp. 339–436 (New York, 1968)

Marek Web, “Organizacja i samopomoc: Z historii ruchu zawodowego aktorów żydowskich w Polsce,” Pamiętnik Teatralny 41.1–4 [161–164] (1992): 135–174, special issue on Yiddish theater in Poland until 1939.

Web, Marek. "Yiddish Actors Union." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe 8 November 2010. 22 March 2013 http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Yiddish_Actors_Union.

Subject/Index Terms

Actors Labor unions, Actors Poland Biography, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Membership cards, Documents - Minutes (Administrative Records), Documents - Resolutions (Administrative Records), Poland - Warsaw, Theater, Yiddish, Yidisher artistn-fareyn in Poyln

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Permission to use the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Use Restrictions:

Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: These records were among the Jewish collection looted by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg in Vilna under the Nazis and brought to Germany in 1942. Placed after the war in the U.S. military Offenbach Archival Depot, these documents were returned to the YIVO in New York in 1947.

Related Materials:

Additional materials from the Yidisher Artistn Farayn can be found in the Central State Archives (Vilnius). The YAF gave their records to YIVO in 1935; however materials continued to be created as well as found over the following years, and these records found their way into the Lithuanian Central State Archives. Photocopies of these materials can be found at YIVO; the originals are located in Vilnius.

There were significant contacts between the Yidisher Artistn Farayn and the Hebrew Actors' Union (RG 1843), which was based in New York. Although there was no formal assocation between the two organizations, many individuals participated in both, and the organizations were aware of one another, alternately supporting one another in their aims and coming into conflict.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn; RG 26; box number; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series I: Administrative Records, 1919-1940,
Series II: Correspondence, 1913-1938,
Series III: Membership Records, 1910-1939,
Series IV: Unprocessed Materials, 1908-1938,
All

Series III: Membership Records, 1910-1939

This series contains personal documents from actors, singers, composers, directors, all members of the YAF in Poland. These documents include correspondence, convention delegate cards, photographs, certificates, questionnaire forms, reviews, and other materials relating to an individual.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged alphabetically by member's name according to the Yiddish alphabet.

Box 26

Folder 399: Invitations, undated, 1923-1930
Folder 400: Directoriat materials, undated, 1922-1930: Letterhead, envelopes, blank forms for keeping track of theater reciepts, budget.

Box 27

Folder 401: Abramow, (Kagan Abram), 1927-1928
Folder 402: Abelman, Moshe and Devorah, 1929-1933
Folder 403: Aberman, Ben-Zion, undated
Folder 404: Adler, Beni, 1930
Folder 405: Adler, Samuel, 1922
Folder 406: Adler, F., 1927
Folder 407: Entin, 1915: Article
Folder 408: Urig, Cilo, 1929
Folder 409: Azovski, 1922
Folder 410: Azarck, Icchok, 1923-1928
Folder 411: Ozshel, Hirsh, 1928-1929
Folder 412: Ahrony, Shalom, 1930
Folder 413: Eyger, A. (missing)
Folder 414: Eisen-Orensztajnowa Zelezinska, Ewa, 1926-1927
Folder 415: Ajzenberg, Aron, 1911-1926
Folder 416: Ajzenberg, Majer, 1914-1930
Folder 417: Ajzenberg, Nojma, 1930
Folder 418: Eisenberg, Fany, 1930
Folder 419: Inart Lazarova, Chana, 1927
Folder 420: Inwentarz, Chaja, 1926-1929
Folder 421: Inwentarz, Iccok, 1927-1928
Folder 422: Altboym (Staradova), Sonya, undated
Folder 423: Aleksandrowicz, Misza, 1925
Folder 424: Amzel, Wolf and Golda, 1933-1934
Folder 425: Antowilska-Burdo, Roza, 1920-1933
Folder 426: Apteiker, Sofia, 1920
Folder 427: Ass, Borukh, 1933-1934
Folder 428: Akerman, Pinkus (Pol), 1921-1928
Folder 429: Arden, Cecil, 1921
Folder 430: Arluk, Szymon, 1923-1930
Folder 431: Ariel, Bejla (Babet), 1920
Folder 432: Ariel, Chaim-Dawid and Rachela, 1920-1927
Folder 433: Orlovska, Pola, 1924
Folder 434: Oltuska, Mirjam (Orleska), 1920-1922
Folder 435: Gintsberg, Arnold, 1922
Folder 436: Azenwald, Mojzesz, 1921-1930
Folder 437: Ornshteyn, Yosef, undated, 1927
Folder 438: Ornshteyn, Mark (Pseud. Andrzj, Marek), 1927
Folder 439: Bader, Sigmund, 1922-1928
Folder 440: Baum, Racla, 1934
Folder 441: Bauman, Regina, 1920-1921
Folder 442: Balbirski, Hersz, 1920-1930
Folder 443: Boczko, Mojzesz and Zina (Elengold), 1920-1922
Folder 444: Borodow, Szyja, 1921-1926
Folder 445: Baratow, Paul, 1933
Folder 446: Barrash, Priva, 1927
Folder 447: Barisznik, Mojzesz, 1920-1928
Folder 448: Barska, Fisher Liza, 1922-1925
Folder 449: Buzgan, Rochel, 1930
Folder 450: Bulkin, Josef Bulow, 1920-1922

Box 27A

Folder 451: Bzhoza, Yechiel, 1925
Folder 452: Bialogourska, Rena, 1932
Folder 453: Bialkowicz, Izrael, 1921-1934
Folder 454: Beigelman, Dawid and Lena, 1920-1939
Folder 455: Birnbaum, Dawid, Roza, and Itshak, 1923-1934
Folder 455A: Birnbaum, Izrael, 1928
Folder 456: Biszberg, Rebeka (Renina), 1921-1928
Folder 457: Blat, Abram and Rivka, 1925-1933
Folder 458: Blumenfeld, Diana Turkow, undated, 1926
Folder 459: Blumsztejn, Samson, 1933
Folder 460: Blusztein, Rachela (Ruta Kalisz), 1923-1930
Folder 461: Blacher, Szabsaj (Szepsel), 1925-1933
Folder 462: Bezman, Iser and Sonya, 1921-1934
Folder 463: Berg, Yehudis, 1933
Folder 464: Bergman, Joel, 1929-1934
Folder 465: Berliner, Esther, 1931
Folder 466: Berman, Adolf and Aaron, 1921-1930
Folder 466A: Berman, Hersh, undated

Box 28

Folder 467: Berman, Rozia, Hersz, and Aron, 1920-1934
Folder 468: Berman, Eliasz, 1922-1927
Folder 469: Berman, Yakov, undated
Folder 470: Bernholts, Mine, 1929
Folder 471: Bernshteyn, A.M., undated
Folder 472: Broderzon, Moshe and Sheyne (Miriam), 1929
Folder 473: Bras, Chaja, 1920-1928
Folder 474: Bronshteyn, Rotshteyn Yidl, Fridman Chava, 1927-1930
Folder 475: Brakarz, Chaim, 1922-1933
Folder 476: Broide, Yosef, undated
Folder 477: Broin, Mali, 1928
Folder 478: Breyzblat, Avraham, 1927
Folder 479: Breitman, Paul (Pesakh) and D. (Vera Kanievlka), 1924-1926
Folder 480: Bryn, Mendel (Maks) and Roze, 1926-1934
Folder 481: Bretantski, S.L., 1920
Folder 482: Godik, Ber vel Bronislaw, 1920-1934
Folder 483: Gazel, Roze, 1927-1931
Folder 484: Gotlib, Helene (Samborek), 1922
Folder 485: Gartalewicz, Regina (Klara), 1920-1922
Folder 486: Gotfrid, Abram Icchok, 1920-1933
Folder 487: Gotfrid, Eidel, 1920-1931
Folder 488: Goldberg, Natan, 1928
Folder 489: Goldberg, Shmuel, 1930-1934
Folder 490: Goldnberg, Estera, 1928-1930
Folder 491: Goldhirsh - Kelson, 1922-1931
Folder 492: Goldhirsh, Apolonia, 1926-1927
Folder 493: Goldvaser, Chazan, undated
Folder 494: Goldman, Yigal (Galevska), 1931
Folder 495: Goldman, Moshe, 1931
Folder 496: Goldfarb, Szmul Hirsz (Samuel), 1920-1929
Folder 497: Boritz, Klara, 1927-1931
Folder 498: Goldstein, Jennie, undated
Folder 499: Goldshteyn, Volf, 1930
Folder 500: Goldstein, Lola, 1923-1931
Folder 501: Goldshteyn, Shmuel, 1929-1931
Folder 502: Golub, Solomon, 1927
Folder 503: Golubczek, Abram, 1922
Folder 504: Golubshtik, Sime, 1922
Folder 505: Gam, Genie, 1930
Folder 506: Gamarska, Shapiro, 1930
Folder 507: Garbarz, Mojzesz, 1920-1934
Folder 508: Garbasz, Fela, 1920-1926
Folder 509: Gartalewicz, Jakob, undated, 1921
Folder 510: Gartalewicz, Regina, undated, 1921
Folder 511: Gorielow, Lazar, 1932
Folder 512: Gorlitska, Zisl, 1929
Folder 513: Gorelik, N., undated

Box 28A

Folder 514: Gutowicz, Meri, 1921
Folder 515: Gutman, Yulius, 1930
Folder 516: Gutman, Kalman, 1920-1930
Folder 517: Gutkovska, Babit, 1928
Folder 518: Gurwicz, Moijzesz, 1920-1930
Folder 519: Grzenda, Jakob, 1922-1931
Folder 520: Bigson, Mikhl (empty folder)
Folder 521: Gingold, Sura, 1929
Folder 522: Ginter, Jakob, 1920-1926

Box 29

Folder 523: Glovinski, Hirsh, 1927
Folder 524: Glaser, Lili, 1934
Folder 525: Glunberg, Slome, 1931
Folder 526: Glikman, Markus and Manie, 1927
Folder 527: Glikson, Yosef, 1927
Folder 528: Glewicki, Glida, 1926-1927
Folder 529: Glezer, Yisroel, 1927
Folder 530: Getlicherman, Leon, 1922-1934
Folder 531: Gershonovitch, Hirsh, 1923
Folder 532: Grodner, A., 1931
Folder 533: Gross, Regina, 1930-1935
Folder 534: Grosberg, Anna/Chana, 1920-1933
Folder 535: Grosberg, Chana, undated: only contains an envelope
Folder 536: Grinberg, Artur, 1928-1929
Folder 537: Grinberg, Tshelov, undated
Folder 538: Grinhoyz, Yehudah, 1924-1931
Folder 539: Grinshpan, Yakov, 1927-1931
Folder 540: Dolska, Miriam, 1922-1931
Folder 541: Dawidow, Aleksandr, undated
Folder 542: Davidov, Sholem, undated, 1922
Folder 543: Domb, Szejna and Adam, 1933
Folder 544: Dantsiker, Yakov, 1931-1932
Folder 545: Darina, Dore (Levin), undated
Folder 546: Dorfsman, Adele, 1931
Folder 547: Dashevski, Hersh, 1922
Folder 548: Dagim, Yitshak, 1933
Folder 549: Dukshtulski, Yakov, 1930
Folder 550: Dushman, L., 1926
Folder 551: Dzigan, Shimon: empty folder
Folder 552: Diament, M., 1928-1930
Folder 553: Digala, Yakov, 1925-1931
Folder 554: Daykhes, Musie, undated
Folder 555: Diner, Mendl
Folder 556: Dranov, Mordechai, 1927
Folder 557: Dreykurs, Regine, undated
Folder 558: Dreksler, Yosef, 1927-1928
Folder 559: Hober, Yitshak, 1929-1931
Folder 560: Hober, Mark, 1928
Folder 561: Hokhberg, Yulie (Fridman), 1929-1931
Folder 562: Hokhberg, Rokhl, 1922
Folder 563: Hokhberg, Mordechai, 1922
Folder 564: Halitsh, Hadasah (Helfand), 1922
Folder 565: Halpern, Abram, 1922-1930
Folder 566: Halpern, Dina, 1928
Folder 567: Hamburger, Dawid, 1923-1933
Folder 568: Honigbaum, Fishl and Leah, 1931-1932
Folder 569: Has, Max, 1928-1931
Folder 570: Hoppe, Mutshi, 1926
Folder 571: Hart, Hersz, Berl and Dovid, 1928-1933
Folder 572: Holcer, Rachel, 1926-1939
Folder 573: Holcer, Rachel (photos), 1933-1937
Folder 574: Hausworth, Maurice, 1922-1931
Folder 575: Hurvits, Dovid, 1929
Folder 576: Prisament, Gusta (Heydn), 1927-1928
Folder 577: Hilsberg, Abram-Morduche/Motel, 1922-1933
Folder 578: Hershfeld, Zalman, 1928
Folder 579: Hershfeld, Dovid, 1927
Folder 580: Hakohen, Shmuel, undated
Folder 581: Heldenberg, Henekh, 1923
Folder 582: Hecht, Chana (Macharowska), 1922
Folder 583: Helfman, Dawid, 1931-1933
Folder 584: Herbst, Chaim (Karol Hainberg), 1922-1926
Folder 585: Herbst, Leon, 1927-1928
Folder 586: Heris, Al, 1931
Folder 587: Heris, Chaim, undated
Folder 588: Herman, Nusyn Dawid, 1925-1934
Folder 589: Hermelin, Mojze, 1926-1933
Folder 590: Hertslikh, Regine, 1929-1932
Folder 591: Hershman, Mordechai, undated
Folder 592: Hershkovitsh, Regine, 1922
Folder 593: Herszkowiercz, Sz. (Shlomo), 1928

Box 29A

Folder 594: Wagner, Bencjan (Lylbert), 1922
Folder 595: Vagner, Malka (Ruten), 1922
Folder 596: Volter, Besi (Koval), undated
Folder 597: Valmut, Shmuel, 1927
Folder 598: Wolfstat, Abram, 1925-1934
Folder 599: Vitalna-Lapin, Frida, 1927-1928
Folder 600: Vitkover, Yulius, 1927
Folder 601: Heidenfeld (Hajde), Mirjam, 1920-1922
Folder 602: Vaykhert, Mikhal: empty folder
Folder 603: Wajland, B., 1927-1928
Folder 604: Weiman, E., undated
Folder 605: Karmiat (Wajnberg), Sonia, 1922-1926
Folder 606: Vaynberg, Karol (Herbst), 1926-1928
Folder 607: Weinberg, Samuel (Shmuel-Yakov), 1921-1933

Box 30

Folder 608: Vayngold, Sh., 1926
Folder 609: Vaysbrod, Motl, undated
Folder 610: Weintraub, Wolf, 1926-1932
Folder 611: Wajntraub, Symcha, 1921-1933
Folder 612: Weinstock, Simi/Gertrude and Brune, 1923-1927
Folder 613: Weinstok, Josef, 1895-1908
Folder 614: Vaysbrot, Binyomin, undated
Folder 615: Wajnsztok, Symcha, 1928-1933
Folder 616: Wajshof, Jozef and Berta, 1924-1934
Folder 617: Wajslic, Jakob and Jochewed, 1922-1928
Folder 618: Veyts, Moshe and Eyda, 1926-1927
Folder 619: Wittler, Bencjan, 1932
Folder 620: Wicher, Mendel, undated, 1931-1935
Folder 621: Vinovitch, Berta, undated
Folder 622: Winder, Meer, 1921-1935
Folder 623: Winter (Punta), Frania, 1922-1926
Folder 624: Winer, Leona, 1922-1928
Folder 625: Vistitski, Tuvia, 1927
Folder 626: Welner, Runa, 1927-1928
Folder 627: Werner, Gustaw, 1927-1928
Folder 628: Zandberg, Mojzesz, 1921-1928
Folder 629: Zandberg, Celina (Tsesia), 1922-1926
Folder 630: Zaslawska, Berta, 1923-1935
Folder 631: Zaslavski, Ruolf-Shlomo, undated, 1932
Folder 632: Zak, M., 1931
Folder 633: Zaksenberg, Henia (Freitag), 1920-1922
Folder 634: Zubak, Izrael, 1920-1926
Folder 635: Zajderman, Dawid, 1920-1933
Folder 636: Zylberg (Winder), Jochewed, 1922-1926
Folder 637: Zilberberg, Yechiel, 1927-1928
Folder 638: Zilbershteyn, Beynish, 1925
Folder 639: Zevkina, Ester, and Birnbaum, Izrael, 1924-1927
Folder 640: Zayd, Yakov, 1927
Folder 641: Zaydner, Ben-Tsion, 1927
Folder 642: Zeliger (Zarycka), Gitel, 1920-1924
Folder 643: Zeligfeld, Zimra, undated
Folder 644: Helman, Leon, 1927
Folder 645: Jitomirsky, Jacques
Folder 646: Zelvianski, Chaim, undated
Folder 647: Zhelioza, Eliezer, 1924

Box 31

Folder 648: Tabanski, Yitshak, 1927-1928
Folder 649: Tomashevski, Boris, 1939
Folder 650: Tantsman, undated
Folder 651: Topel, Etl, 1931
Folder 652: Tufman, Mirjam, Szyja, Malka, and Tarlo, Henri, 1921-1934
Folder 653: Tuchmacher, Ruta-Taru (Chaja Rajzla), 1927-1929
Folder 654: Turek, Israel and Jochewed, 1927-1929
Folder 655: Turkow (Kaminska-Turkow), Ida and Zygmunt, 1921-1936
Folder 656: Turkow, Jonas, 1921-1933
Folder 657: Turkow, Izaak, 1927-1928
Folder 658: Turkov, Mark, undated
Folder 659: Turkow, Ruta, 1928
Folder 660: Teytlbaum, A., undated
Folder 661: Tej (Tejman), Mojzesz, 1920-1922
Folder 662: Trauman, Pese, 1928
Folder 663: Tryling, Michal, 1922-1934
Folder 664: Czarny, Malki, 1926
Folder 665: Yolles, Malvina, undated
Folder 666: Yoselevitch, Meir, 1927
Folder 667: Jakubowicz, Tania (Lole), 1927-1933
Folder 668: Yaroslavski, Zlate, 1927-1928
Folder 669: Juwiler, Markus, 1926-1927
Folder 670: Yunker, Avraham, 1922
Folder 671: Yulin, Yehudah, 1927-1928
Folder 672: Jaldati, Lien, undated, 1940
Folder 673: Jserowski, Icchak Meer, 1920
Folder 674: Yedvab, Hershl, 1926
Folder 675: Khamentovski, Moshe, 1927
Folder 676: Khanenzon, Rivka, 1922
Folder 677: Khash, Avraham (Grodner), 1929
Folder 678: Chasz, Jozef and Ida, 1920-1933
Folder 679: Chasz, Nechama, 1922-1926
Folder 680: Chasz, Kadisz, 1920-1922
Folder 681: Khvoles, Pole, undated
Folder 682: Lavenda, Shmuel, undated, 1927
Folder 683: Labinska, Sarah, 1927
Folder 684: Lachtiger, Henri, 1927
Folder 685: Lampe, Moshe, 1929
Folder 686: Lang (Krants): empty folder
Folder 687: Langer, Jakob and Yudl, 1921-1925
Folder 688: Landau (Klenko), Samuel, 1921-1933
Folder 689: Landoy, Rokhele, undated
Folder 690: Laks, Franciszka, 1922-1927
Folder 691: Lui, Dawid, 1921-1933
Folder 692: Lubeltshik, Yitshak, 1922
Folder 693: Lumet, Baruch, 1932
Folder 694: Lurie-Szpigel, 1925-1927
Folder 695: Latowicz, Beti (Berta Gurewicz), 1922-1928
Folder 696: Latowicz, Izaak, 1922-1928
Folder 697: Libgold, Leyb, Shlomo, and Bashe, 1927
Folder 698: Liberman, Adolf, 1920-1928
Folder 699: Lubertowska, Rebeka, 1920-1922
Folder 700: Ljudner, Sem, 1920-1922
Folder 701: Libsohn, Elia, 1920-1922
Folder 702: Licht, Dawid, 1928
Folder 703: Lichtenberg (Lui), Mina, 1920-1926
Folder 704: Lilith, Lola, 1926-1931
Folder 705: Lipovski, Simcha, 1929-1931
Folder 706: Lipowska, Estera and Nachum, 1923-1936
Folder 707: Lipman, Chava (Lilan), 1928
Folder 708: Lipman, Mojzosz, 1922-1933
Folder 709: Lipman, Natalja, 1921-1933
Folder 710: Lipshits, Eydl, 1931

Box 32

Folder 711: Lederman, Dawid, 1920-1932
Folder 712: Lewi, Izaak (Zaks), 1921-1926
Folder 713: Leviat, Rut and Rudinov, Moshe, 1922
Folder 714: Levin, Avraham, 1922
Folder 715: Lewin, Chaim, 1927-1929
Folder 716: Lewin, Dora (Dorina) and Anna, 1920-1926
Folder 717: Levin, Moshe, 1927
Folder 718: Levitska, Neli, 1928
Folder 719: Lewebrowski, Abram and Lewebrowska-Dychtenberg, Lea, 1920-1934
Folder 720: Levenshteyn, Herman, 1928
Folder 721: Lewkowicz (Lewek), Lejba, 1923-1928
Folder 722: Lezijnska, Sabina, 1920
Folder 723: Lemberger, Chana and Gershon, 1920-1931
Folder 724: Lerman, Jakob, 1921-1922
Folder 725: Lerner, Chana, 1920-1926
Folder 726: Lerner, Lejb, 1925-1927
Folder 727: Mosenthal, Salom, undated
Folder 728: Marenboym, Lole, 1929-1931
Folder 729: Makharovski, Gitl, undated
Folder 730: Macharovsky, Moshe, 1927-1930
Folder 731: Mandelblit, Jakob, 1923-1927
Folder 732: Mansdorf, Avraham, 1925-1928
Folder 733: Maslinski, Chaim, 1926-1927
Folder 734: Maksimov, M. (Lotte), 1926-1927
Folder 735: Pokoj (Pozkowski), Maks, 1922-1931
Folder 736: Marevski, Avraham, 1924-1937
Folder 737: Mandelbaum, Rubin, 1922-1932
Folder 738: Mazo, M., 1927-1933
Folder 739: Migdalowicz, Szmuel, 1920-1927
Folder 740: Mitlpunkt, D., 1928
Folder 741: Milner, Mark, 1921-1922
Folder 742: Melamed, Rokhl, 1931
Folder 743: Melman, M., 1926-1927
Folder 744: Melnik, Nachum, 1926
Folder 745: Mendzelevski, A., 1922
Folder 746: Mendelowicz, Frania, 1927-1928
Folder 747: Mestel, Meir, undated
Folder 748: Mesinger, Mikhl, 1927
Folder 749: Nozyk (Ferber), Chana Bajla, 1921-1933
Folder 750: Nozyk, Izaak (Zakin), 1922-1931
Folder 751: Buszelewicz, Noach (Nachbusz) (known in English as Noah Nachbush), undated, 1920-1922
Folder 752: Namiot, Leah, 1928
Folder 753: Natan, Symche-Dawid and Alta-Noemi, 1928-1933
Folder 754: Neuhaus, Wolf, 1920-1930
Folder 755: Najwert, Jozef, 1929-1933
Folder 756: Nayman, Meshulem, 1926-1927
Folder 757: Nysencwajg, Chaim, 1926-1933
Folder 758: Nirzenberg, Lejb, 1920-1922
Folder 759: Nirnberg, Rachela, 1921-1927
Folder 760: Nelken, Moshe, 1929
Folder 761: Samborek (Samberg), Ajzyk and Helena (Gotlieb), 1920-1931
Folder 762: Kopitko, Sandel (Sandler) and Chana, undated, 1920
Folder 763: Solmon, Itshak, undated
Folder 764: Sokoloff, S., 1931
Folder 765: Sokolovskiui, undated

Box 33

Folder 766: Stolitski, Yehoshua, 1935
Folder 767: Stolnitz, N., 1930
Folder 768: Stemel, Maksimilian, 1925
Folder 769: Sternitska, Nadif (Shtern), 1927-1928
Folder 770: Strugacz, Josef, 1920-1926
Folder 771: Sibirakov, Leyb: empty folder
Folder 772: Sibirtseva, Nina, 1931
Folder 773: Sutitska, Esther, 1922
Folder 774: Sievradka, Malvina, 1922
Folder 775: Sirota, Gershon (Khazan), 1926
Folder 776: Slobodskoj, Aleksander, 1921
Folder 777: Smorgonska, Mirjam and Raphael, 1933
Folder 778: Segalowicz, Klara, 1922-1934
Folder 779: Sepetnitski, Mark, 1928
Folder 780: Ebel, Muniek, 1928
Folder 781: Ebel, Kalman, 1909-1920
Folder 782: Etman, Yehudah, undated
Folder 783: Elters, Salomon, 1925-1928
Folder 784: Elkin, Mendel, 1921
Folder 785: Elitser, Yakov and Esther, 1927-1931
Folder 786: Epshteyn, Benyomin, 1922
Folder 787: Epstein, M. Ch., 1931
Folder 788: Ekerman, Yisroel, 1927
Folder 789: Ekshteyn, F., 1927-1929
Folder 790: Ekchajzer, Mendel, 1933
Folder 791: Erwest, Ida, 1918-1928
Folder 792: Erlikh, F.: missing folder
Folder 793: Erlikhman, Ana, undated
Folder 794: Erlichman, Berek, 1923-1930
Folder 795: Podolska, Olga, 1923
Folder 796: Podlas, Chaim, 1921-1922
Folder 797: Poznanski, Hershl, 1925-1927
Folder 798: Poznanski, Mojzesz and Sarah, 1925-1933
Folder 799: Potocka, Lidja (Zolotorov), 1927-1933
Folder 800: Potaszynski, Mojzesz, 1929-1936
Folder 801: Polanski, Chaim, 1920-1927
Folder 802: Polaczek (Polakow), Aron, 1920-1928
Folder 803: Pomoszcznik, Sz., 1928-1933
Folder 804: Pasternak (Pastor), Mojzesz, 1921-1923
Folder 805: Papper, Yoel, undated
Folder 806: Patsanovski, Zelig, 1931
Folder 807: Pickus, Malka, 1929-1933
Folder 808: Ploskov, Semion, 1929
Folder 809: Perelmuter, M., 1931
Folder 810: Prisament, Salo and Gusta, 1927-1928
Folder 811: Presman, Sarah, 1929
Folder 812: Fanarov, Borukh, 1926-1928
Folder 813: Fabrikant, Anke, 1929
Folder 814: Fodem, M., 1931
Folder 815: Foderman, Chana, 1920-1926
Folder 816: Falfare, Ben-Tsion, 1922
Folder 817: Fostel, Sh., 1930-1931
Folder 818: Fakel, Dore, 1931
Folder 819: Fuksman-Kuperman, 1927
Folder 820: Fibikh, Sarah, undated
Folder 821: Fajngold, Y. M., 1927
Folder 822: Faynzinger, Yehoshua, undated
Folder 823: Fajnsztejn, Hersz, 1922-1933
Folder 824: Fukhman, Klara, 1930-1931
Folder 825: Fishman, Avraham, 1924
Folder 826: Fiszman, Mojzesz, 1921-1928
Folder 827: Fisher, Herman
Folder 828: Fiszer, Jakob, 1930-1934
Folder 829: Fisher, Liuba, 1927
Folder 830: Flaum, Sara and Hersz Dawid, 1928-1931
Folder 831: Floym, Yehudis, 1928-1931
Folder 832: Feterman, Mashe, 1929-1932
Folder 833: Feld, Leokadja and Izaak, 1928-1929
Folder 834: Feldman, Rubin, 1922
Folder 835: Feldman (Szerpen), Jakob, 1921-1932
Folder 836: Fenigsztein, Aaron, 1921
Folder 837: Fenigshteyn, Herman, 1931
Folder 838: Perman, Yakov, 1929
Folder 839: Perelman, Ester, 1918
Folder 840: Fridman, Leyb, 1923
Folder 841: Frydman, Rubin, 1920-1922
Folder 842: Frenkiel, Chaim and Dovid, 1921-1928

Box 34

Folder 843: Tsuker, Regine, 1922
Folder 844: Tsuker, Sholmo, 1922
Folder 845: Cwilich, Anna, 1922-1927
Folder 846: Cwilich, Szaje, 1922-1933
Folder 847: Tseytlin, Leyb, 1923
Folder 848: Cimbalist, Karl, 1920
Folder 849: Tsimbler, A., 1927
Folder 850: Cypis (Cypkus), Sz. and Ita (Fogel), 1921-1922
Folder 851: Cypis (Cypkus), Mejlach and Szewa, 1921-1922
Folder 852: Tsipkus, Meri, undated
Folder 853: Cederbaum, Lola, 1926-1933
Folder 854: Kaganowska (Wolfson), Regina, 1920-1926
Folder 855: Kadison, Izaak and Lyuba, 1921-1922
Folder 856: Kahar, Estera Ruda, 1934
Folder 857: Kovalski, Mates (Koval), 1922
Folder 858: Kalish, Leyb, undated
Folder 859: Kalish, Rute (Blushteyn), 1934
Folder 860: Kalinski, Chaim, 1928
Folder 861: Kamanov, A., 1927
Folder 862: Kompaniejec, Leah and Abe, 1920-1923
Folder 863: Kompaniejec, Izrael, 1923-1928
Folder 864: Kampanienets, Matek, undated
Folder 865: Kampanienets, Mordechai, 1928-1929
Folder 866: Kahan, Gitl, 1927-1928
Folder 867: Kon, Henoch, 1926-1934
Folder 868: Kan, Motl, 1929-1931
Folder 869: Kan, Moshe, 1927-1928
Folder 870: Kan, Perl, 1925
Folder 871: Kohn, Szlomo, 1920-1926
Folder 872: Kaminska, Ester-Rachela, 1920-1926
Folder 873: Kantorovitsh, Gesie, 1926-1927
Folder 874: Kantorovitsh, Helena, 1927
Folder 875: Kamionska, Rachela, 1933-1934
Folder 876: Kamien, Dina (Shteyn, Kenig Yosef), 1922-1928
Folder 877: Kanievska, Vera (Breytman, Dvora), undated
Folder 878: Kopel, Shlomo, 1931
Folder 879: Kac, Zysza, 1922-1930
Folder 880: Kats, Moshe, 1929-1933
Folder 881: Karczmar (Kareni), Nadia, 1925-1934
Folder 882: Korntmer, Shmuel, 1925
Folder 883: Karlik, Line, undated
Folder 884: Karpinowicz, Mojzesz, 1910-1935
Folder 885: Kurlender, Jakob, 1925-1928
Folder 886: Kutner, Szljama, 1920-1934
Folder 887: Kuper, Szejna, 1920
Folder 888: Kurz, Abram, 1921-1933
Folder 889: Kit, Bencel, 1920
Folder 890: Kejzerowicz, Dawid, 1920-1931
Folder 891: Kejzerowicz, Mania, 1920-1928
Folder 892: Kipnis, M., 1923
Folder 893: Kirschenbaum, Jacob, undated
Folder 894: Kleyn, Genie, 1927
Folder 895: Klejn, Michal, 1920-1928
Folder 896: Kleyn-Poznanski, Moyshe, 1917-1929
Folder 897: Kleyn-Poznanski, Sarah, 1928-1929
Folder 898: Kanapoff, F., undated
Folder 899: Kenig, Betti and Moris, 1920-1928
Folder 900: Kestin, Misha (Bamentovski), 1927
Folder 901: Kettenbaum, Salomea, 1920-1928
Folder 902: Kesler, Shmuel, 1928
Folder 903: Kelter, J., undated
Folder 904: Kellen (Flam), Chana, 1921-1926
Folder 905: Kerman, Pesach (Akerman), 1922
Folder 906: Kerner, Shlomo, undated
Folder 907: Kramarz, Bronislawa, 1926
Folder 908: Kranc (Lang), Szlama, 1922-1933
Folder 909: Kranse-Miller, Lea Lufland, undated
Folder 910: Kruk, Wulf, 1920
Folder 911: Krelman, Icchok, 1920-1934

Box 34A

Folder 912: Rabin, M., 1926-1928
Folder 913: Rozgryn, Abram, 1920
Folder 914: Rozen, Abram-Jakob and Elki, 1920-1929
Folder 915: Rozen-Zygelbojm, Marja, 1927-1928
Folder 916: Rozen-Zigelboym, Simcha, 1922
Folder 917: Rozenblat, Mordchaj, 1934
Folder 918: Rozenboym, Dvora, 1931
Folder 919: Rozenberg, Itshak, Yosef, and Tuvia, undated
Folder 920: Rozentsvayg, Ida (Gershenko), 1922
Folder 921: Rozencweig, Chana, undated, 1920
Folder 922: Roth, Georg, undated, 1934
Folder 923: Rotbaum, Jankiel and Leja, 1932-1934
Folder 924: Rotman, Ajzyk, 1922-1933
Folder 925: Rotman, Masza, 1922-1926
Folder 926: Rothshteyn, Hinde, 1922
Folder 927: Rotszajn, Szaja, 1922-1927

Box 35

Folder 928: Runitsh, Osip, 1936
Folder 929: Rotshteyn, Mordechai, 1931
Folder 930: Rapel, Andzie, 1928
Folder 931: Rapel, Malke, 1928
Folder 932: Rapel, Zina, 1922
Folder 933: Rapel, Tsile, 1925-1927
Folder 934: Rapel, Malwina, 1929-1933
Folder 935: Racow, Rebeca and Yechiel, 1926-1928
Folder 936: Rubin, Kore, 1927-1931
Folder 937: Rubin, Moshe, 1928-1931
Folder 938: Rubina, Sonie, 1927
Folder 939: Rudinov, Moshe, 1922
Folder 940: Roytman, Dovid and Mordechai, undated
Folder 941: Rusga, Sara Rosenkranc, 1926-1927
Folder 942: Rumshinsky, Joseph, 1931
Folder 943: Ryba, Henryk, 1934
Folder 944: Rajber, Fejga, 1921-1922
Folder 945: Reyzer, Anita, 1927
Folder 946: Rayter, Sarah, 1917
Folder 947: Raykhenberg, Natan and Lola, 1926-1927
Folder 948: Rufshteyn, Itshak, 1920-1927
Folder 949: Reynglas, Yakov, 1929-1931
Folder 950: Relles, Yakov, undated
Folder 951: Renina, Renie: empty folder
Folder 952: Renee, Ruth, undated, 1922
Folder 953: Resler, Binyomin, 1927
Folder 954: Szadowski, Mordchaj, 1928-1934
Folder 955: Szajewicz, Izrael and Dina (Igielska), 1922-1934
Folder 956: Shapiro, Daniel, 1923
Folder 957: Shafer, Frida, undated
Folder 958: Shafran, Roze, 1927
Folder 959: Shor, Avraham (Ben-Zimri), 1923
Folder 960: Shor, Borukh, undated
Folder 961: Schwartz, Morris, 1935
Folder 962: Shvartsbard, Gustav, 1922
Folder 963: Shvartsbard, Regina, undated
Folder 964: Szwarcztejn, Ber, 1922-1935
Folder 965: Kahan, Shoshana, undated
Folder 966: Shumakher, Yisroel: empty folder
Folder 967: Shure, Shlomo, undated
Folder 968: Sztokfeder, Abram-Moszka, 1922-1934
Folder 969: Sztokfeder, Rifka, 1920-1922
Folder 970: Shtark, Avraham (Shtarkman), 1927
Folder 971: Szteyn, Josef "Kamien" (Aleksy), 1920-1934
Folder 972: Shteyn, Chaim (Shteynzalts), 1927
Folder 973: Shteynberg, Moshe, undated
Folder 974: Shternboym, Nachum, 1927
Folder 975: Sztrasfogel, Manie and L., 1922-1926
Folder 976: Shtraytman, Avraham and Helene, 1921-1927
Folder 977: Szein (Zaburska), Mania, and Zabruska, Nekha, 1921-1928
Folder 978: Sheynberg, Yisroel, undated
Folder 979: Sheynboym, Sholem, 1931-1935
Folder 980: Szejner, Michal, 1927-1928
Folder 981: Sheyfer, Yakov, undated
Folder 982: Szypper, Izaak, 1922
Folder 983: Szlosberg, Izaak, 1922-1930
Folder 984: Szlosberg, Mani, 1922
Folder 985: Szlosberg, Szyfra, 1920-1935
Folder 986: Shlifkovitsh, Ala, 1929
Folder 987: Shmaragd, Moshe, 1931
Folder 988: Shneyman, Ruven: empty folder
Folder 989: Shnek, Mordechai, undated
Folder 990: Szeftel, Samuel, 1922-1933
Folder 991: Sher, Roze, undated
Folder 992: Szerman, Dawid and Mala, 1920-1933
Folder 993: Sherman, Pinchas, 1927
Folder 994: Szpigiel, Frejda, 1927-1933
Folder 995: Szpilman, Lola, 1920-1922
Folder 996: Shkolnitski, G. Sh., 1919-1920
Folder 997: Shkolnikov, Gisi, 1930-1931
Folder 998: Shriftzetser, Leys, 1922-1931
Folder 999: Questionnaires, Declarations, Membership Lists, undated, 1926

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