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Ostrowtzer Committee in Munich
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Ostrowtzer Committee in Munich sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 148; Series 2-16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Ostrowtzer Committee in Munich sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Established in early 1946, the Ostrowtzer Committee in Munich played a crucial role in aiding Holocaust survivors from Ostrowiec, Poland. Collaborating with North American Ostrovtzer Societies, its focus was on facilitating immigration, assisting the sick, organizing youth in school, reuniting families, and providing essential support like clothing, money, and shelter. This committee was also known as the Jewish Committee Munich.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence and related documents from the Ostrowiec Committee in Munich to the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee. The materials document the challenges faced by Ostrovtzer refugees in Munich as well as the committee’s efforts to provide aid to surviving Ostrovtzers in the post-Second World War period.
- Places
- Munich (Germany)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions