Letter from Aaron Steinhart to Max Hartstone

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from organizations series; Ostrowtzer Relief Committee Los Angeles sub-series; Letter from Aaron Steinhart to Max Hartstone file

Part Of: United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds; Letters from organizations series; Ostrowtzer Relief Committee Los Angeles sub-series; Letter from Aaron Steinhart to Max Hartstone file

Admin History/Bio: Aaron Steinhart was from Ostrowiec, Poland, and lived in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1940s. He served as the financial secretary of the Ostrowtzer Relief Committee in Los Angeles in 1946 and subsequently assumed the role of president in 1947. Aaron attended the conference of Ostrowtzer societies in September 1946 as a delegate.; An alternate spelling of his name is Aron or Aran Shteynhart.

Scope and Content: File consists of a letter from Aaron Steinhart, financial secretary of the Ostrovtzer Relief Committee Los Angeles, to Max Hartstone, dated 26 May 1946. In this letter, Aaron confirms scheduling of the conference of Ostrovtzer societies. He discusses committee matters, including selecting a representative from the Los Angeles commitee for the conference, the reciept of names of Ostrovtzers in Italy, and his opinion on a description of Jewish police. He mentions a letter he recieved from the president of the Ostrovtzer Committee in Ostrowiec stating that they did not receive packages sent to them. He also asks for advice on providing aid to Dore Teykhman in Paris. Envelope is included. File also contains a typed translation.

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