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Radomsk Jewry - Collection of Documents and Early Historical Evidence

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04.01.2020 07:00pm

Collection of handwritten historical testimonies from the Radmusk community. Dozens of handwritten leaves from different writers. 20s to 40s.

In order to prepare a community book for Radomsk Jewry, various testimonies were collected from Jewish residents of the city telling about the city, its people, and important events in the history of the Jewish community in it. Among other things, there is interesting testimony in the handwriting of Ze'ev Sevilovsky that tells details about the Aktion that took place in the city on Yom Kippur in 1942, testimony in the handwriting of Tuvia Rubinstein the story of Rabbi Nehemiah Zandberg, 'Memoirs and Experiences of Childhood in the City of Radomsk' in the Handwriting of Asher Yosef Pintor, Memoirs written In 1934, and more. Also, a printed map of Radomsk and its surroundings appears, dozens of [printed] photographs taken from various sources documenting the Radomsk community - some of them are handwritten in the back, and more. Most of the pages are written in Yiddish, some in Hebrew.

The collection has not been thoroughly examined. overall very good condition.

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9. Radomsk Jewry - Collection of Documents and Early Historical Evidence