Hadassah Yanich Plaut Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, primarily from the parents of Neḥama Lazarovsky. Also included are clippings and ephemera.
Dates
- 1916-1977
Creator
- Plaut, Hadassah, 1921-2003 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in Yiddish, English and Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Collection is digitized.
This material has been digitized to expand access while protecting the materials from degradation through physical handling. Access to the original materials in the reading room of the Center for Jewish History in New York City will only be granted to users who can demonstrate a legitimate research need to do so. Please submit requests to view original materials via email to lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org and include a description of your research project and an explanation of why access to the physical materials is necessary.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Hadassah Yanich Plaut, the wife of Rabbi Walter Plaut, was the daughter of Neḥama Yanich.
Neḥama Yanich, née Lazarovsky was born in Novogrudok (Navahrudak, Belarus), the daughter of Eliezer Dov and Rachel (?) Lazarovsky. As a girl of 14, Neḥama moved to Glasgow, Scotland, to be near her brother Natan. He had changed his name to Nathan Morris and his sister assumed the name Anne Morris. In the 1920s, Anne Morris married Herschel Zvi Yachnitz from David-Horodok, Belarus, and the couple moved to Detroit, Michigan, where they changed their last name to Yanich.
Neḥama Yanich is the author of the Yiddish poetry book ‘Mayn ṿelṭl’ (My world), published in Jerusalem in 1973.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (7 folders.)
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, primarily from the parents of Neḥama Lazarovsky. Also included are clippings and ephemera.
- Title
- Guide to the Hadassah Yanich Plaut Family Collection, 1916-1977 AR 25409
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2015
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
