Graf Family Collection

This collection consists of several documents belonging to the Graf family. The first folder contains a passport of Simon Graf, a passport of Frieda Howard (née Graf) and the family register (Stammbuch). The second folder includes an album of photographs with comments beneath the pictures in English. Most of the pictures are from places and people in Palestine, such as the bus station in Tel Aviv, the opera or a synagogue. In the comments the author describes who or what the viewer can see in the picture. Only one picture is dated with "1914-1918". It is not visible, who the author of this album might be.

The third folder contains two letters. There is an internal letter of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee from June 1945. In this letter the author calls attention to Josef Graf, who was denationalized in 1939. After six years in the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald, he was a displaced person. His sister Frieda was informed about Josef by a letter she got from an American soldier, who found Josef in the concentration camp. Frieda has begun affidavit procedure with the Visa Division of the State Department. The letter to Frieda is also included in the folder. In folder four there are different documents from Palestine, such as a program of a concert of the Palestine Orchestra, bus tickets and a newspaper article with pictures of Palestine.

The last folder contained books, which were given to the LBI library. There are copies of the book covers in the folder: Das Gebetbuch der Israeliten and Arbeiterinnen erzählen. Kampf und Leben in Erez Jisrael.