Congregation Tifereth Joseph Anshei Przemysl Records
Collection
Identifier: RG 793
Scope and Contents
Constitution (German). Certificate of incorporation, 1892. Minutes, 1945-1965. Correspondence, 1930s-1940s. Correspondence regarding Nazi war crimes testimony and material claims against Germany, 1960s. Personal materials relating to Przemysl, 1930s-1940s. Announcements, anniversary journal, 1941. Photographs. Memorial book, 1964. Materials of the United Relief for Przemysl, 1946.
Dates
- Creation: 1917 - 1967
Creator
- Congregation Tifereth Joseph Anshei Przemysl (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Originally organized in New York in 1891 for the purpose of founding a synagogue. Chartered in 1892. Was affiliated with the United Przemysler Relief, organized in 1938 to help landslayt in Przemysl, Poland.
Extent
.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
German
Subject
- United Relief for Przemyśl (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
- Przemyśl (Poland)
Topical
- Holocaust survivors
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
- Immigrants -- United States
- International relief -- Poland
- Jews -- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York
- Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies, etc.
- Jews -- Poland
- Landsmanshaftn -- New York (State) -- New York
- National socialism
- Restitution -- Germany
- War crimes -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Poland
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
