Warsaw Ghetto uprising

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Book printed in Poland and published by Warszawa. Orginal creator is Bronislaw Linke. Drwan/painted pictures in the book are depictions of the Warsaw Ghetto in ruins. Title in Polish "Kamienie Krzyczq" -- translated to Engligh "The Stones Shriek." Donated by Walter Scliate in 1993.

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This collection contains a wide range of documents spanning all aspects of the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center (Mandell JCC). Notable topics include programs, adult education, senior adults, and cultural arts. The collection also includes a significant amount of photographs which document the activities of the JCC.

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The collection consists primarily of material related to the founding and growth of congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh. A small amount of more personal material is also included. Bodenheimer's autobiography From Bad Nauheim to Bloomfield: My Journey of Faith details his life in both Germany and the United States.

Scope and Contents File contains information on the projects undertaken by the Kassows through Trinity College and the Hillel group, including working with Ugandan (Abayudaya) Jews. Samuel is a Trinity grad, as well as the child of Holocaust survivors. Many of the articles discuss Samuel's academic work and lectures, particularly his study of Easter European/Polish/Russian Jews and his book on the Warsaw Archives, "Who Will Write Our History?".The file also contains information on Lisa Pleskow...

File This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...

Scope and Contents Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...

Scope and Contents Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...

Scope and Contents Mutiple newspaper clippings from; the Jewish Ledger, the Hartford Courant, the West Hartford News. These clippings were related to and commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, April 19, 1943. Included is a pamphlet on the 30th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and on Mordechai Anielewicz. A Booklet on "The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Its Meaning and Message," by Dr. Isaac I. Schwarzbart. Another booklet called, "Life and Rebellion of the Warsaw Ghetto." Letter to the...