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Title: Henry Schwab, Correspondences and related documents of the wartime and postwar and modern periods, Poland, 1970-1996
Predominant Dates:1980s
ID: RG-110/RG-110
Primary Creator: Henry Schwab, researcher and collector (1970s -- 1990s)
Extent: 4.0 Folders
Subjects: Adam Czerniakow, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1939-1942, Berlin (Germany), Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Bronx, New York (USA), Central Committee for Polish Jews, Warsaw, Chaim Klaper, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Chelm (Poland), Communication via International Red Cross Service, Correspondence between German-occupied and un-occupied territories, Correspondence between individual and Jewish agencies, the Second World War, Correspondence between Jewish agencies in the German-occupied territories, the Second World War, Correspondences in Poland in the course of the Second World War, Correspondence to and from Relief and Rehabilitation organizations, David and Regina Ceder, Warsaw ghetto inmates, Dawid Roth, Warsaw ghetto inmate, day-to-day life in the Warsaw ghetto, Dolina (Poland), Edmund Gawarecki, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Eli Kogau, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Feiga Gunanie, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Fryduyk Tugeutel, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Geneva (Switzerland), Gitla Goldin, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Helena Lipinski, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Henryk Jakubih, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Henry Schwab, researcher and collector (1970s -- 1990s), HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), International Committee of the Red Cross, Jewish-Polish refugees in Portugal, 1939 -- 1945, Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Warsaw ghetto, Jewish Council (Judenrat) of Warsaw, Jewish Immigration, Jewish Labor Committee, New York, Jewish Postal Authorities of Warsaw ghetto, Rada Zydow w Warszwie, Jewish Self-Help Society, Warsaw, Josefine Kanishe, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Josek Buksztajn, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Krakow, Poland, Lisbon (Portugal), Lodz (Poland), Lowicz (Poland), Lublin (Poland), Maks Derbaum, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Marc Lichtenbaum, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1942-1943, Maria Chmura, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Maria Krzymowska, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Maria Piechowich, Warsaw ghetto inmate, New York (New York, United States), Ostrowiec (Poland), Paris (France), Poland (Europe), Postal receipts, Second World War, Postal Service of Jewish Councils (Judenraete), 1939 -- 1945, Refugee correspondence in the course of the Second World War, Refugees, Polish, RELICO (Relief Committee for the Warstricken Jewish Population, Geneva, Rita Weinik, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Roza Kranenwald, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Ruchla Goldberg, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Rzeszow (Poland), Smuggling in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940 --1943, Tadeusz Gryzewski, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Teresa Pajwsinska, Warsaw ghetto inmate, Unissued postal currency, Warsaw ghetto, Warsaw (Poland), Warsaw (Poland: ghetto), Yola Rosenbaum, Warsaw ghetto inmate
This record group comprises of 63 paper documents, namely postcards, envelopes, postal receipts and unissued paper currency -- all related to correspondence and other paperstuffs used to and from wartime Warsaw, Poland.
This collection was compiled by researcher Henry Schwab in collaboration with collector Ed Victor (Ed Victor Papers) at various auctions in the 1970s-1980s. With this collection and additional collected documents, Henry Schwab published a book titled, "The Echoes that Remain: A Postal History of the Holocaust" in 1992. The 200-page-book was complemented by primary source documents of the wartime era including some from relatives in his family and his wife's family who died in the Holocaust.
This record group includes paper documents, namely postcards, envelopes, postal receipts and unissued paper currency -- all related to the correspondence (and other papers) used to and from Warsaw (Poland) during the wartime era.
The postcards, envelopes and postal receipts either are related to Warsaw as the sender or receiving address. The general theme of the content is the fleeing of Polish Jews. Some of the postcards and receipts have a sending address to various Jewish emigration committees from a Polish Jew in Warsaw. Other postcards are inquiries as to the well-being of a family member who has fled. The theme is common.
A unique part of this collection includes is what is known as Warsaw Ghetto post office unissued paper currency in various denominations. The currency was allegedly produced by the Jewish underground in Spring 1941. The common inscription printed on the currency is "RZWW", "SZDP", a Star of David and the denomination. The initials for RZWW and SPDZ spelled out in full translate to "Jewish Postal Authorities" and "Jewish Council in Warsaw".
Adam Czerniakow, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1939-1942
Berlin (Germany)
Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Bronx, New York (USA)
Central Committee for Polish Jews, Warsaw
Chaim Klaper, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Chelm (Poland)
Communication via International Red Cross Service
Correspondence between German-occupied and un-occupied territories
Correspondence between individual and Jewish agencies, the Second World War
Correspondence between Jewish agencies in the German-occupied territories, the Second World War
Correspondences in Poland in the course of the Second World War
Correspondence to and from Relief and Rehabilitation organizations
David and Regina Ceder, Warsaw ghetto inmates
Dawid Roth, Warsaw ghetto inmate
day-to-day life in the Warsaw ghetto
Dolina (Poland)
Edmund Gawarecki, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Eli Kogau, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Feiga Gunanie, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Fryduyk Tugeutel, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Geneva (Switzerland)
Gitla Goldin, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Helena Lipinski, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Henryk Jakubih, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Henry Schwab, researcher and collector (1970s -- 1990s)
HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society)
International Committee of the Red Cross
Jewish-Polish refugees in Portugal, 1939 -- 1945
Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Warsaw ghetto
Jewish Council (Judenrat) of Warsaw
Jewish Immigration
Jewish Labor Committee, New York
Jewish Postal Authorities of Warsaw ghetto, Rada Zydow w Warszwie
Jewish Self-Help Society, Warsaw
Josefine Kanishe, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Josek Buksztajn, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Krakow, Poland
Lisbon (Portugal)
Lodz (Poland)
Lowicz (Poland)
Lublin (Poland)
Maks Derbaum, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Marc Lichtenbaum, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1942-1943
Maria Chmura, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Maria Krzymowska, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Maria Piechowich, Warsaw ghetto inmate
New York (New York, United States)
Ostrowiec (Poland)
Paris (France)
Poland (Europe)
Postal receipts, Second World War
Postal Service of Jewish Councils (Judenraete), 1939 -- 1945
Refugee correspondence in the course of the Second World War
Refugees, Polish
RELICO (Relief Committee for the Warstricken Jewish Population, Geneva
Rita Weinik, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Roza Kranenwald, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Ruchla Goldberg, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Rzeszow (Poland)
Smuggling in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940 --1943
Tadeusz Gryzewski, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Teresa Pajwsinska, Warsaw ghetto inmate
Unissued postal currency, Warsaw ghetto
Warsaw (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland: ghetto)
Yola Rosenbaum, Warsaw ghetto inmate
This document is an envelope sent by Hermes Business Association in Warsaw in April 1941.
The SPDZ (Jewish Postal Authorities of Warsaw ghetto) and RZWW (Jewish Council of Warsaw ghetto) Warsaw ghetto stamps are unique.
April 28, 1941
