us-005578-irn49669-irn37138
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Circular rubber stamp attached to a light brown, turned, unfinished wooden handle with a 5 point star stamped in black ink near the tip. The flat topped handle tapers towards a square mount. Attached to the mount is a circular black rubber stamp die with raised English text. The agency name and address in German and English text are stamped on the mount. mount, right side, pencil : OFFICIAL mount, left side, pencil : OFFICIAL mount, front, stamped, black ink : Stampl-Harbst / Rosenstraße 12
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1946-01-01
has end date: 1949-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 004262
has record set type: Item
history: Rabbi Nathan Baruch was born on June 7, 1921. He was the director of Vaad Hatzala in Germany from September 1946 to September 1949. The Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee was originally established in November 1939 to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who escaped to Lithuania at the beginning of World War II. It later expanded to include assistance to all Jewish Holocaust survivors. Rabbi Baruch established the central Vaad Hatzala office in Germany and was responsible for reestablishing Jewish religious life in Europe. His duties included the printing and distribution of religious items, including prayer books, haggadahs, Torahs, pocket sized editions of the Talmud, and other sefarim. Rabbi Baruch was instrumental in getting the United States Army to print, in 1948, the 19 volume Heidelberg Talmud. The texts were distributed to displaced persons camps and Jewish communities worldwide. He married, had a daughter, and died in Long Beach, New York, on November 28, 2001, at the age of 81. Vaad Hatsala was established in November 1939, by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. Its mission was to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who fled to Lithuania at the onset of World War II. Vaad made it possible for numerous rabbis and Torah scholars to emigrate from Lithuania to the Far East prior to the German invasion in June 1941. After the United States entered the war, Vaad Hatsala focused on providing funds, food and clothing to refugees so that they could adhere to their Orthodox lifestyle and continue their studies. In January, 1944, the organization officially changed their mission to include all Jews, regardless of religiosity or affiliation, and focused on those living in areas that had been occupied by Germans. Vaad Hatsala had branches in Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, and Tangier. Through these branches they initiated various successful rescue projects, most notably the release of 1,210 inmates from the concentration camp Theresiensta…
history: The rubber stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Doris Baruch, the widow of Nathan Baruch.
identifier: irn37138
is or was included in: us-005578-irn49669
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Circular rubber stamp used by Rabbi Nathan Baruch when he was the director of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Organization in Germany from September 1946 - September 1949. Vaad Hatzala was originally established to rescue Polish rabbis and yeshiva students who escaped to Lithuania at the start of World War II in 1939. It expanded to include assistance to all Jews. Rabbi Baruch was responsible for the reestablishment of Jewish religious life in post war Europe. He supervised the creation and distribution of religious texts and items to displaced persons camps as well as to Jewish communities worldwide. Rabbi Baruch, working closely with the United States Army, was largely responsible for the printing of the 19 volume Heidelberg Talmud in 1949.
title: Official address stamp, Director, Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee postwar