us-005578-irn520018
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Itzhak Jacob Karpman (1914-1997) was born on April 11, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland. He was the youngest of five children of Abraham and Hanna Premsky Karpman. His siblings: Regina Chaicze, Fela Feigl, Marysia Masha and Meir Bezalel and their mother, Hanna, were all deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center. Abraham Karpman died in the ghetto in 1941. Before the war the Karpman family lived on Graniczna Street in Warsaw. Itzhak graduated from high school and later attended the Business Administration School in Warsaw. As a young man he became very involved in a Zionist youth movement; at first he joined “Hashomer Ha’tzair” and later “Hashomer Haleumi,” which later became “Hashomer Ha’tzioni.” Itzhak demonstrated exceptional organizational skills and quickly became a member of the Executive Board (“Hanhaga Rashit”) of the movement. He traveled extensively in Poland and in Lithuania between the different branches of the “Hashomer Ha’tzioni” on the behalf of the Board. Itzhak had excellent communication skills, which helped him to develop good contacts with leaders of other Zionist organizations in Poland. In addition he served as one of the editors of “Bloy-Vays,” a Yiddish Zionist newspaper in Vilna. Itzhak Karpman was very popular among the members of the “Hashomer Ha’tzioni” with whom he spent many summers and winters in “hachsharot” – preparation for immigration to Palestine. He participated in many official meetings of the movement, which were held at different locations. In 1936 Itzhak realized the dream of his group and immigrated to Palestine. He joined a kibbutz at first, but after a short while he settled in Tel Aviv and worked for the Zionist Confederation of Palestine. Itzhak married Esther Goldfinger, his longtime girlfriend, on December 22, 1939. In 1946 Itzhak moved his family to the US, where he became the director of the World Confederation of General Zionists. In later years he devoted his time to publishing and editing books in the f…
has beginning date: 1929-01-01
has end date: 1943-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: pol
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn520018
record resource extent: folders oversize box 5 1
record resource structure: The Itzhak Karpman collection is arranged in a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Itzhak Karpman collection consists of photographs of Itzhak Karpman and his work with Hashomer Hatzair, Hashomer Haleumi, and Hanoar Hatzioni, and his work in hachsharot in Poland; and his life in Palestine after emigrating there in 1936.
title: Itzhak Karpman photograph collection