Guide to the Papers of Philip Friedman (1901-1960) 1914-1993 (bulk 1930-1960) RG 1258

Processed by Shloyme Krystal, 1989-1990, 1998. Additional processing by Rachel S. Harrison as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
URL: http://www.yivo.org

Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Rachel S. Harrison in June 2012. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of Philip Friedman (1901-1960) 1914-1993 (bulk 1930-1960) RG 1258

Predominant Dates:bulk 1930-1960

ID: RG 1258 FA

Extent: 25.25 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

Philip Friedman arranged his materials either by format, subject, country, or language and then usually alphabetically. This system was maintained as much as was possible. Many of the materials, including the professional correspondence, are arranged alphabetically, while the personal correspondence is arranged chronologically, as are the materials about the memorial gatherings for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Some of the correspondence is filed under the names of organizations, publications, institutions, and publishers, while other correspondence has been filed by the name of the person who signed the letters. Cross-references have been listed whenever possible. The languages of many of the articles follow the title and author in parentheses. Materials for which no language is given are mainly in English. Articles for which no author is given are often by Friedman.

Shloyme Krystal processed the original materials and created an English finding aid in 1989-1990. He then integrated the new materials and created a new finding aid in December 1998. Additional processing was completed in 2012. The collection is organized in ten series, some of which have been further subdivided into subseries.

Languages: Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, English, German, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Dutch;Flemish, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Croatian

Abstract

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of historian and bibliographer Philip Friedman. These materials include correspondence with individuals and with organizations, newspaper clippings, subject files, manuscripts of works by Friedman and by others, and some of Friedman’s personal documents. These materials relate to Friedman’s work on the histories of various Jewish communities, particularly those in Poland, and his work gathering source documents about the Holocaust.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection relates primarily to Friedman’s post-war research on the history of the Holocaust as well as to his administrative activities in various organizations. The bulk of the collection consists of second-hand sources collected by Friedman, as well as manuscripts by Friedman and others, bibliographical manuals and methodological guides prepared for use in the YIVO-Yad Vashem Joint Documentary Project, and correspondence with organizations and with individuals. Correspondents include Yiddish writers and prominent historians such as H.G. Adler, Ch. Agnoff, Hannah Arendt, E. Auerbach, Rachel Auerbach, Salo Baron, Shlomo Bickel, Ben Zion Dinur, Simon Dubnow, M. Dworzecki, Sz. Datner, Nathan Menachem Gelber, Rudolf Glanz, Jacob Glatstein, E. Glicenstein, Israel Halpern, Arthur Herzberg, Raul Hilberg, A.W. Jasny, Szmerke Kaczerginski, Joseph Kermish, Israel Klausner, M. Kosover, A. M. Klein, Leibush Lehrer, H. Leivick, Raphael Lemkin, Jacob Lestschinsky, Raphael Mahler, J. Mestel, Nahum Baruch Minkoff, L. Namier, Shmuel Niger, Joseph Opatoshu, Koppel Pinson, Leon Poliakov, Sarah Reisen, Gerald Reitlinger, A.A. Roback, L. Rochman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Philip Roth, Isaac Schwarzbart, Hillel Seidman, Genia Silkes, Anna Simaite, E. Sommerstein, Isaac Nachman Steinberg, J. Turkow, M. Turkow, Michael Weichert, and Mark Wischnitzer.

Materials on the Holocaust are primarily arranged geographically by ghetto or concentration camp. Included are over one hundred eyewitness accounts collected from Holocaust survivors by the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Poland, a list of survivors of Majdanek, copies and translations of orders of concentration camps commandants and clippings and pamphlets on Displaced Persons and reparations. There are also depositions relating to the trial of Michael Weichert and a Polish typescript of his book Jewish Self-Help 1939-1945 , materials on Nazi war criminals distributed by the Polish government in September 1954, biographical clippings on Nazi war criminals, copies of proceedings from the Nuremberg Trials, and questionnaires for survivors. Papers relating to Friedman’s organizational activities include clippings, offprints, pamphlets, copies of reports, announcements, short biographies of Jewish historians and Yiddish writers written by Friedman, records of the Historian’s Circle of the YIVO Institute, records of the YIVO-Yad Vashem Joint Documentary Project, and records of the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Poland. In addition, there are some of Friedman’s personal papers, a bibliography of his writings, some correspondence, and diaries and writings of Ada Friedman.

Historical Note

Biographical Note Polish Jewish historian Philip (Jeroham Fishel) Friedman was born in Lwow on April 27, 1901 to Eliezer and Sabina Friedman. He finished his studies at the Lwow gymnasium in 1919 and then studied history at the University of Vienna under the direction of Alfred Pribram, 1920-1925, and at the Jewish Teachers College (Pedagogium) in Vienna under Salo Baron, 1920-1922. He earned his teacher's diploma from the Jewish Teachers College in 1922 and his doctoral degree at the University of Vienna in 1925 with a dissertation entitled Die galizischen Juden im Kampfe um ihre Gleichberechtigung (1848–1868) (The Jews of Galicia in Their Struggle for Legal Equality [1848–1868]), which was published in Frankfurt in 1929. Friedman returned to Poland after receiving his doctorate, where he was briefly the director of the Tarbut school in Volkovysk (currently in Belarus) and taught Hebrew and history at the Jewish gymnasium in Konin, Poland. He also taught at the Jewish gymnasium in Łódź (1925-1939), as well as at the People’s University of that city, was a lecturer for doctoral candidates at YIVO in Vilna (1935-1936), and lectured at the Tahkemoni Rabbinical Seminary of Warsaw (1938–1939), and at the Institute of Judaic Studies, also in Warsaw. He continued his historical research, producing, most notably, his 1935 monograph Dzieje Żydów w Łodzi (The History of the Jews in Łódź), and a number of specialized studies on the Jews of Galicia and Lodz. In addition, he attempted to foster academic cooperation among Jewish historians. He participated in the International Congress of Historians, which was held in Warsaw in 1933, following which he endeavored to create a worldwide association of scholars of Jewish history. When World War II began, he was engaged in writing a comprehensive history of the Jews of Poland from the earliest beginnings through the twentieth century. Friedman survived the Holocaust by hiding in and around Lwow, but he lost his wife and a daughter. After the liberation in 1944, he went to Lublin, where he was appointed the first director of the Central Jewish Historical Commission, which he helped to found with the Central Committee of Jews in Poland, whose mission was to gather data on Nazi war crimes. In this capacity he not only collected testimonies and documentation but also supervised the publication of a number of pioneering studies, including his own on the concentration camp at Auschwitz. This work, To jest Oświęcim , was published in Warsaw in 1945 and appeared in an abridged English version as This Is Oswięcim in 1946. He also published several monographs on various destroyed Jewish communities, including Bialystok and Chelmno, and about Ukrainian-Jewish relations during the Nazi occupation. At the same time, he taught Jewish history at the Łódź University (1945-1946) and was a member of the Polish State Commission to Investigate German War Crimes in Auschwitz and Chelmno. After testifying and acting as a consultant at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal in 1946, Friedman and his new wife, Dr. Ada Eber-Friedman, decided not to return to Poland. For two years he directed the educational and cultural department of the Joint Distribution Committee in the American Zone in Germany (1946-1948). He also helped the Centre du Documentation Juive Comtemporaire in Paris to set up its documentary collection. Friedman then moved to the United States in October 1948 at the invitation of his former professor Salo Baron, who was now teaching at Columbia University, where Friedman joined him. There he first held the post of research fellow and then, from 1951 until his death in 1960, that of lecturer in the graduate department of history. From 1949-1954, he was the dean of the Jewish Teacher’s Seminary and Folks University. He taught courses at the Herzliya Teachers Seminary in Israel and was a member of the Research Committee of the Board of Director’s of the YIVO Institute starting in 1952. Friedman’s subsequent research focused on the Holocaust. He produced two popular books, the first account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising titled Martyrs and Fighters: The Epic of the Warsaw Ghetto (1954), the second a volume describing Christian rescuers during the war, Their Brothers’ Keepers (1957). A volume of his essays devoted to Holocaust topics, Pathways to Extinction: Essays on the Holocaust (1980), was edited posthumously by his wife. He was the Research Director of the YIVO-Yad Vashem Joint Documentary Project, a bibliographical series on the Holocaust from 1954-1960. This project consisted of publishing a full bibliography of all published works having a connection to the Holocaust. The first volume, which consisted of Hebrew sources, had been published by the time of Friedman’s death, and the English volume was ready to be printed. He also remained committed to his earlier scholarly interests, and published articles in Yiddish, Polish, Hebrew, French, and English, such as “Polish Jewish Historiography between the Two Wars” and “The First Millennium of Jewish Settlement in the Ukraine and in the Adjacent Areas.” Philip Friedman died in New York on February 7, 1960 after a lengthy illness. Polish Jewish historian Philip (Jeroham Fishel) Friedman was born in Lwow on April 27, 1901 to Eliezer and Sabina Friedman. He finished his studies at the Lwow gymnasium in 1919 and then studied history at the University of Vienna under the direction of Alfred Pribram, 1920-1925, and at the Jewish Teachers College (Pedagogium) in Vienna under Salo Baron, 1920-1922. He earned his teacher's diploma from the Jewish Teachers College in 1922 and his doctoral degree at the University of Vienna in 1925 with a dissertation entitled Die galizischen Juden im Kampfe um ihre Gleichberechtigung (1848–1868) (The Jews of Galicia in Their Struggle for Legal Equality [1848–1868]), which was published in Frankfurt in 1929.

Friedman returned to Poland after receiving his doctorate, where he was briefly the director of the Tarbut school in Volkovysk (currently in Belarus) and taught Hebrew and history at the Jewish gymnasium in Konin, Poland. He also taught at the Jewish gymnasium in Łódź (1925-1939), as well as at the People’s University of that city, was a lecturer for doctoral candidates at YIVO in Vilna (1935-1936), and lectured at the Tahkemoni Rabbinical Seminary of Warsaw (1938–1939), and at the Institute of Judaic Studies, also in Warsaw. He continued his historical research, producing, most notably, his 1935 monograph Dzieje Żydów w Łodzi (The History of the Jews in Łódź), and a number of specialized studies on the Jews of Galicia and Lodz. In addition, he attempted to foster academic cooperation among Jewish historians. He participated in the International Congress of Historians, which was held in Warsaw in 1933, following which he endeavored to create a worldwide association of scholars of Jewish history. When World War II began, he was engaged in writing a comprehensive history of the Jews of Poland from the earliest beginnings through the twentieth century.

Friedman survived the Holocaust by hiding in and around Lwow, but he lost his wife and a daughter. After the liberation in 1944, he went to Lublin, where he was appointed the first director of the Central Jewish Historical Commission, which he helped to found with the Central Committee of Jews in Poland, whose mission was to gather data on Nazi war crimes. In this capacity he not only collected testimonies and documentation but also supervised the publication of a number of pioneering studies, including his own on the concentration camp at Auschwitz. This work, To jest Oświęcim , was published in Warsaw in 1945 and appeared in an abridged English version as This Is Oswięcim in 1946. He also published several monographs on various destroyed Jewish communities, including Bialystok and Chelmno, and about Ukrainian-Jewish relations during the Nazi occupation. At the same time, he taught Jewish history at the Łódź University (1945-1946) and was a member of the Polish State Commission to Investigate German War Crimes in Auschwitz and Chelmno.

After testifying and acting as a consultant at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal in 1946, Friedman and his new wife, Dr. Ada Eber-Friedman, decided not to return to Poland. For two years he directed the educational and cultural department of the Joint Distribution Committee in the American Zone in Germany (1946-1948). He also helped the Centre du Documentation Juive Comtemporaire in Paris to set up its documentary collection. Friedman then moved to the United States in October 1948 at the invitation of his former professor Salo Baron, who was now teaching at Columbia University, where Friedman joined him. There he first held the post of research fellow and then, from 1951 until his death in 1960, that of lecturer in the graduate department of history. From 1949-1954, he was the dean of the Jewish Teacher’s Seminary and Folks University. He taught courses at the Herzliya Teachers Seminary in Israel and was a member of the Research Committee of the Board of Director’s of the YIVO Institute starting in 1952.

Friedman’s subsequent research focused on the Holocaust. He produced two popular books, the first account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising titled Martyrs and Fighters: The Epic of the Warsaw Ghetto (1954), the second a volume describing Christian rescuers during the war, Their Brothers’ Keepers (1957). A volume of his essays devoted to Holocaust topics, Pathways to Extinction: Essays on the Holocaust (1980), was edited posthumously by his wife. He was the Research Director of the YIVO-Yad Vashem Joint Documentary Project, a bibliographical series on the Holocaust from 1954-1960. This project consisted of publishing a full bibliography of all published works having a connection to the Holocaust. The first volume, which consisted of Hebrew sources, had been published by the time of Friedman’s death, and the English volume was ready to be printed. He also remained committed to his earlier scholarly interests, and published articles in Yiddish, Polish, Hebrew, French, and English, such as “Polish Jewish Historiography between the Two Wars” and “The First Millennium of Jewish Settlement in the Ukraine and in the Adjacent Areas.” Philip Friedman died in New York on February 7, 1960 after a lengthy illness.

Subject/Index Terms

Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Baron, Salo W. (Salo Wittmayer), 1895-1989, Central Jewish Historical Committee, Centre de documentation juive contemporaine, Clippings - Newspaper clippings, Columbia University, Concentration camps, Datner, Szymon, Documents - Administrative reports, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Manuscripts, Documents - Minutes, Documents - Notes, Duker, Abraham G. (Abraham Gordon), 1907-, Europe, Friedman, Philip, 1901-1960, Germany, Gringauz, Samuel, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Bibliography, Holocaust survivors, Israel, Jewish ghettos, Jewish refugees, Jews - History, Kermish, Joseph, Lestschinsky, Jacob, 1876-1966, London (England), Mark, Bernard, 1908-1966, Minkoff, N. B., 1893-1958, Occupation, 1939-1945, Paris (France), Poland, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (Netherlands), Soviet Union, Ukraine, War criminals, War resistance movements, Weichert, Michael, 1890-1967, Wiener Library, World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities, World War, 1939-1945 - Jews, Yad va-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah vela-gevurah, YIVO Archives

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Permission to use the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Use Restrictions:

Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: The materials were donated to the YIVO Archives by Philip Friedman’s widow, Ada Friedman, in June 1987. Additional materials were donated by Friedman’s niece, Sophia Balk, in February 1993.

Separated Materials: Philip Friedman’s library was also donated to YIVO and forms the Philip Friedman Collection at the YIVO Library.

Related Materials: The YIVO Library has many books by and about Friedman and a wealth of materials about the Jews of Poland, World War II, the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, concentration camps, survivor testimonies, displaced persons, bibliographies of books about the Holocaust, and many other topics found in the Friedman Papers. In addition, many of Friedman’s personal books about Jewish history and Holocaust materials were donated to the YIVO Library.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); Papers of Philip Friedman; RG 1258; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Correspondence, 1931, 1944-1982,
Series 2: Series II: Friedman’s Work, 1935-1982,
Series 3: Series III: Research Materials, 1914-1979,
Series 4: Series IV: Ghettos and Concentration Camps, 1939-1968,
Series 5: Series V: Resistance, 1940-1963, 1978-1985,
Series 6: Series VI: The Post-War Era, 1917, 1931-1962,
Series 7: Series VII: Varia (923-937), 1931-1968,
Series 8: Series VIII: Newspaper Clippings, 1942-1993,
Series 9: Series IX: Friedman’s Biographical Materials, 1936-1975, undated,
Series 10: Series X: Ada Friedman’s Writings, 1949-1978, undated,
All

Series I: Correspondence 1931, 1944-1982

This series contains Friedman’s correspondence with Yiddish writers and prominent historians, universities, libraries, other academic institutions, with periodicals and publishers, with government organizations and offices, and with landsmanshaftn. This correspondence is arranged alphabetically by individual or organization according to the Latin alphabet even when the correspondence is in Yiddish, Hebrew or Russian and thus does not use Latin characters. There is also personal correspondence from Philip and Ada Friedman, which is arranged chronologically.

Folders: 480

Subseries 1: Individuals 1931, 1946-1981

This subseries consists of correspondence with Yiddish writers, scholars and prominent historians, including Rachel Auerbach, Salo Baron, Szymon Datner, A.G. Duker, N.M. Gelber, Joseph Kermish, Berl Mark, Jonas Turkow, Mark Wischnitzer, and many others.

Folders: 285

Folder 1: Adelson, Daniel 1953-1957
Folder 2: Adler, H.G. 1954-1959
Folder 2A: Adler-Rudl, S. 1958
Folder 3: Amster, Tobias 1954-1958
Folder 4: Angoff, Charles Antonovsky, A. 1954-1956
Folder 5: Arendt, Hannah Arditti, A. 1951-1955
Folder 6: Arnst, I. 1959
Folder 7: Artur, Boris Artman-Sasse 1950-1960
Folder 8: Asen, Abraham 1955
Folder 9: Ash, Saul Atlas, H. 1951-1959
Folder 10: Auerbach, Efraim undated
Folder 11: Auerbach, Philipp 1950
Folder 12: Auerbach, Rachel 1951-1969
Folder 13: Bakalczuk, M. Badi, J. 1954-1959
Folder 14: Balberyszski, Mendel Bandman, Edith 1948-1958
Folder 15: Barlas, Chaim 1955-1966
Folder 16: Baron, Salo Bass, David 1946-1965
Folder 17: Bein, William Bein, A. 1955-1958
Folder 18: Bel Geddes, Joan 1958
Folder 19: Ben-Ezra, A. Ben-Horin, M. 1951-1958
Folder 20: Ben-Zvi, I. 1951: see also folder 314
Folder 21: Berezer, David 1951
Folder 22: Bergner, Herc 1950-1955
Folder 23: Berlinski, Szloime Bernholtz, S. 1946-1949
Folder 24: Bernstein, Mordecai (Matiwoj) 1955-1958
Folder 25: Berlstein, Alfred 1959-1960: New York Public Library
see also folder 330
Folder 26: Bickel, Shlomo 1954
Folder 27: Biderman, Itche 1950
Folder 28: Billig, Joseph Blatt, Mrs. Josef 1949-1959
Folder 29: Blau, Bruno Bloch, Pierre 1951-1958
Folder 30: Blumenthal Weiss, Ilse 1957
Folder 31: Borzykowski, Tuvia 1953
Folder 32: Brandstaetter, Roman 1946
Folder 33: Brilling, Bernhardt Braun, Sam 1950-1953
Folder 34: Bryks, Rachmil Brzezinski, A. 1951-1952
Folder 35: Bjoza, M. 1950-1954
Folder 36: Caiserman, Hananiah M. 1949-1950
Folder 37: Canaan, Haviv 1952
Folder 38: Charney, Daniel Chononowitz, Ch. I. Milstein 1931, 1951-1952
Folder 39: Checinski, Slawomir 1958-1961
Folder 40: Chojnacki, Wladyslaw 1958-1959
Folder 41: Chubinsky, Boruch 1949-1956
Folder 42: Ciemny, Melech Clergy 1952-1958
Folder 43: Cohen, Elie A. Cohen, M.J. 1952
Folder 44: Cohen, Oscar Cohn, Gabriel H. Czapska, Maria 1958-1960
Folder 45: Datner, Szymon 1958-1959: see also folder 298
Folder 46: De Nur, Yehiel (Katzelnick) and Nina 1953-1960
Folder 47: De Jong, Louis 1958-1961: see also folder 328
Folder 48: Diamant, Z. 1953
Folder 49: Dienstag, Jacob 1959
Folder 50: Dinur, B. 1954-1959
Folder 51: Domaradzki, T.F. Dobroczynski, Wiktor 1955-1956
Folder 52: Dombrowsky, Alexander 1959
Folder 53: Doring, Hans 1959
Folder 54: Druckmann, Zwi-Hersch 1948
Folder 55: Duker, A.G. 1949-1956: see also folder 301
Folder 56: Dunetz, Max 1952-1956
Folder 57: Dworzecki, Mark 1952-1960
Folder 58: Eck, Nusin Eckstein, F. 1951-1959: Eck - see also folder 341
Folder 59: Efroikin, Z. Efros, I. Epstein, G. and L. 1949-1953
Folder 60: Eisenbach, Artur Elis, B. Eisenstein, Miss 1950-1960
Folder 61: Eran, A. Eris, A. Ettinger, I. 1954-1959
Folder 62: Federman, R. Faulkner, S.O. 1956-1957
Folder 63: Feigenbaum, M. Feldman, E. 1950-1951
Folder 64: Fink, J. Feldschuh, B. 1948-1954
Folder 65: Fink, Reuben 1957
Folder 66: Finkelstein, Arie Fishman, M. 1951-1959
Folder 67: Flagg, W.T. Fledel, Joseph 1949-1957
Folder 68: Fogelman, L. Forman, Evelyn and Charles 1949-1950
Folder 69: Friedman, Tuvye Friedman, Theodore Frankenhuis, Maurice 1950-1958
Folder 70: Foxman, Joseph Friede, Maximilian 1951-1956
Folder 71: Gar, Joseph 1948-1954
Folder 72: Gartner, Lloyd 1952-1957
Folder 73: Gelbart, Israel 1947-1948
Folder 74: Gelber, N.M. 1947-1959
Folder 75: Gelehrter, Menachem 1952
Folder 76: Gildin, H. Gilman, Lucy 1953-1955
Folder 77: Gladstone, Jacob Glatstein, M. 1955
Folder 78: Glanz, Rudolf Glantz, Jacob 1953-1955
Folder 79: Glicenstein, Emanuel (E. Romano) 1952
Folder 80: Gliksman, William M. 1949-1959
Folder 81: Goldkorn, I. Gombinski, Stanislas 1955-1958
Folder 82: Gollancz, Victor 1956
Folder 83: Gottfarstein, J. 1946-1958
Folder 84: Gotlib, Szulim 1953-1959
Folder 85: Gropper, William 1956
Folder 86: Grossmann, Kurt 1951-1965
Folder 87: Grossman, Mojsze 1954
Folder 88: Gruss, Noe 1950-1951
Folder 89: Gumkowski, Janusz 1958-1959
Folder 90: George, Manfred 1960
Folder 91: Geva, T. 1959
Folder 92: Glikson, Joseph 1959
Folder 93: Goodman, Philip 1953-1960
Folder 94: Gringauz, S. 1950-1954
Folder 94A: Gelbard, W. Gildesgame, L.L. Gelman Glazer, Nathan Glube, S. Goelman, Elazer Goheen, H. Goldstein, L. Gorin, G. Greenberg, M. Grundlinger, S. 1949-1956
Folder 95: Hamovich, A. Halamski, Jerzy Halicki, M. 1949-1960
Folder 96: Halevy, M.A. Hamburger, A. 1948-1951
Folder 97: Halkin, A. Haas, H. 1956: Halkin - see also folder 284
Folder 98: Halpern, Israel Halpern, H. Haski, Michal 1946-1958
Folder 99: Hertz, Alexander Harris, M. 1952-1956
Folder 100: Hertzberg, Arthur 1955
Folder 101: Herzog, Fred 1958
Folder 102: Hibel, B. 1948
Folder 103: Hilberg, R. 1955-1959
Folder 104: Hirschberg, H.Z. 1960
Folder 105: Hoch, A. 1959
Folder 106: Horkheimer, M. Horowitz, Z. 1956-1959
Folder 107: Humen, A. 1959
Folder 108: Jacobson, W. Itan, Rhoda Jacobs, R.K. 1952-1957
Folder 109: Jasny, A.W. 1951-1952
Folder 110: Javits, Jacob K. 1949
Folder 111: Kaganovich, M. Kader, B. 1949-1958
Folder 112: Kahan, Berl Kahan, Solomon Kalk, I. 1949-1957
Folder 113: Karmiol, Wolf 1951-1952
Folder 114: Kazdan, Ch.S. 1951-1959
Folder 115: Keitelman, I. (Chaskel) 1952-1954
Folder 116: Kermish, Joseph Kessler, J.A. 1948-1959: Kermish - see also folder 341
Folder 117: Klausner, I. Klausner, Abraham 1949-1960
Folder 118: Klein, A.M. Klein, Jacob 1951-1960
Folder 119: Kaczerginski, Szmerke 1947-1949
Folder 120: Kohansky, Ruth and Mendel undated
Folder 121: Koniuchowski, L. Kopaczewska, Helene 1954-1958
Folder 122: Kosover, Mordecai 1950
Folder 123: Kadari (Dr. Ball-Kadari) 1959
Folder 124: Kaplan, D. 1961
Folder 125: Karski, Jan 1952
Folder 126: Katzman, Jacob 1981
Folder 127: Klementinowski, David 1956
Folder 128: Kober, Adolf Knapp, Mrs. Jarvis 1955-1958
Folder 129: Koszyk, Kurt Kowalski, S. Kornfeld, I. 1953-1959
Folder 130: Kovner, Aba Kohansky, M. 1954-1958
Folder 131: Kremer, Hanno 1956-1957
Folder 132: Krausnick, Helmut Krasne, Byron Kos, Edward 1949-1959
Folder 133: Kubowy, Arje Kuzon, Jozef 1958-1959
Folder 134: Lamm, Hans 1956-1959: see also folder 288
Folder 135: Landowska, Wanda LaPorte, Joseph A. 1948-1949
Folder 136: Laczynska, Wladyslawa 1958
Folder 137: Leder, Herman Lador, J.J. (Lederer) 1953-1956
Folder 138: Leftwich, Joseph Lederhendler, B. 1947-1956
Folder 139: Lehrer, Leibush 1949-1959
Folder 140: Leivick, H. 1954-1958
Folder 141: Lemkin, Raphael 1947-1952
Folder 142: Lestschinsky, Jacob 1951-1957
Folder 143: Lewin, Isaac Levin, N. 1951-1959
Folder 144: Levinsohn, Josef 1959-1960
Folder 145: Likowski, G. 1959
Folder 146: Lipetz, D. Liwer, A. 1952-1958
Folder 147: Loewenthal, Rudolf 1951-1958
Folder 148: Lowdurmilk, Walter 1950
Folder 149: MacKay, Donald 1959
Folder 150: Mahler, Rafael 1947-1954
Folder 151: Mandel, Jehoshua Malycky, Alex 1958-1959
Folder 152: Manteuffel, Tadeusz 1959
Folder 153: Mann, Mendl Manfred, Ernest Fred Mann, Eric 1947-1954
Folder 154: Margoshes, Dr. Maritz, D. 1947-1951
Folder 155: Mark, Berl Markson, Julius 1954-1959: Mark - see also folder 298
Folder 156: Mark, Nehemiah Mauthner, Rose-Marie Mayer, A. 1949-1958
Folder 157: Meincke, Henning Major, Robert 1956-1959
Folder 158: Menachovsky, Moishe Matenko, P. 1954-1959
Folder 159: Mestel, Jacob 1946-1951
Folder 160: Minkoff, Nachum B. 1950-1957
Folder 161: Minkoff, Isaiah 1960
Folder 162: Melkman, Joseph 1957-1960: see also folder 341
Folder 163: Mukdoni, A. Miszel, Leon Mishkin, L. Morgenstern, B. 1951-1958
Folder 164: Namier, L.B. Nadel, Emanuel 1954
Folder 165: Niger, Shmuel (Charney) Neiman, David 1949-1956
Folder 166: Novitch, Miriam 1946
Folder 167: Opatoshu, Joseph 1950-1954
Folder 168: Ophir, Boruch 1955-1956
Folder 169: Ophir, Boruch 1957
Folder 170: Ophir, Boruch 1958
Folder 171: Ophir, Boruch 1959-1960
Folder 172: Orenstein, Benjamin 1948-1965
Folder 173: Ormian, Chaim Ormont, James 1949-1952
Folder 174: Oved, Moishe 1952
Folder 175: Palmon, A. Pasicznyk, M. Palmer, Paul R. 1951-1957
Folder 176: Pehr, Otton 1958
Folder 177: Perlow, David 1957
Folder 178: Perlow, Isaac 1955-1959
Folder 179: Persky, Daniel 1951
Folder 180: Peeters, F.P.J. 1960
Folder 181: Pinkerfeld, A. 1955
Folder 182: Pinson, Koppel Pliskin, B. 1946-1960
Folder 183: Poliakow, Leon 1954-1959
Folder 184: Pomerantz, Chaim 1949
Folder 185: Prager, M. Pracownik, L. Pregel, B. 1949-1952
Folder 186: Puttemans, Andre Preiss, Michael 1951-1959
Folder 187: Rafaeli, Eliezer Raczynski, Edward 1958-1960
Folder 188: Rajski, Edward Radoszydie, I.H. 1951-1959
Folder 189: Raskin, Saul Ravitz, M. Ranz, J. 1953-1958
Folder 190: Reitlinger, Gerald 1954-1956
Folder 191: Reizin, Sarah 1952-1953
Folder 192: Ribalow, M. Rifkind, I. 1950-1956
Folder 193: Riz, Jacob 1957
Folder 194: Roback, A.A. 1959
Folder 195: Robinson, Jacob 1947-1973
Folder 196: Rodd, Elsie 1964
Folder 197: Rochman, Leib 1948
Folder 198: Rogel, Joseph Rokach, L. Rosen, H.I. 1949-1956
Folder 199: Rokitstein, M. Rona, B. 1947-1959
Folder 200: Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D. (Eleanor) 1952-1957
Folder 201: Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. 1952
Folder 202: Rosenbach, Chava 1958
Folder 203: Rosenstein, David 1947-1952
Folder 204: Rosenthal, Jehuda 1957
Folder 205: Rosenwein, Zvi 1954-1958
Folder 206: Roth, Philip 1959
Folder 207: Rothholtz, Walter 1959-1960
Folder 208: Rubinstein, Reuven 1957
Folder 209: Ryterband, Roman Rygiel, Jan 1958-1959
Folder 210: Samuel, Maurice Sainer, Herman 1951-1956
Folder 211: Sandel, Jozef 1958-1964
Folder 212: Sanders, Ronald Saviv, A. 1949-1956
Folder 213: Scharfstein, Z. Schindler, Alexander 1950-1954
Folder 214: Schneer, Zvi Schochet, S. 1951-1959: Schneer - see also folder 306
Folder 215: Scholl (Aicher), Inge 1959-1960: see also folder 312
Folder 215A: Schulsohn, Samuel 1949-1958
Folder 216: Schultz, H.E. 1957
Folder 217: Schwartz, Leo 1947-1959
Folder 218: Schwartz, Pinches 1954-1960
Folder 219: Schwarzbart, I. 1949-1957
Folder 220: Schweig, Joseph Seckar, A. 1946-1948
Folder 221: Segal, A. Segal, P. 1951-1959
Folder 222: Seidenman, Ludwik 1953-1954
Folder 223: Shalit, L. Shaffir, M.M. 1950-1954
Folder 224: Shapiro, Leon Sher, A. 1951-1959
Folder 225: Shatkai, Joseph 1947-1963
Folder 226: Shemen, N. Sheinbaum, M. 1950-1954
Folder 227: Shishler, H. 1950-1953
Folder 228: Shmueli, Efraim 1954-1958
Folder 229: Shmulevitch, I. 1962
Folder 230: Shub, Rafael 1956
Folder 231: Shulvass, M.A. 1951-1957: see also folder 289
Folder 232: Shuster, Z. Shonmi, Sz. 1955
Folder 233: Silberman, Lena 1952
Folder 234: Silkes, Genia Silberschein, A. 1946-1959
Folder 235: Simaite, Anna 1956-1963
Folder 236: Sinani, Elie 1952
Folder 237: Singer, Elias Singer, Joel 1950-1958
Folder 238: Skobcov, A. Sloan, Jacob 1955
Folder 239: Sommerstein, Emil Sohn, D. 1954-1957
Folder 240: Spitzer, T.H. Spizman, L. Szper, S. Spies, G. 1949-1958
Folder 241: Stearns, Mrs. Eugene (Annan) 1958-1965
Folder 242: Steckel, Charles W. 1958
Folder 243: Steinberg, I.N. Steiner, F. 1950
Folder 244: Stockfisz, D. 1956-1960
Folder 245: Stone, Isaac 1949-1958
Folder 246: Sudarski, Mendel and Alte 1949-1960
Folder 247: Swidler, Leo 1955
Folder 248: Sworakowski, W.S. Sudol, Stanislaw Suhl, A. 1958-1959
Folder 249: Steinberger, I. Sternfeld, M.L. Szczekacz, Leon Szuldberg, Bronislawa 1950-1956
Folder 250: Tartakower, Arieh 1954-1958: see also folder 309
Folder 251: Tenenbaum, J. 1948-1956
Folder 252: Tenenbaum, Sz. 1951
Folder 253: Trunk, Isaiah 1960
Folder 254: Turkow, Jonas 1946-1965
Folder 255: Turkow, Mark Tzadkoni, A. 1950-1956
Folder 256: Unger, Menashe Urbach, Izydor 1954-1958
Folder 257: Uris, Leon Urbasik, H.J. 1958-1959
Folder 258: Uveeler, Mark 1954-1960
Folder 259: Wajsblum, Marek 1959-1960
Folder 260: Warenstam, Eric Wdowinski, D. 1953-1956
Folder 261: Weichert, Michal 1947-1955
Folder 262: Weinrauch, Herschel 1949-1950
Folder 263: Weinryb, B. 1951-1953
Folder 264: Weiss, Lea 1956-1966
Folder 265: Weissbluth, Gertrude and Eugene 1950-1959
Folder 266: Wells, Leon 1961
Folder 267: Weliczker, L. Wiederman, P. 1949-1952
Folder 268: Wiesenthal, Simon 1956-1959
Folder 269: Winchell, Constance Wininger, S. 1952-1960
Folder 270: Wischnitzer, Mark 1954
Folder 271: Witty, Irwin E. Wittlin, Jozef 1953-1958
Folder 272: Wulf, Joseph Wolfe, Leon Wohl, Samuel Wurmbrand, F. Wolff, Ilse R. 1950-1963
Folder 273: Xanthos, Virginia Yales, D.E. 1951-1960
Folder 274: Zajaczkowski, S. 1949
Folder 275: Zak, Abraham Zaltzman, M. 1948-1950
Folder 276: Zakalik (Kupferberg), D. Zamlynska, Halina 1946-1958
Folder 277: Zelby, Leon 1956
Folder 278: Zineman, Jakub 1948-1958
Folder 279: Zipper, Jacob 1952-1953
Folder 280: Zonabend, N. 1948-1951
Folder 281: Zonschein, Mordcke undated
Folder 282: Zylberberg, Leon W. 1952-1953

Subseries 2: Universities, Libraries, Academic Institutions 1946-1969

Many of the institutions in this subseries are those with which Friedman was closely involved, such as Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaire, Central Jewish Historical Institute, Columbia University, Jewish Teachers Seminary, the Wiener Library in London, and Yad Vashem.

Folders: 64

Folder 283: Academy for Higher Jewish Learning 1956-1958
Folder 284: American Academy for Jewish Research 1948-1958: see also folder 97
Folder 285: American Association for Jewish Education 1952-1956
Folder 286: American Committee for the Study of War Documents 1956
Folder 287: American Council of Learned Societies undated
Folder 288: American Jewish Historical Society 1952-1959: see also folder 134
Folder 289: Baltimore Hebrew College and Teachers Training School 1949-1952: see also folder 231
Folder 290: Basel University 1954-1959: Switzerland
Folder 291: Bibliotheque de L'Alliance Israel Universelle 1948
Folder 292: Brandeis University 1952-1956
Folder 293: Brooklyn College 1949-1950
Folder 294: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - American Bulgarian League 1958-1959
Folder 295: Central Bureau of Statistics 1950: Jerusalem
Folder 296: Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaire 1946-1959: Paris
Folder 297: Centre d'Etude des Problems Actuels 1957-1958: Paris
Folder 298: Zydowski Institut Historyczny (Central Jewish Historical Institute) 1946-1965: Warsaw
see also folders 45, 155
Folder 299: University of Chicago 1955
Folder 300: City College 1950-1952
Folder 301: College of Jewish Studies 1952-1958: see also folder 55
Folder 302: Columbia University 1949-1960
Folder 303: Commission Historique Juive 1946-1947: Switzerland, Paris, London
Folder 304: Deutsches Institut fur Geschichte der Nationalsozialistischen Zeit 1951: Munich
Folder 305: Dropsie College 1951-1952
Folder 305A: First International Conference on the History of European Resistance 1959: Brussels
Folder 306: Ghetto Fighters House - Kibbutz Lohamai Haghetoff 1950-1959: see also folder 214
Folder 307: Hamburg University 1952
Folder 308: Harvard University Library 1951-1957
Folder 309: Hebrew University 1949-1959: see also folder 250
Folder 310: Hebrew Teachers College Hebrew Union College 1948-1955
Folder 311: Theodor Herzl Institute 1959
Folder 312: Hochschule for Gestaltung 1956-1958: Ulm, Germany
see also folder 215
Folder 313: Hoover Institute and Library 1956
Folder 314: Institute for the Research of Jewish Middle East Communities 1952-1956: see also folder 20
Folder 315: Institute for Zeitgeschichte 1952-1959: Germany
Folder 316: Instytut Historii Najnowszej 1950
Folder 317: Jewish Congress for Yiddish 1957-1958: Argentina
Folder 318: Jewish Historical Documentation 1948: Linz, Austria
Folder 319: Jewish Historical Society of Israel 1951-1958
Folder 320: Jewish Library 1949-1962: Montreal
Folder 321: Jewish Museum 1956
Folder 322: Jewish Teachers Seminary 1949-1958
Folder 323: Jewish Theological Seminary in America 1950-1962
Folder 324: Jewish Institute of Religion 1954-1961
Folder 325: Library of Congress 1949-1961
Folder 326: Manitoba University 1955-1957
Folder 326A: Marquette University 1959
Folder 327: Montreal University 1956
Folder 328: National Jewish Youth Conference Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation 1949-1959: Netherlands - see also folder 47
Folder 329: New School for Social Research 1959
Folder 330: New York Public Library 1949-1959: see also folder 25
Folder 331: New York University 1954-1957
Folder 332: Palestine Historical Ethnographical Society 1946-1958: Jerusalem
Folder 333: University of Pennsylvania 1949
Folder 334: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America 1958-1963
Folder 335: Research Institute for Post-War Problems of Religious Jewry 1953-1957
Folder 336: Shevchenko Scientific Society 1953-1959
Folder 337: Stanford University 1951-1956
Folder 338: Vermont University 1957
Folder 339: Wayne State University 1957
Folder 340: Wiener Library 1947-1961: London
Folder 341: Yad Vashem 1947-1958: see also folders 58, 116, 162
Folder 342: Yeshiva University 1951-1957
Folder 343: YIVO Institute 1946-1969
Folder 344: YIVO - Friends in Israel 1957

Subseries 3: Newspapers, Periodicals and Publishing Houses 1946-1963

This subseries contains Friedman’s correspondence with various periodicals, including several newspapers for which he wrote articles, and various publishers that published his works.

Folders: 46

Folder 345: Arani Verlag Publishing 1956-1960
Folder 346: Ararat Publishing Society 1953-1954
Folder 347: Aufbau 1955
Folder 348: Befreiung undated: Munich
Folder 349: Ballantine Books, Inc. R.R. Bowker Co. 1956
Folder 350: Bitzaron 1954-1956
Folder 351: Bundeszentrale fur Heimatdienst 1956-1957
Folder 352: Commentary 1948-1959
Folder 353: Crown Publishing Inc. 1957-1963
Folder 354: Der Emes Der Weg 1946-1952
Folder 355: Encyclopedia - The American Peoples 1954
Folder 355A: Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora 1951-1956
Folder 356: Encyclopedia Hebraica 1954-1957
Folder 357: Exposition Press 1958
Folder 358: Fellowship Publications 1957
Folder 359: Free Europe Press 1958
Folder 360: From the Last Extermination 1948: Munich
Folder 361: Gazith Art and Literary Publishers 1952
Folder 362: Goldene Keyt 1949-1958
Folder 363: Hadoar 1956
Folder 364: Heimish 1957-1958: Israel
Folder 365: Historical Abstracts 1958
Folder 366: Information Bulletin on the Jewish Community of the Philipines 1951
Folder 367: Jewish Information Bureau (Office of Jewish Information) 1946-1960
Folder 368: Jewish Social Studies Jewish Review 1946-1959
Folder 369: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks 1953-1959
Folder 370: The Jewish Forum 1955-1956
Folder 371: Jewish Frontier 1950-1953
Folder 372: Judishe Rundschau (Jewish Review) 1946-1947: Munich
Folder 373: Kiyoum (Existence) Journal Ksiazka (Book) 1947-1954
Folder 374: Le Monde Juif 1958
Folder 375: Massadah, Ltd. 1951-1955
Folder 376: Monde Publishers 1955-1957
Folder 377: Nasza Trybuna 1949
Folder 378: New York Post 1958
Folder 379: Neue Welt 1948
Folder 380: Ofsnai 1947
Folder 381: Pergamon Press 1959
Folder 382: Pyramid Books 1958
Folder 383: The Reconstructionist 1946-1959
Folder 384: Spedron 1958
Folder 385: Tog-Morgen Journal 1954-1961
Folder 386: Universal Jewish Encyclopedia Unzer Shtimme The Washington Star 1953-1959
Folder 387: Yiddish Dictionary 1952-1955
Folder 388: Das Yiddishe Kemfer 1953-1956
Folder 389: Zukunft 1948-1958: see also folder 92

Subseries 4: Organizations, Federal and State Offices 1945-1964

This subseries is made up of correspondence with various organizations and official offices in the United States and elsewhere. Most of the materials concern Friedman’s research about Jewish experiences in the post-war period.

Folders: 46

Folder 390: American Committee for Liberation American Committee for Émigré Scholars, Writers and Artists 1954-1959
Folder 391: American Federation of Jews from Central Europe, Inc. 1952-1954
Folder 392: American Jewish Committee 1951-1958
Folder 393: American Jewish Congress 1949-1954
Folder 394: American Joint Distribution Committee 1946-1953
Folder 395: Anti-Defamation League 1952-1959
Folder 396: Anti-Fascist Jewish Committee undated: USSR
Folder 397: Arbeiter Ring (Workmens Circle) 1949-1958
Folder 398: British Joint Services Mission B'nei Brith 1946, 1958
Folder 399: Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Polish Institute of Canada 1958
Folder 400: Canadian Jewish Congress 1949-1958
Folder 401: Centralny Komitet Zydow Polskich 1945-1946
Folder 402: Club of Polish Jews 1952-1959
Folder 403: Common Council for American Unity 1956
Folder 404: Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany 1950-1959
Folder 405: Conference on Jewish Relations 1947-1950
Folder 406: Congress for Jewish Culture 1948-1962
Folder 407: Congress for Jewish Culture 1952-1959: Argentina
Folder 408: Council for Middle Eastern Affairs 1956
Folder 409: Danish Information Office 1957
Folder 410: General Consulate 1948-1964: Germany
Folder 411: Gesellschaft fur Christlich-Judische Zusammenarbeit 1952-1959: Hamburg
Folder 412: Histadruth 1953-1957
Folder 413: Immigration and Naturalization Service 1950-1957
Folder 414: Institute of Judeo-Christian Studies 1958
Folder 415: International Tracing Service 1952-1953
Folder 416: Jewish Agency for Israel (Palestine) 1947-1955
Folder 417: Jewish Book Council 1949-1959: see also folder 93
Folder 418: Jewish Labor Committee 1947-1956
Folder 419: Jewish Temples and Synagogues 1950-1958
Folder 420: Labor Zionist Order Jewish Socialist Verband 1949-1958
Folder 421: National Foundation for Jewish Culture 1958-1960
Folder 422: Oberlandsgericht 1947-1958: Stuttgart
Folder 423: OSE (Œuvre de secours aux enfants) - American Committee 1948-1951
Folder 424: Polish Jewry 1948-1954: Argentina
Folder 425: President's Office 1952-1959: Israel
Folder 426: State Department - Historical Section 1959: United States
Folder 427: Union of American Hebrew Congregations 1947-1955
Folder 428: Unione della Comunita Israelitche-Italiane 1948-1957
Folder 429: United Jewish Relief Appeal United Jewish Survivors of Nazi Persecution 1947-1955
Folder 430: United Restitution Office (URO) 1951-1959: see also folder 94
Folder 430A: Vatican City 1958-1963
Folder 431: World Jewish Congress 1946-1964
Folder 432: World Memorial for the Jewish Martyr, Inc. 1952-1957
Folder 433: Yiddish Writers Union 1951-1955: United States
Folder 434: Zionist Organization of America 1951

Subseries 5: Landsmanshaftn 1946-1959

This subseries of correspondence with various landsmanshaftn is organized alphabetically by community, such as Bialystok, or by country, such as Germany and Lithuania.

Folders: 22

Folder 435: Belchatow 1950
Folder 436: Bessarabia - Romania 1952
Folder 437: Bialystok 1953-1954
Folder 438: Briansk 1951
Folder 439: Chmielnik 1957
Folder 440: Czestochowa 1956
Folder 441: Galician Jews of America Frampol 1946-1958
Folder 442: Germany 1946-1959
Folder 443: Grajewo 1951
Folder 444: Hungary 1954
Folder 445: Kalisz 1952
Folder 446: Kolomyja Kobryn 1951-1958
Folder 447: Lithuania 1954
Folder 448: Miedzyrzecz (Mezricz) Markuszow 1953
Folder 449: Ratno 1955
Folder 450: Siedlce 1957
Folder 451: South Africa - Chelm, Rakiszok 1951-1955
Folder 452: Strzegom 1951
Folder 453: Warsaw Vitebsk 1955-1956
Folder 454: Wyszkow 1956
Folder 455: Yugoslavia 1957
Folder 456: Zelechow 1955

Subseries 6: Personal Correspondence of Dr. and Mrs. Friedman 1944-1982

This subseries is arranged chronologically. There is also correspondence written to Mrs. Friedman after Philip Friedman’s death.

Folders: 17

Folder 457: Personal Correspondence 1944-1947
Folder 458: Personal Correspondence 1948
Folder 459: Personal Correspondence 1949
Folder 460: Personal Correspondence 1950
Folder 461: Personal Correspondence 1951
Folder 462: Personal Correspondence 1952
Folder 463: Personal Correspondence 1953
Folder 464: Personal Correspondence 1954
Folder 465: Personal Correspondence 1955
Folder 466: Personal Correspondence 1956
Folder 467: Personal Correspondence 1957
Folder 468: Personal Correspondence 1958
Folder 469: Personal Correspondence 1959
Folder 470: Personal Correspondence 1960
Folder 471: Personal Correspondence - To Mrs. Friedman undated
Folder 472: Personal Correspondence - To Mrs. Friedman 1960-1982: after Philip Friedman's death
Folder 473: Personal Correspondence - To Mrs. Friedman 1960-1982: after Philip Friedman's death