Guide to the Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors' Union) 1908-1940 RG 26

Arranged by Solomon Krystal, 1984. Translated and edited by Rivka Schiller in 2006 with the assistance of a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation. Additional processing by Sarah Ponichtera in 2013 as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.

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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Sarah Ponichtera in March 2013. Customized in ARCHON in 2013. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors' Union) 1908-1940 RG 26

ID: RG 26 FA

Extent: 16.25 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The series are arranged by type of material, namely administrative materials, correspondence, or membership files.

Languages: Yiddish, Polish, German, Russian, Hebrew, English

Abstract

The Yidisher Artistn Farayn , or Yiddish Actors’ Union, advocated for actors’ economic interests while striving to create a professionally run, artistically ambitious, Yiddish theatrical scene in Warsaw. From 1919-1938, its influence gradually increased until it included the majority of actors working in Poland, and collaborated with the most significant Polish Yiddish cultural figures and institutions, including E. R. Kaminska, YIVO, Literarishe Bleter , and the Landrat , or National Council of Class Trade Unions ( Krajowa Rada Klasowych Związków Zawodowych ). This collection contains records of annual conventions, Executive Committee meetings, correspondence with actors and theaters from Poland and around the world, and membership files on almost 600 actors.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains administrative materials detailing institutional functions and decision-making processes, correspondence, and membership files, each separated into its own series.

Series I , Administrative Records, contains very early notes on the initial formation of the YAF, as well as the bylaws of the union (both the original handwritten version and a sample of the subsequent print versions, in Yiddish and Polish). Series I also contains records of the annual conventions. There are particularly complete records of conventions 3-15 (1921-1932). Series I contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee, from 1922-1933, and records of the communal court. There are few financial records, although there are records of the YAF’s drive to collect funds to build a new theater building.

Series II , Correspondence, is divided into subseries that reflect the YAF’s own filing system. Correspondence is separated according to the location of the correspondent, which correlates with the primary subject matter of each group of correspondence. Executive Committee correspondence, dealing with administrative and charitable matters, forms Subseries 1 . Subseries 2 consists of correspondence with international theatrical organizations, either groups that toured Poland, or groups that Polish actors worked for abroad. Subseries 3 contains correspondence with theatrical groups in Poland, organized by the name of each Polish city where the group was located. Correspondence with Polish government organizations as well as non-governmental organizations falls into Subseries 4 . Subseries 5 contains correspondence with permanently established theaters in Poland, organized by the name of the theater. Subseries 6 consists of correspondence with touring acting troupes, organized by the name of their correspondent. This filing system represents the way that the YAF established intellectual control over their activities, which attempted to encompass all theatrical work in Poland.

Series III contains the YAF’s membership files, arranged by member’s name. Many of these files contain membership booklets that include a picture, and the person’s basic biographical information. If the member took the exam held by the YAF in order to qualify for membership, records of the exam are included in their file. Some files also contain correspondence between the member and the YAF, often pertaining to questions or problems they encountered in their dealings with the organization.

Series IV consists of unarranged YAF materials. These materials, though they were originally produced by the YAF, like the rest of the collection, do not possess the same inherent order, and seem to have been assembled over a period of time from a variety of sources. Some of the correspondence is addressed to Zalman Reyzen, and the materials on performances and actors relate to those located in Vilna more than other cities, so YIVO may have had a hand in collecting these materials at some point during the prewar period. Special permission to work with these materials must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Historical Note

The Yidisher Artistn Farayn (Yiddish Actors’ Union), also known as the Zwiazek Artystow Scen Zydowskich (ZASZ), located in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1919, and existed until the beginning of WWII (September 1939). Its primary purpose was to represent the interests of actors in their financial negotiations with directors of theaters and theatrical troupes. However, its role went beyond that, as it involved itself in politics, supporting greater autonomy for Polish Jews, and in cultural life, as it attempted to support the development of a professional, artistically ambitious Polish Jewish theater. In fact these goals were connected: demonstrating the advancement of Jewish culture was thought to buttress Jewish claims for greater political freedom.

Several attempts were made to establish an actors’ union in the 1910s in different cities in Poland, beginning in 1915 in Lodz. The German occupation of Poland during and after WWI provided Polish Jews, and the Yiddish theater in particular, with unprecedented freedom. Whereas under the Russia Czar, permits to perform Yiddish plays were rarely granted and frequently revoked, the German occupation authorities, eager to undermine Russification, allowed ethnic minorities including Jews to freely participate in cultural life. Following WWI, it took some years for refugees who had fled to return to Warsaw, but when a critical mass of actors and activists was reached, in 1919, the Yidisher Artistn Farayn (henceforth referred to as YAF) took shape.

In the early years of its existence, the YAF struggled to exert influence over the energetic but chaotic blossoming of the Yiddish theatrical scene in Poland. New theatrical companies would be established and then disappear, and rifts emerged particularly between actors affiliated with permanent theaters and those that toured the provinces, sometimes only for a single season. They also ironically struggled with the greater freedoms allowed Yiddish theaters and actors: if they called a strike, there was no reason directors could not simply hire actors unaffiliated with the union, and many did exactly that, limiting the YAF’s ability to create meaningful change.

In 1925, the YAF affiliated itself with the Landrat , or the National Council of Class Trade Unions ( Krajowa Rada Klasowych Związków Zawodowych ). This unified them with unions in other professions, broadening their ability to enforce internal discipline and amplifying their voice on the Polish political stage.

The YAF conducted extensive activities aside from bargaining with directors and political activism. As part of its general financial support of retired, ill, and unemployed actors, it provided a stipend to actors who wished to send their children to school. In 1925, they decided to limit this stipend to those who sent their children to Yiddish-language schools, thus buttressing Yiddish education in Poland. They also published their own journals ( Yidish teater and Yidishe bine , among others) and amassed one of the most impressive libraries among the Warsaw trade unions. They held lectures on the history of Yiddish theater, and became involved in education, training young actors and providing certification for experienced actors. Its membership grew to include over 300 (324 in 1938), and accounted for the vast majority of Yiddish actors in Poland at the outbreak of WWII.

References

Mordechai V. Bernstein, “Di organizatsye fun di yidishe artistn,” in Yidisher teater in Eyrope tsvishn beyde velt-milkhomes , vol. 1, Poyln, ed. Itsik Manger, Yonas Turkov (Jonas Turkow), and Moyshe Perenson, pp. 339–436 (New York, 1968)

Marek Web, “Organizacja i samopomoc: Z historii ruchu zawodowego aktorów żydowskich w Polsce,” Pamiętnik Teatralny 41.1–4 [161–164] (1992): 135–174, special issue on Yiddish theater in Poland until 1939.

Web, Marek. "Yiddish Actors Union." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe 8 November 2010. 22 March 2013 http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Yiddish_Actors_Union.

Subject/Index Terms

Actors Labor unions, Actors Poland Biography, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Membership Cards, Documents - Minutes (Administrative Records), Documents - Resolutions (Administrative Records), Theater, Yiddish, Warsaw (Poland), Yidisher artistn-fareyn in Poyln

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: These records were among the Jewish collection looted by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg in Vilna under the Nazis and brought to Germany in 1942. Placed after the war in the U.S. military Offenbach Archival Depot, these documents were returned to the YIVO in New York in 1947.

Related Materials:

Additional materials from the Yidisher Artistn Farayn can be found in the Central State Archives (Vilnius). The YAF gave their records to YIVO in 1935; however materials continued to be created as well as found over the following years, and these records found their way into the Lithuanian Central State Archives. Photocopies of these materials can be found at YIVO; the originals are located in Vilnius.

There were significant contacts between the Yidisher Artistn Farayn and the Hebrew Actors' Union (RG 1843), which was based in New York. Although there was no formal assocation between the two organizations, many individuals participated in both, and the organizations were aware of one another, alternately supporting one another in their aims and coming into conflict.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the Yidisher Artistn Farayn; RG 26; box number; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Administrative Records, 1919-1940,
Series 2: Series II: Correspondence, 1913-1938,
Series 3: Series III: Membership Records, 1910-1939,
Series 4: Series IV: Unprocessed Materials, 1908-1938,
All

Series III: Membership Records 1910-1939

This series contains personal documents from actors, singers, composers, directors, all members of the YAF in Poland. These documents include correspondence, convention delegate cards, photographs, certificates, questionnaire forms, reviews, and other materials relating to an individual.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged alphabetically by member's name according to the Yiddish alphabet.

Folders: 599 folders

Box 26

Folder 399: Invitations undated, 1923-1930
Folder 400: Directoriat materials undated, 1922-1930: Letterhead, envelopes, blank forms for keeping track of theater reciepts, budget.

Box 27

Folder 401: Abramow, (Kagan Abram) 1927-1928
Folder 402: Abelman, Moshe and Devorah 1929-1933
Folder 403: Aberman, Ben-Zion undated
Folder 404: Adler, Beni 1930
Folder 405: Adler, Samuel 1922
Folder 406: Adler, F. 1927
Folder 407: Entin 1915: Article
Folder 408: Urig, Cilo 1929
Folder 409: Azovski 1922
Folder 410: Azarck, Icchok 1923-1928
Folder 411: Ozshel, Hirsh 1928-1929
Folder 412: Ahrony, Shalom 1930
Folder 413: Eyger, A. (missing)
Folder 414: Eisen-Orensztajnowa Zelezinska, Ewa 1926-1927
Folder 415: Ajzenberg, Aron 1911-1926
Folder 416: Ajzenberg, Majer 1914-1930
Folder 417: Ajzenberg, Nojma 1930
Folder 418: Eisenberg, Fany 1930
Folder 419: Inart Lazarova, Chana 1927
Folder 420: Inwentarz, Chaja 1926-1929
Folder 421: Inwentarz, Iccok 1927-1928
Folder 422: Altboym (Staradova), Sonya undated
Folder 423: Aleksandrowicz, Misza 1925
Folder 424: Amzel, Wolf and Golda 1933-1934
Folder 425: Antowilska-Burdo, Roza 1920-1933
Folder 426: Apteiker, Sofia 1920
Folder 427: Ass, Borukh 1933-1934
Folder 428: Akerman, Pinkus (Pol) 1921-1928
Folder 429: Arden, Cecil 1921
Folder 430: Arluk, Szymon 1923-1930
Folder 431: Ariel, Bejla (Babet) 1920
Folder 432: Ariel, Chaim-Dawid and Rachela 1920-1927
Folder 433: Orlovska, Pola 1924
Folder 434: Oltuska, Mirjam (Orleska) 1920-1922
Folder 435: Gintsberg, Arnold 1922
Folder 436: Azenwald, Mojzesz 1921-1930
Folder 437: Ornshteyn, Yosef undated, 1927
Folder 438: Ornshteyn, Mark (Pseud. Andrzj, Marek) 1927
Folder 439: Bader, Sigmund 1922-1928
Folder 440: Baum, Racla 1934
Folder 441: Bauman, Regina 1920-1921
Folder 442: Balbirski, Hersz 1920-1930
Folder 443: Boczko, Mojzesz and Zina (Elengold) 1920-1922
Folder 444: Borodow, Szyja 1921-1926
Folder 445: Baratow, Paul 1933
Folder 446: Barrash, Priva 1927
Folder 447: Barisznik, Mojzesz 1920-1928
Folder 448: Barska, Fisher Liza 1922-1925
Folder 449: Buzgan, Rochel 1930
Folder 450: Bulkin, Josef Bulow 1920-1922

Box 27A

Folder 451: Bzhoza, Yechiel 1925
Folder 452: Bialogourska, Rena 1932
Folder 453: Bialkowicz, Izrael 1921-1934
Folder 454: Beigelman, Dawid and Lena 1920-1939
Folder 455: Birnbaum, Dawid, Roza, and Itshak 1923-1934
Folder 455A: Birnbaum, Izrael 1928
Folder 456: Biszberg, Rebeka (Renina) 1921-1928
Folder 457: Blat, Abram and Rivka 1925-1933
Folder 458: Blumenfeld, Diana Turkow undated, 1926
Folder 459: Blumsztejn, Samson 1933
Folder 460: Blusztein, Rachela (Ruta Kalisz) 1923-1930
Folder 461: Blacher, Szabsaj (Szepsel) 1925-1933
Folder 462: Bezman, Iser and Sonya 1921-1934
Folder 463: Berg, Yehudis 1933
Folder 464: Bergman, Joel 1929-1934
Folder 465: Berliner, Esther 1931
Folder 466: Berman, Adolf and Aaron 1921-1930
Folder 466A: Berman, Hersh undated

Box 28

Folder 467: Berman, Rozia, Hersz, and Aron 1920-1934
Folder 468: Berman, Eliasz 1922-1927
Folder 469: Berman, Yakov undated
Folder 470: Bernholts, Mine 1929
Folder 471: Bernshteyn, A.M. undated
Folder 472: Broderzon, Moshe and Sheyne (Miriam) 1929
Folder 473: Bras, Chaja 1920-1928
Folder 474: Bronshteyn, Rotshteyn Yidl, Fridman Chava 1927-1930
Folder 475: Brakarz, Chaim 1922-1933
Folder 476: Broide, Yosef undated
Folder 477: Broin, Mali 1928
Folder 478: Breyzblat, Avraham 1927
Folder 479: Breitman, Paul (Pesakh) and D. (Vera Kanievlka) 1924-1926
Folder 480: Bryn, Mendel (Maks) and Roze 1926-1934
Folder 481: Bretantski, S.L. 1920
Folder 482: Godik, Ber vel Bronislaw 1920-1934
Folder 483: Gazel, Roze 1927-1931
Folder 484: Gotlib, Helene (Samborek) 1922
Folder 485: Gartalewicz, Regina (Klara) 1920-1922
Folder 486: Gotfrid, Abram Icchok 1920-1933
Folder 487: Gotfrid, Eidel 1920-1931
Folder 488: Goldberg, Natan 1928
Folder 489: Goldberg, Shmuel 1930-1934
Folder 490: Goldnberg, Estera 1928-1930
Folder 491: Goldhirsh - Kelson 1922-1931
Folder 492: Goldhirsh, Apolonia 1926-1927
Folder 493: Goldvaser, Chazan undated
Folder 494: Goldman, Yigal (Galevska) 1931
Folder 495: Goldman, Moshe 1931
Folder 496: Goldfarb, Szmul Hirsz (Samuel) 1920-1929
Folder 497: Boritz, Klara 1927-1931
Folder 498: Goldstein, Jennie undated
Folder 499: Goldshteyn, Volf 1930
Folder 500: Goldstein, Lola 1923-1931
Folder 501: Goldshteyn, Shmuel 1929-1931
Folder 502: Golub, Solomon 1927
Folder 503: Golubczek, Abram 1922
Folder 504: Golubshtik, Sime 1922
Folder 505: Gam, Genie 1930
Folder 506: Gamarska, Shapiro 1930
Folder 507: Garbarz, Mojzesz 1920-1934
Folder 508: Garbasz, Fela 1920-1926
Folder 509: Gartalewicz, Jakob undated, 1921
Folder 510: Gartalewicz, Regina undated, 1921
Folder 511: Gorielow, Lazar 1932
Folder 512: Gorlitska, Zisl 1929
Folder 513: Gorelik, N. undated

Box 28A

Folder 514: Gutowicz, Meri 1921
Folder 515: Gutman, Yulius 1930
Folder 516: Gutman, Kalman 1920-1930
Folder 517: Gutkovska, Babit 1928
Folder 518: Gurwicz, Moijzesz 1920-1930
Folder 519: Grzenda, Jakob 1922-1931
Folder 520: Bigson, Mikhl (empty folder)
Folder 521: Gingold, Sura 1929
Folder 522: Ginter, Jakob 1920-1926

Box 29

Folder 523: Glovinski, Hirsh 1927
Folder 524: Glaser, Lili 1934
Folder 525: Glunberg, Slome 1931
Folder 526: Glikman, Markus and Manie 1927
Folder 527: Glikson, Yosef 1927
Folder 528: Glewicki, Glida 1926-1927
Folder 529: Glezer, Yisroel 1927
Folder 530: Getlicherman, Leon 1922-1934
Folder 531: Gershonovitch, Hirsh 1923
Folder 532: Grodner, A. 1931
Folder 533: Gross, Regina 1930-1935
Folder 534: Grosberg, Anna/Chana 1920-1933
Folder 535: Grosberg, Chana undated: only contains an envelope
Folder 536: Grinberg, Artur 1928-1929
Folder 537: Grinberg, Tshelov undated
Folder 538: Grinhoyz, Yehudah 1924-1931
Folder 539: Grinshpan, Yakov 1927-1931
Folder 540: Dolska, Miriam 1922-1931
Folder 541: Dawidow, Aleksandr undated
Folder 542: Davidov, Sholem undated, 1922
Folder 543: Domb, Szejna and Adam 1933
Folder 544: Dantsiker, Yakov 1931-1932
Folder 545: Darina, Dore (Levin) undated
Folder 546: Dorfsman, Adele 1931
Folder 547: Dashevski, Hersh 1922
Folder 548: Dagim, Yitshak 1933
Folder 549: Dukshtulski, Yakov 1930
Folder 550: Dushman, L. 1926
Folder 551: Dzigan, Shimon: empty folder
Folder 552: Diament, M. 1928-1930
Folder 553: Digala, Yakov 1925-1931
Folder 554: Daykhes, Musie undated
Folder 555: Diner, Mendl
Folder 556: Dranov, Mordechai 1927
Folder 557: Dreykurs, Regine undated
Folder 558: Dreksler, Yosef 1927-1928
Folder 559: Hober, Yitshak 1929-1931
Folder 560: Hober, Mark 1928
Folder 561: Hokhberg, Yulie (Fridman) 1929-1931
Folder 562: Hokhberg, Rokhl 1922
Folder 563: Hokhberg, Mordechai 1922
Folder 564: Halitsh, Hadasah (Helfand) 1922
Folder 565: Halpern, Abram 1922-1930
Folder 566: Halpern, Dina 1928
Folder 567: Hamburger, Dawid 1923-1933
Folder 568: Honigbaum, Fishl and Leah 1931-1932
Folder 569: Has, Max 1928-1931
Folder 570: Hoppe, Mutshi 1926
Folder 571: Hart, Hersz, Berl and Dovid 1928-1933
Folder 572: Holcer, Rachel 1926-1939
Folder 573: Holcer, Rachel (photos) 1933-1937
Folder 574: Hausworth, Maurice 1922-1931
Folder 575: Hurvits, Dovid 1929
Folder 576: Prisament, Gusta (Heydn) 1927-1928
Folder 577: Hilsberg, Abram-Morduche/Motel 1922-1933
Folder 578: Hershfeld, Zalman 1928
Folder 579: Hershfeld, Dovid 1927
Folder 580: Hakohen, Shmuel undated
Folder 581: Heldenberg, Henekh 1923
Folder 582: Hecht, Chana (Macharowska) 1922
Folder 583: Helfman, Dawid 1931-1933
Folder 584: Herbst, Chaim (Karol Hainberg) 1922-1926
Folder 585: Herbst, Leon 1927-1928
Folder 586: Heris, Al 1931
Folder 587: Heris, Chaim undated
Folder 588: Herman, Nusyn Dawid 1925-1934
Folder 589: Hermelin, Mojze 1926-1933
Folder 590: Hertslikh, Regine 1929-1932
Folder 591: Hershman, Mordechai undated
Folder 592: Hershkovitsh, Regine 1922
Folder 593: Herszkowiercz, Sz. (Shlomo) 1928

Box 29A

Folder 594: Wagner, Bencjan (Lylbert) 1922
Folder 595: Vagner, Malka (Ruten) 1922
Folder 596: Volter, Besi (Koval) undated
Folder 597: Valmut, Shmuel 1927
Folder 598: Wolfstat, Abram 1925-1934
Folder 599: Vitalna-Lapin, Frida 1927-1928
Folder 600: Vitkover, Yulius 1927
Folder 601: Heidenfeld (Hajde), Mirjam 1920-1922
Folder 602: Vaykhert, Mikhal: empty folder
Folder 603: Wajland, B. 1927-1928
Folder 604: Weiman, E. undated
Folder 605: Karmiat (Wajnberg), Sonia 1922-1926
Folder 606: Vaynberg, Karol (Herbst) 1926-1928
Folder 607: Weinberg, Samuel (Shmuel-Yakov) 1921-1933

Box 30

Folder 608: Vayngold, Sh. 1926
Folder 609: Vaysbrod, Motl undated
Folder 610: Weintraub, Wolf 1926-1932
Folder 611: Wajntraub, Symcha 1921-1933
Folder 612: Weinstock, Simi/Gertrude and Brune 1923-1927
Folder 613: Weinstok, Josef 1895-1908
Folder 614: Vaysbrot, Binyomin undated
Folder 615: Wajnsztok, Symcha 1928-1933
Folder 616: Wajshof, Jozef and Berta 1924-1934
Folder 617: Wajslic, Jakob and Jochewed 1922-1928
Folder 618: Veyts, Moshe and Eyda 1926-1927
Folder 619: Wittler, Bencjan 1932
Folder 620: Wicher, Mendel undated, 1931-1935
Folder 621: Vinovitch, Berta undated
Folder 622: Winder, Meer 1921-1935
Folder 623: Winter (Punta), Frania 1922-1926
Folder 624: Winer, Leona 1922-1928
Folder 625: Vistitski, Tuvia 1927
Folder 626: Welner, Runa 1927-1928
Folder 627: Werner, Gustaw 1927-1928
Folder 628: Zandberg, Mojzesz 1921-1928
Folder 629: Zandberg, Celina (Tsesia) 1922-1926
Folder 630: Zaslawska, Berta 1923-1935
Folder 631: Zaslavski, Ruolf-Shlomo undated, 1932
Folder 632: Zak, M. 1931
Folder 633: Zaksenberg, Henia (Freitag) 1920-1922
Folder 634: Zubak, Izrael 1920-1926
Folder 635: Zajderman, Dawid 1920-1933
Folder 636: Zylberg (Winder), Jochewed 1922-1926
Folder 637: Zilberberg, Yechiel 1927-1928
Folder 638: Zilbershteyn, Beynish 1925
Folder 639: Zevkina, Ester, and Birnbaum, Izrael 1924-1927
Folder 640: Zayd, Yakov 1927
Folder 641: Zaydner, Ben-Tsion 1927
Folder 642: Zeliger (Zarycka), Gitel 1920-1924
Folder 643: Zeligfeld, Zimra undated
Folder 644: Helman, Leon 1927
Folder 645: Jitomirsky, Jacques
Folder 646: Zelvianski, Chaim undated
Folder 647: Zhelioza, Eliezer 1924

Box 31

Folder 648: Tabanski, Yitshak 1927-1928
Folder 649: Tomashevski, Boris 1939
Folder 650: Tantsman undated
Folder 651: Topel, Etl 1931
Folder 652: Tufman, Mirjam, Szyja, Malka, and Tarlo, Henri 1921-1934
Folder 653: Tuchmacher, Ruta-Taru (Chaja Rajzla) 1927-1929
Folder 654: Turek, Israel and Jochewed 1927-1929
Folder 655: Turkow (Kaminska-Turkow), Ida and Zygmunt 1921-1936
Folder 656: Turkow, Jonas 1921-1933
Folder 657: Turkow, Izaak 1927-1928
Folder 658: Turkov, Mark undated
Folder 659: Turkow, Ruta 1928
Folder 660: Teytlbaum, A. undated
Folder 661: Tej (Tejman), Mojzesz 1920-1922
Folder 662: Trauman, Pese 1928
Folder 663: Tryling, Michal 1922-1934
Folder 664: Czarny, Malki 1926
Folder 665: Yolles, Malvina undated
Folder 666: Yoselevitch, Meir 1927
Folder 667: Jakubowicz, Tania (Lole) 1927-1933
Folder 668: Yaroslavski, Zlate 1927-1928
Folder 669: Juwiler, Markus 1926-1927
Folder 670: Yunker, Avraham 1922
Folder 671: Yulin, Yehudah 1927-1928
Folder 672: Jaldati, Lien undated, 1940
Folder 673: Jserowski, Icchak Meer 1920
Folder 674: Yedvab, Hershl 1926
Folder 675: Khamentovski, Moshe 1927
Folder 676: Khanenzon, Rivka 1922
Folder 677: Khash, Avraham (Grodner) 1929
Folder 678: Chasz, Jozef and Ida 1920-1933
Folder 679: Chasz, Nechama 1922-1926
Folder 680: Chasz, Kadisz 1920-1922
Folder 681: Khvoles, Pole undated
Folder 682: Lavenda, Shmuel undated, 1927
Folder 683: Labinska, Sarah 1927
Folder 684: Lachtiger, Henri 1927
Folder 685: Lampe, Moshe 1929
Folder 686: Lang (Krants): empty folder
Folder 687: Langer, Jakob and Yudl 1921-1925
Folder 688: Landau (Klenko), Samuel 1921-1933
Folder 689: Landoy, Rokhele undated
Folder 690: Laks, Franciszka 1922-1927
Folder 691: Lui, Dawid 1921-1933
Folder 692: Lubeltshik, Yitshak 1922
Folder 693: Lumet, Baruch 1932
Folder 694: Lurie-Szpigel 1925-1927
Folder 695: Latowicz, Beti (Berta Gurewicz) 1922-1928
Folder 696: Latowicz, Izaak 1922-1928
Folder 697: Libgold, Leyb, Shlomo, and Bashe 1927
Folder 698: Liberman, Adolf 1920-1928
Folder 699: Lubertowska, Rebeka 1920-1922
Folder 700: Ljudner, Sem 1920-1922
Folder 701: Libsohn, Elia 1920-1922
Folder 702: Licht, Dawid 1928
Folder 703: Lichtenberg (Lui), Mina 1920-1926
Folder 704: Lilith, Lola 1926-1931
Folder 705: Lipovski, Simcha 1929-1931
Folder 706: Lipowska, Estera and Nachum 1923-1936
Folder 707: Lipman, Chava (Lilan) 1928
Folder 708: Lipman, Mojzosz 1922-1933
Folder 709: Lipman, Natalja 1921-1933
Folder 710: Lipshits, Eydl 1931

Box 32

Folder 711: Lederman, Dawid 1920-1932
Folder 712: Lewi, Izaak (Zaks) 1921-1926
Folder 713: Leviat, Rut and Rudinov, Moshe 1922
Folder 714: Levin, Avraham 1922
Folder 715: Lewin, Chaim 1927-1929
Folder 716: Lewin, Dora (Dorina) and Anna 1920-1926
Folder 717: Levin, Moshe 1927
Folder 718: Levitska, Neli 1928
Folder 719: Lewebrowski, Abram and Lewebrowska-Dychtenberg, Lea 1920-1934
Folder 720: Levenshteyn, Herman 1928
Folder 721: Lewkowicz (Lewek), Lejba 1923-1928
Folder 722: Lezijnska, Sabina 1920
Folder 723: Lemberger, Chana and Gershon 1920-1931
Folder 724: Lerman, Jakob 1921-1922
Folder 725: Lerner, Chana 1920-1926
Folder 726: Lerner, Lejb 1925-1927
Folder 727: Mosenthal, Salom undated
Folder 728: Marenboym, Lole 1929-1931
Folder 729: Makharovski, Gitl undated
Folder 730: Macharovsky, Moshe 1927-1930
Folder 731: Mandelblit, Jakob 1923-1927
Folder 732: Mansdorf, Avraham 1925-1928
Folder 733: Maslinski, Chaim 1926-1927
Folder 734: Maksimov, M. (Lotte) 1926-1927
Folder 735: Pokoj (Pozkowski), Maks 1922-1931
Folder 736: Marevski, Avraham 1924-1937
Folder 737: Mandelbaum, Rubin 1922-1932
Folder 738: Mazo, M. 1927-1933
Folder 739: Migdalowicz, Szmuel 1920-1927
Folder 740: Mitlpunkt, D. 1928
Folder 741: Milner, Mark 1921-1922
Folder 742: Melamed, Rokhl 1931
Folder 743: Melman, M. 1926-1927
Folder 744: Melnik, Nachum 1926
Folder 745: Mendzelevski, A. 1922
Folder 746: Mendelowicz, Frania 1927-1928
Folder 747: Mestel, Meir undated
Folder 748: Mesinger, Mikhl 1927
Folder 749: Nozyk (Ferber), Chana Bajla 1921-1933
Folder 750: Nozyk, Izaak (Zakin) 1922-1931
Folder 751: Buszelewicz, Noach (Nachbusz) (known in English as Noah Nachbush) undated, 1920-1922
Folder 752: Namiot, Leah 1928
Folder 753: Natan, Symche-Dawid and Alta-Noemi 1928-1933
Folder 754: Neuhaus, Wolf 1920-1930
Folder 755: Najwert, Jozef 1929-1933
Folder 756: Nayman, Meshulem 1926-1927
Folder 757: Nysencwajg, Chaim 1926-1933
Folder 758: Nirzenberg, Lejb 1920-1922
Folder 759: Nirnberg, Rachela 1921-1927
Folder 760: Nelken, Moshe 1929
Folder 761: Samborek (Samberg), Ajzyk and Helena (Gotlieb) 1920-1931
Folder 762: Kopitko, Sandel (Sandler) and Chana undated, 1920
Folder 763: Solmon, Itshak undated
Folder 764: Sokoloff, S. 1931
Folder 765: Sokolovskiui undated

Box 33

Folder 766: Stolitski, Yehoshua 1935
Folder 767: Stolnitz, N. 1930
Folder 768: Stemel, Maksimilian 1925
Folder 769: Sternitska, Nadif (Shtern) 1927-1928
Folder 770: Strugacz, Josef 1920-1926
Folder 771: Sibirakov, Leyb: empty folder
Folder 772: Sibirtseva, Nina 1931
Folder 773: Sutitska, Esther 1922
Folder 774: Sievradka, Malvina 1922
Folder 775: Sirota, Gershon (Khazan) 1926
Folder 776: Slobodskoj, Aleksander 1921
Folder 777: Smorgonska, Mirjam and Raphael 1933
Folder 778: Segalowicz, Klara 1922-1934
Folder 779: Sepetnitski, Mark 1928
Folder 780: Ebel, Muniek 1928
Folder 781: Ebel, Kalman 1909-1920
Folder 782: Etman, Yehudah undated
Folder 783: Elters, Salomon 1925-1928
Folder 784: Elkin, Mendel 1921
Folder 785: Elitser, Yakov and Esther 1927-1931
Folder 786: Epshteyn, Benyomin 1922
Folder 787: Epstein, M. Ch. 1931
Folder 788: Ekerman, Yisroel 1927
Folder 789: Ekshteyn, F. 1927-1929
Folder 790: Ekchajzer, Mendel 1933
Folder 791: Erwest, Ida 1918-1928
Folder 792: Erlikh, F.: missing folder
Folder 793: Erlikhman, Ana undated
Folder 794: Erlichman, Berek 1923-1930
Folder 795: Podolska, Olga 1923
Folder 796: Podlas, Chaim 1921-1922
Folder 797: Poznanski, Hershl 1925-1927
Folder 798: Poznanski, Mojzesz and Sarah 1925-1933
Folder 799: Potocka, Lidja (Zolotorov) 1927-1933
Folder 800: Potaszynski, Mojzesz 1929-1936
Folder 801: Polanski, Chaim 1920-1927
Folder 802: Polaczek (Polakow), Aron 1920-1928
Folder 803: Pomoszcznik, Sz. 1928-1933
Folder 804: Pasternak (Pastor), Mojzesz 1921-1923
Folder 805: Papper, Yoel undated
Folder 806: Patsanovski, Zelig 1931
Folder 807: Pickus, Malka 1929-1933
Folder 808: Ploskov, Semion 1929
Folder 809: Perelmuter, M. 1931
Folder 810: Prisament, Salo and Gusta 1927-1928
Folder 811: Presman, Sarah 1929
Folder 812: Fanarov, Borukh 1926-1928
Folder 813: Fabrikant, Anke 1929
Folder 814: Fodem, M. 1931
Folder 815: Foderman, Chana 1920-1926
Folder 816: Falfare, Ben-Tsion 1922
Folder 817: Fostel, Sh. 1930-1931
Folder 818: Fakel, Dore 1931
Folder 819: Fuksman-Kuperman 1927
Folder 820: Fibikh, Sarah undated
Folder 821: Fajngold, Y. M. 1927
Folder 822: Faynzinger, Yehoshua undated
Folder 823: Fajnsztejn, Hersz 1922-1933
Folder 824: Fukhman, Klara 1930-1931
Folder 825: Fishman, Avraham 1924
Folder 826: Fiszman, Mojzesz 1921-1928
Folder 827: Fisher, Herman
Folder 828: Fiszer, Jakob 1930-1934
Folder 829: Fisher, Liuba 1927
Folder 830: Flaum, Sara and Hersz Dawid 1928-1931
Folder 831: Floym, Yehudis 1928-1931
Folder 832: Feterman, Mashe 1929-1932
Folder 833: Feld, Leokadja and Izaak 1928-1929
Folder 834: Feldman, Rubin 1922
Folder 835: Feldman (Szerpen), Jakob 1921-1932
Folder 836: Fenigsztein, Aaron 1921
Folder 837: Fenigshteyn, Herman 1931
Folder 838: Perman, Yakov 1929
Folder 839: Perelman, Ester 1918
Folder 840: Fridman, Leyb 1923
Folder 841: Frydman, Rubin 1920-1922
Folder 842: Frenkiel, Chaim and Dovid 1921-1928

Box 34

Folder 843: Tsuker, Regine 1922
Folder 844: Tsuker, Sholmo 1922
Folder 845: Cwilich, Anna 1922-1927
Folder 846: Cwilich, Szaje 1922-1933
Folder 847: Tseytlin, Leyb 1923
Folder 848: Cimbalist, Karl 1920
Folder 849: Tsimbler, A. 1927
Folder 850: Cypis (Cypkus), Sz. and Ita (Fogel) 1921-1922
Folder 851: Cypis (Cypkus), Mejlach and Szewa 1921-1922
Folder 852: Tsipkus, Meri undated
Folder 853: Cederbaum, Lola 1926-1933
Folder 854: Kaganowska (Wolfson), Regina 1920-1926
Folder 855: Kadison, Izaak and Lyuba 1921-1922
Folder 856: Kahar, Estera Ruda 1934
Folder 857: Kovalski, Mates (Koval) 1922
Folder 858: Kalish, Leyb undated
Folder 859: Kalish, Rute (Blushteyn) 1934
Folder 860: Kalinski, Chaim 1928
Folder 861: Kamanov, A. 1927
Folder 862: Kompaniejec, Leah and Abe 1920-1923
Folder 863: Kompaniejec, Izrael 1923-1928
Folder 864: Kampanienets, Matek undated
Folder 865: Kampanienets, Mordechai 1928-1929
Folder 866: Kahan, Gitl 1927-1928
Folder 867: Kon, Henoch 1926-1934
Folder 868: Kan, Motl 1929-1931
Folder 869: Kan, Moshe 1927-1928
Folder 870: Kan, Perl 1925
Folder 871: Kohn, Szlomo 1920-1926
Folder 872: Kaminska, Ester-Rachela 1920-1926
Folder 873: Kantorovitsh, Gesie 1926-1927
Folder 874: Kantorovitsh, Helena 1927
Folder 875: Kamionska, Rachela 1933-1934
Folder 876: Kamien, Dina (Shteyn, Kenig Yosef) 1922-1928
Folder 877: Kanievska, Vera (Breytman, Dvora) undated
Folder 878: Kopel, Shlomo 1931
Folder 879: Kac, Zysza 1922-1930
Folder 880: Kats, Moshe 1929-1933
Folder 881: Karczmar (Kareni), Nadia 1925-1934
Folder 882: Korntmer, Shmuel 1925
Folder 883: Karlik, Line undated
Folder 884: Karpinowicz, Mojzesz 1910-1935
Folder 885: Kurlender, Jakob 1925-1928
Folder 886: Kutner, Szljama 1920-1934
Folder 887: Kuper, Szejna 1920
Folder 888: Kurz, Abram 1921-1933
Folder 889: Kit, Bencel 1920
Folder 890: Kejzerowicz, Dawid 1920-1931
Folder 891: Kejzerowicz, Mania 1920-1928
Folder 892: Kipnis, M. 1923
Folder 893: Kirschenbaum, Jacob undated
Folder 894: Kleyn, Genie 1927
Folder 895: Klejn, Michal 1920-1928
Folder 896: Kleyn-Poznanski, Moyshe 1917-1929
Folder 897: Kleyn-Poznanski, Sarah 1928-1929
Folder 898: Kanapoff, F. undated
Folder 899: Kenig, Betti and Moris 1920-1928
Folder 900: Kestin, Misha (Bamentovski) 1927
Folder 901: Kettenbaum, Salomea 1920-1928
Folder 902: Kesler, Shmuel 1928
Folder 903: Kelter, J. undated
Folder 904: Kellen (Flam), Chana 1921-1926
Folder 905: Kerman, Pesach (Akerman) 1922
Folder 906: Kerner, Shlomo undated
Folder 907: Kramarz, Bronislawa 1926
Folder 908: Kranc (Lang), Szlama 1922-1933
Folder 909: Kranse-Miller, Lea Lufland undated
Folder 910: Kruk, Wulf 1920
Folder 911: Krelman, Icchok 1920-1934

Box 34A

Folder 912: Rabin, M. 1926-1928
Folder 913: Rozgryn, Abram 1920
Folder 914: Rozen, Abram-Jakob and Elki 1920-1929
Folder 915: Rozen-Zygelbojm, Marja 1927-1928
Folder 916: Rozen-Zigelboym, Simcha 1922
Folder 917: Rozenblat, Mordchaj 1934
Folder 918: Rozenboym, Dvora 1931
Folder 919: Rozenberg, Itshak, Yosef, and Tuvia undated
Folder 920: Rozentsvayg, Ida (Gershenko) 1922
Folder 921: Rozencweig, Chana undated, 1920
Folder 922: Roth, Georg undated, 1934
Folder 923: Rotbaum, Jankiel and Leja 1932-1934
Folder 924: Rotman, Ajzyk 1922-1933
Folder 925: Rotman, Masza 1922-1926
Folder 926: Rothshteyn, Hinde 1922
Folder 927: Rotszajn, Szaja 1922-1927

Box 35

Folder 928: Runitsh, Osip 1936
Folder 929: Rotshteyn, Mordechai 1931
Folder 930: Rapel, Andzie 1928
Folder 931: Rapel, Malke 1928
Folder 932: Rapel, Zina 1922
Folder 933: Rapel, Tsile 1925-1927
Folder 934: Rapel, Malwina 1929-1933
Folder 935: Racow, Rebeca and Yechiel 1926-1928
Folder 936: Rubin, Kore 1927-1931
Folder 937: Rubin, Moshe 1928-1931
Folder 938: Rubina, Sonie 1927
Folder 939: Rudinov, Moshe 1922
Folder 940: Roytman, Dovid and Mordechai undated
Folder 941: Rusga, Sara Rosenkranc 1926-1927
Folder 942: Rumshinsky, Joseph 1931
Folder 943: Ryba, Henryk 1934
Folder 944: Rajber, Fejga 1921-1922
Folder 945: Reyzer, Anita 1927
Folder 946: Rayter, Sarah 1917
Folder 947: Raykhenberg, Natan and Lola 1926-1927
Folder 948: Rufshteyn, Itshak 1920-1927
Folder 949: Reynglas, Yakov 1929-1931
Folder 950: Relles, Yakov undated
Folder 951: Renina, Renie: empty folder
Folder 952: Renee, Ruth undated, 1922
Folder 953: Resler, Binyomin 1927
Folder 954: Szadowski, Mordchaj 1928-1934
Folder 955: Szajewicz, Izrael and Dina (Igielska) 1922-1934
Folder 956: Shapiro, Daniel 1923
Folder 957: Shafer, Frida undated
Folder 958: Shafran, Roze 1927
Folder 959: Shor, Avraham (Ben-Zimri) 1923
Folder 960: Shor, Borukh undated
Folder 961: Schwartz, Morris 1935
Folder 962: Shvartsbard, Gustav 1922
Folder 963: Shvartsbard, Regina undated
Folder 964: Szwarcztejn, Ber 1922-1935
Folder 965: Kahan, Shoshana undated
Folder 966: Shumakher, Yisroel: empty folder
Folder 967: Shure, Shlomo undated
Folder 968: Sztokfeder, Abram-Moszka 1922-1934
Folder 969: Sztokfeder, Rifka 1920-1922
Folder 970: Shtark, Avraham (Shtarkman) 1927
Folder 971: Szteyn, Josef "Kamien" (Aleksy) 1920-1934
Folder 972: Shteyn, Chaim (Shteynzalts) 1927
Folder 973: Shteynberg, Moshe undated
Folder 974: Shternboym, Nachum 1927
Folder 975: Sztrasfogel, Manie and L. 1922-1926
Folder 976: Shtraytman, Avraham and Helene 1921-1927
Folder 977: Szein (Zaburska), Mania, and Zabruska, Nekha 1921-1928
Folder 978: Sheynberg, Yisroel undated
Folder 979: Sheynboym, Sholem 1931-1935
Folder 980: Szejner, Michal 1927-1928
Folder 981: Sheyfer, Yakov undated
Folder 982: Szypper, Izaak 1922
Folder 983: Szlosberg, Izaak 1922-1930
Folder 984: Szlosberg, Mani 1922
Folder 985: Szlosberg, Szyfra 1920-1935
Folder 986: Shlifkovitsh, Ala 1929
Folder 987: Shmaragd, Moshe 1931
Folder 988: Shneyman, Ruven: empty folder
Folder 989: Shnek, Mordechai undated
Folder 990: Szeftel, Samuel 1922-1933
Folder 991: Sher, Roze undated
Folder 992: Szerman, Dawid and Mala 1920-1933
Folder 993: Sherman, Pinchas 1927
Folder 994: Szpigiel, Frejda 1927-1933
Folder 995: Szpilman, Lola 1920-1922
Folder 996: Shkolnitski, G. Sh. 1919-1920
Folder 997: Shkolnikov, Gisi 1930-1931
Folder 998: Shriftzetser, Leys 1922-1931
Folder 999: Questionnaires, Declarations, Membership Lists undated, 1926