Collection of Documents from the Estate of Dr. Boris Pliskin – "She'erit Hapletah" in Germany, 1946-1948 / ...

Collection of Documents from the Estate of Dr. Boris Pliskin – "She'erit Hapletah" in Germany, 1946-1948 / Handwritten and Hand-Illustrated Certificate Issued by the "HaPoel" Center in Germany
Collection of Letters, documents and other paper items from the estate of Dr. Boris Pliskin related to his activity among "She'erit Hapletah" in the DP camps in Germany, including a report about the situation of "She'erit Hapleta", letters from various aid organizations and a certificate he was awarded for his contribution "to the revival of the physical culture and to the education of She'erit Hapletah youth". Germany and elsewhere, ca. 1946-1948. Yiddish, English and German.
Dr. Boris Pliskin (1908-1959), born in Poland, served as a physician during World War II and was a member of the underground in the Janowska camp in Lviv. Together with a small group he succeeded in escaping to the Carpathian Mountains, where he joined a Soviet partisan unit. After the war, he arrived in Munich and became a prominent figure among "She'erit Hapletah" and displaced persons organizations as well as the Poalei Zion party. He headed the health services of the JOINT in western Germany and was a member of the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the American Occupation Zone, within whose framework he founded and coordinated the "Center for Physical Education" in the DP camps. In addition, he chaired the "HaPoel" center in Germany and the "Alliance of Gymnastics and Sports Associations". In 1949, he immigrated to Israel and served as the medical director of the JOINT-Malben in Israel.
The collection contains:
• Several printed documents, including a report about the situation of "She'erit Hapletah" in the DP camps and the activity of Zionist Movements in the camps (Yiddish. Munich, 1947); "Rezalutzies" – a single leaf specifying the resolutions reached during the first conference of "The Jewish Disabled War and Camp Veterans" ("Yiddishe Kriegs un Katzet Invaliden"); and more.
• Handwritten drafts of articles that were presumably published in the "Das Wort" journal.
• Approx. 20 letters (most of them typewritten) sent to Dr. Pliskin by organizations aiding "She'erit Hapletah" after the Holocaust, including letters sent to him by the JOINT, UNRRA, the Federation of Jews from Poland in the U.S. Occupation Zone, the UJA, The Jewish Canadian Congress, Union des Sociétés O.S.E., American OSE Committee, and more.
• Form of Affidavit to be used in lieu of a Passport issued to Pliskin in 1947; with personal details and a photo. Enclosed with the form is an Application for Nonimmigrant Visa to the USA.
• Certificate of appreciation, handwritten and hand-illustrated, awarded to Dr. Pliskin on behalf of the "HaPoel" center in Germany, for his contribution to "the revival of the physical culture and to the education of She'erit Hapletah youth in Germany during the years 1945-1948". Signed by the chairman, the secretary and the sports director. Munich, 1948.
• Dozens of newspaper clippings (most of them in Yiddish) with articles by and about Dr. Pliskin.
• Additional items.
A total of approx. 70 items. Size and condition vary.
For additional items from the estate of Dr. Boris Pliskin, see Kedem catalog no. 41, items 339-342.