Collection of Letters and Documents - Rabbi Szczedrowicki - Rescue Activities During the Holocaust

Collection of letters, telegrams and documents, related to the activities of R. Szczedrowicki, emissary of Agudat Yisrael to the Far East, Siberia and to the DP camps in Europe. Israel, Kobe and Shanghai, 1941-1946.
· Six detailed letters by R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, concerning immigration affidavits for rabbis, assistance to refugees in the Far East, sending packages to yeshiva students in Siberia and in the DP camps in Europe and in Tehran, education concerns and matters related to Va'ad HaYeshivot, etc. · Letters and telegrams (in various languages), most connected to visas for yeshiva students who were refugees in Kobe and in Shanghai (including three postcards from R. Chaikel Greenberg, rabbi of Lithuania and Tel Aviv). · More documents.
R. Shmuel Szczedrowicki was Rabbi of Białystok and one of the leading figures of Agudat Yisrael in Tel Aviv. He was sent to the Far East on a rescue mission on behalf of Agudat Yisrael and the organization of rabbis from Poland, to assist the refugees in the Far East representing the Jewish Agency and the exiled Polish government.
Approximately 90 paper items, including 25 signed letters. Size and condition vary.