Willy Wertheimer Collection 1892-1980

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Willy Wertheimer Collection 1892-1980

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The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence relating to his efforts as a committee chairman for tree-planting efforts in Israel. Other materialsconcern his genealogy and his memoirs.

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Leo Baeck Institute Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346559

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Jewish National Fund

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The Pittsburgh Jewish National Fund was founded in 1924 with the mission of raising funds to purchase land in what was originally Palestine, to facilitate the settlement of Jews there, and to make the land more usable by draining swamps and forestation. From the description of Jewish National Fund photographs 1959-1981. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48860205 From the description of Jewish National Fund records 1945-1987. (Historical Society of W...

Wertheimer, William, 1897-1980

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Born in Hardheim on March 26, 1897, Willy Wertheimer emigrated to the United States circa 1939 and lived in New York City. He served in the German army during World War I, for which he received honors and medals from both the German and Austrian governments, and later he served in United States Army during World War II. He was cantor and religion teacher for the general region of Odenwald from 1918-1938, with tenures first in Buchen and then in Hardheim, where upon his father Emanuel's death he ...

Bachman family

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Wertheimer family

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Grüber, Heinrich, 1891-1975

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