Guide to the Isaac Bitton (1926- ) Papers undated, 1986-1997

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Guide to the Isaac Bitton (1926- ) Papers undated, 1986-1997

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=535306

Isaac Bitton (1926- ) was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He immigrated to Palestine in the early 1940swhere he would go on to serve in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army and later the Israeli Defense Force. He and his family moved to the US in 1959, eventually settling in Woodstock, Illinois. He was a successful executive and philanthropist. This collection contains correspondence and addresses related to the efforts of Isaac Bitton in therestoration of the Jewish cemetery in Faro, Portugal and the recognition of Portuguese diplomat Aristides de SousaMendes in the aid given to Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. The collection also contains some material related tohis work with the US government, in particular the Small Business Administration.

0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box).

eng,

por,

American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6346879

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Faro Cemetery Restoration Fund Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t87jh1 (corporateBody)

Bitton, Isaac, 1926-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v40x8q (person)

Isaac Bitton is a Portuguese Jew and a refugee of the Holocaust. Bitton presently resides in Woodstock, Illinois. From the description of Isaac Bitton papers Photographs, clippings, and other materials relating to Aristides de Sousa Mendes photographs clippings scrapbook articles letters. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86118762 From the description of Isaac Bitton papers Scrapbook, photographs, and other materials relating to the Nahariya memo...

Azores Synagogue Restoration Fund

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k5g86 (corporateBody)

Soares, Mário, 1946-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf2mqm (person)

de Sousa Mendes, Aristides, (1885-1954)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp3gqd (person)

Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b671c (corporateBody)