Personal documents of William Graetz, including military papers, and membership and identity cards

Records of ORT committees, minutes of executive committee meetings, correspondence and reports of the activities of ORT branches during the years 1926-1970 in Argentina, Bessarabia, Bolivia, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and the USSR, also including letters from Leo Baeck

Records of the Jewish community of Berlin, in 1929 and 1930, including correspondence on juvenile care, financial reports, and meeting minutes

The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Graetz, William; Baeck, Leo; Syngalowski, Aron; Lvovitch, David; Frumkin, Jacob; and Sadler, Ilse

The following locations are mentioned in this collection: Argentina, Belgium, Bessarabia, Brazil, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, and Switzerland

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Born in Krojanke (now Krajenka, Poland) on October 18, 1879, William Graetz was a banker who was chairman of German ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training) and a member of the executive board of the Jewish community of Berlin. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1938, to Argentina via France in 1940, and to the United States in 1947, and died in Philadelphia on January 13, 1974

13-page inventory

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