Bad Reichenhall (Displaced persons camp) rabbinical correspondence, 1946-1947.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Bad Reichenhall (Displaced persons camp), associated name.

Bloi, Mosheh, 1909 or 1910- author, associated name, correspondent.

Contributor:

בלוי, משה.

Language:

German

Hebrew

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Correspondence.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jews--20th century--Refugees--Germany--Bad Reichenhall.

Jews.

Rabbis--Germany--Bad Reichenhall--20th century--Correspondence.

Rabbis.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Germany--Bad Reichenhall--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Yiddish--Germany--Bad Reichenhall--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Yiddish.

Manuscripts, German--Germany--Bad Reichenhall--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, German.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Kidmat Dena Auctions (Jerusalem), October 19, 2022.

Physical Description:

7 leaves : paper.

Place of Publication:

1946-1947.

Language Note:

In Hebrew, Yiddish, and German.

Biography/History:

The rabbinate of the Bad Reichenhall Displaced persons camp, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany (20 kilometers from Salzburg, Austria), was headed by Mosheh Bloi (originally from Hungary; he studied at the Yeshivah of Ḥayim Elʻazar Shapira, the Admor of Munkatsh (Munkacs, or Mukachevo, Ukraine); Bad Reichenhall Displaced persons camp closed in 1951, and about this time Bloi emigrated to Israel and was rabbi of Pardes Katz (near Bene Berak).

Summary:

Collection of seven letters relating to daily life in the Bad Reichenhall camp, such as a kashrut re-certification for meat immediately preceding Passover (number 7) and an earlier kashrut appointment (number 6), a German letter by the Vice Chairman of the Bad Reichenau camp dispelling and overturning rumors against Bloi (the matter in question is not clear, however there is a note at the bottom mentioning the Yalde Teheran; 5), religious infrastructure planning such as a mikveh for the camp (number 3), and permission for a widow to remarry (number 1). Written on various stationeries in various sizes; letters creased, torn, and worn; stamp and seals with autographs below each letter text.

Contents:

1: Letter, 25 Ḥeshvan [5]707, from Oberrabinat der U.S. Zone, Munich, to Mosheh Bloi

2. Letter, 3 Iyar [5]707, from Oberrabinat der U.S. Zone, Munich, to Idishen Ḳomiṭeṭ, Religy[e] Abṭaylung Bad-Raykhenhall

3. Letter, 8 Tishre [5]707, from Rabbinical Representatiwe by Central Komitee U.S. Zone, Munich, to Mosheh Bloi

4. Letter, 4 Elul [5]707, from Ḥ. Perel to Mosheh Bloi

5. Letter, 2 September [19]47, from H. Perel, Jewish Agency for Palestine, to Mosheh Bloi

6. Appointment letter of a kosher supervisor in Bad Reichenhall (Displaced persons camp) by Mosheh Bloi, 8 Kislev [5]707

7. Court note summarizing findings of kashrut lapses by certifying supervisors, by Moshe Bloi, 6 Nisan [5]707.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Cited as:

Bad Reichenhall Displaced persons camp rabbinical correspondence (UPenn CAJS ARC Misc. Mss. 000.218.24). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1449652233