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After the end of hostilities, Catholic Church officials, either Pope Pius XII or other prelates, issued instructions for the treatment and disposition of such Jewish children, some, but not all, of whom were now orphans. The rules they established, the authority that issued those rules, and their application in specific cases is the subject of ...
Bayit Lepletot (Hebrew: בית לפליטות, literally, "Home for Refugees"), is an Orthodox Jewish orphanage for girls in Jerusalem, Israel.Established in 1949 in the Mea Shearim neighborhood to accommodate young Holocaust refugees and orphans, the orphanage opened a second campus in north-central Jerusalem called Girls Town Jerusalem (Hebrew: קרית בנות, "Kiryat Banot") in 1973.
Poland had the largest prewar Jewish population [1] During the war had the largest number of hidden children, significant numbers were also hidden in France and the Netherlands, with smaller numbers in other parts of Western Europe. Children were hidden in several different ways, each traumatic, but those in which the child was separated from ...
The Jewish Orphanage in Frankfurt was established through the contributions of private individuals and wealthy donors, and its upkeep was made possible by donations. [ 6 ] Founded to serve the needs of impoverished Jewish boys, the orphanage offered comprehensive care, encompassing both physical and emotional well-being, alongside educational ...
The orphanage was founded near the Bukharim quarter in 1900 [2] [3] by Rabbi Abraham Yochanan Blumenthal (1877 [4] –1966 [5]), a native of Jerusalem, [4] who led the orphanage for 50 years. [2] Blumenthal's wife, Shaina, served as a director for 40 years. [6] By 1920, the Blumenthal Orphanage was home to 85 orphans.
Korai was taken to a Jewish boarding school in Poland, then to France and eventually to Israel in 1949. He spent 35 years working on semi-trucks. Korai had three children and eight grandchildren.
Pages in category "Jewish orphanages" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bellefaire Orphanage;
In 1941, they were forced to move to the Warsaw Ghetto, which contained as many as 460,000 people in only 2.4% of the city's area. The official food ration was only 180 calories per person daily. Although being caught on the "Aryan" side of the city was an offense punishable by death, people survived by smuggling and running illegal workshops. [8]