Collection of items of a Jewish Brigade soldier Uriel Goldschmidt, who after his release from the Brigade fought in the War of Independence and fell in the Tarshicha battle. The lot includes:
* About 500 photographs, most of them of 1930's-40's. Amongst them: a photo-album of Goldschmidt's military service in Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Eretz Israel (Latrun, Atlit, Haifa and more); photographs of Brigade soldiers (amongst them 6 photographs by photographer Zoltan Kluger documenting military training); many family photographs and photographs of his grave. Most of the photographs are annotated and dated on the reverse.
* 9 Documents: Letters handwritten by Uriel as well as his wife's letters, concerning Uriel's falling in the Tarshicha battle and documents about his burial.
* 8 Different items: badge of the Jewish Brigade, ranks, calling-cards, ink-stamp with his name and other objects. Two rings were found with the archive. The rings probably belonged to the soldier when he died. Total of 520 items. Various sizes and conditions.