Collection of documents, chronicling the life of holocaust survivor Menashe (Moritz) Rotberg after the end of the war – interesting documentation of Betar's Hakhshara company in the displaced persons camp in Dorfen, attempts to locate relatives, and arrange reparations from the German authorities. Europe and Palestine: 1940s to 1990s. Yiddish, German, Hebrew, English, and other languages.
Included: • approximately 30 "orders, " written on official forms of Betar's company in the Dorfen DP camp (with signatures of the company's commander, inked stamp and the symbol of the seven-branched Menorah). 1947 (Yiddish, in Latin script.) • Handwritten notebook, containing a part of the aforementioned orders. 1947 (Yiddish, and some Hebrew.) • Photograph from the of the establishment of the company. Dedication on verso, dated to May 10, 1946. • Two UNRRA Immunization cards belonging to Menashe Rotberg, and his wife Mindla. 1947. • approximately 20 letters and documents, pertaining to attempts to locate Menashe's uncle, Hermann Rotberg (including negative answers with regards to the question of the uncle's whereabouts, received from the Joint, the Red Cross, the Belgian organization HISO, and other organizations), as well as attempts to receive reparations after it was established that Hermann perished during the war (1940s-1990s.) • Over 50 letters and documents of the correspondence between the Rotbergs and various German authorities, lawyers, and different organizations, regarding the couple's demand for reparations.
Approx. 100 paper items. Size and condition vary.