Collection of Documents from the Archive of Fritz Lichtenstein – Jewish Agency, Aliya and Information Departments ...

Collection of Documents from the Archive of Fritz Lichtenstein – Jewish Agency, Aliya and Information Departments and Foreign Ministry
Collection of letters and documents, printed and handwritten, from the archive of Fritz Lichtenstein (Peretz Leshem). London, Lisbon, Tangier, Palestine, and other places. Ca. 1940s – 1970s. English, German and Hebrew.
Peretz Lichtenstein (Peretz Leshem, 1903-2003) was born in Germany. He immigrated to Palestine in 1926. In the 1930s-40s he was member of "HeChalutz" movement. In 1943 he was sent to Lisbon on behalf of the Jewish Agency and was involved in rescue and immigration operations of Jewish holocaust survivors through Spain and Portugal. In 1950-1967 he worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and among other positions served as General Consul in Germany.
The collection presented includes:
* Letters sent to and from Lichtenstein in the 1940s, while he worked for the Jewish Agency: official letters from Jewish Agency representatives, related to Lichtenstein's membership in the information department of the Jewish Agency; official letter from 1944 announcing that Lichtenstein was relocated to Portugal, Spain and Tangier on behalf of the Jewish Agency, to be engaged in matters related to refugees and immigration to Palestine (signed by J. Linton); and more.
* Copy of the "Minutes of Second Meeting of Central Committee, Jewish Agency Information Department", 1941. * Documents related to Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad. * Two letters from the Joint organization representative in Tangier (1946-1947). * Correspondence between Lichtenstein and Isaac Weissman, representative of the World Jewish Congress in Portugal and Spain.
* Letters from the 1950s-70s, some from the period during which he worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Among them a letter from Bertha Schoolman, on official stationery of the Jewish Agency, Youth Aliyah Department (1950); letters sent to him from Israeli embassies in different countries; a short letter from Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek (typewritten on official stationery and signed by hand).
* Two certificates in the name of Lichtenstein; Defense Regulation Road & Rail Pass on behalf of the British authorities in Palestine, and a temporary exemption certificate on behalf of IDF.
* Many more items.
Total of about 110 items. Size and condition vary.