Holocaust. Archive of Avraham Paliti (Weglaufer), officer of the Jewish Brigade, ca 70 items, 1920-1990, Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, German, Dutch
Avraham Bunio Paliti born Weglaufer in Sambor, Poland (Sambir, Ukraine) 1918, to Shimon and Shifra. Avraham passed away between January 5 1992 and January 6 1992, at age 74. He was buried in Yarkon Cemetery, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
Many certificates, documents, letters – in German Yiddish and Hebrew, papers of his family:
2 Birth certificates in Polish, of him and his father.
Skills diploma on physical education, Rotterdam, 1938, in Dutch.
Lithographed diploma in Dutch, 1944
British Army. Jewish Brigade. Soldier’s service and pay book, 1944 - 1946, discharged 18 July 1946, 9 filled pages, Palestine;
Training Certificate in Kibbutz Hashomer haTzair during 5 years, 1946
Certificate of youth educator, 1950, Tel-Aviv
Certificate of devorce, 1937
Marriage certificate and ketubah, 1947, Eretz Israel
A letter from a friend from Poland about the fate of the brother Getzel - he was shot dead in Sambor in 1942, and his wife and children were sent to Belzek, 1946, in German.
Testimony of friends and acquaintances of Getzel and his family, brother of Avraham about their destruction in Sambor, in German
Driver’s licences for army vehicles, 15/9/1948
Certificate of conferring a rank and discharge from Zahal, April 1949
Driver’s licences, 1950’s
Reservist service papers 1950-60’s
Certificate of buying a bike, 1959
Teacher certificate, 1959
Exemption certificate from security service. 1966
A Letter from the Ministry of Defence of Israel on awarding of the Jews who served in the British Army the Nazi fighter medal, 1985
Merit certificate of recognition of contribution to the struggle for the creation of the state, 1989
Merit certificate of recognition of his service in The 8th Armored Brigade, 1990
Merit certificate of recognition of serving in the Jewish brigade and after the WWII working as a volunteer in Europe without an uniform and helped in the illegal transfer of Jews to Israel, 1988, signed by Simcha Dinitz
Wedding photo
Simcha Dinitz (Hebrew: שמחה דיניץ, born 23 June 1929, died 23 September 2003) was an Israeli statesman and politician. He served as Director General of the Prime Minister's office and political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir from 1969 to 1973, before becoming the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1979. He had an overlapping appointment as the Non resident Ambassador to the Bahamas[1] During the 1980s he was elected to the Knesset.
The 8th Armored Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבה שמונה, Hativa Shmoneh) was an Israeli mechanized brigade headquartered near Jerusalem. It was the Israel Defense Forces' first armoured brigade which possessed tanks, jeeps and armored personnel carriers (APCs), whereas all other IDF units at the time were entirely infantry-based.