Charity Ledger and Records of Bank Transfers During the Holocaust – Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, Rabbi of Liverpool ...

Charity Ledger and Records of Bank Transfers During the Holocaust – Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, Rabbi of Liverpool, England – 1942-1945
Ledger of R. Isser Yehuda Unterman – record of funds collected and transferred to the Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes charity, other charitable institutions, Torah institutions and yeshivot in Eretz Israel and in Shanghai during the Holocaust, with letters from rabbis and signed receipts. Liverpool, 1942-1945.
This ledger of R. Unterman, who served at that time as rabbi of Liverpool, contains accounts and documents pertaining to the transfer of charity funds from England to the Torah institutions in Eretz Israel, the Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes charity, and others. The ledger discloses that R. Unterman was in continuous contact with R. Herzog (who emigrated from England and served at that time as chief rabbi of Eretz Israel), transferring funds through him to Torah institutions and Holocaust refugees in Shanghai and other countries (Belgium, Russia, and more).
Many receipts (some signed by rabbis and yeshiva deans), original letters and various other documents are pasted to the pages of this ledger.
Receipts and letters signed by: R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Eretz Israel; R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman; R. Yisrael Ze'ev Mintzberg; R. Isser Zalman Meltzer; R. Asher Ze'ev Werner Rabbi of Tiberias and R. Avraham Weinberg (rebbe of Slonim, author of Birkat Avraham); R. Chaim Yitzchak Eizik Sher, dean of the Knesset Yisrael – Slabodka yeshiva, Jerusalem branch "…founded for survivors of the yeshiva whom G-d brought to Eretz Israel"; R. Yechezkel Sarna, dean of the Chevron – Knesset Yisrael yeshiva, Jerusalem; R. Reuven Katz, dean of the Petach Tikva yeshiva; R. Shlomo Leib Eliezerov, head of Kollel Chabad, and R. Avraham Chaim Naeh author of Ketzot HaShulchan; R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap and R. Shalom Natan Raanan Kook; R. Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach and R. Shimon Tzvi Horowitz, deans of the Shaar HaShamayim yeshiva; R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky and R. Zalman Zalaznik, deans of the Etz Chaim yeshiva; R. Avraham Yisrael Moshe Salomon "High Institute for Study of Jerusalem Talmud"; R. Yitzchak Bernstein, Beit Yosef – Novardok yeshiva in Jerusalem; R. Aharon Weinstein and R. Hillel Witkind, deans of the Beit Yosef – Novardok yeshiva in Tel Aviv; R. Yisrael Isser Shapiro of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; R. Zalman Sorotzkin and R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky; and many other rabbis and heads of institutions in Eretz Israel.
Many letters pasted in this ledger, from R. Herzog and others, are letters sent by V-mail (a process of microfilming developed during WWII, which was used to correspond with the soldiers on the battlefront. The letters were photographed and transported as thumbnail-sized images on negative microfilm. Upon arrival to their destination, the negatives would be printed on photographic paper at approximately a quarter of the original size of the letter, and the reduced letter was delivered to the addressee. The original letter was usually discarded after being photographed in the country of origin, and these V-mail letters are the only remaining documentation of these letters).
95 leaves. 32 cm. Over 80 letters and receipts, telegrams and account records are pasted amongst the leaves of this ledgers. Ledger in good condition. Stains. Several leaves stuck together (with glue). Condition of pasted items varies, good to fair. Some letters worn and damaged. New binding.