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Jewish printed books Haggadah le-Pesach, Munich, 1947
This text was prepared by William Gross:
After the Holocaust, temporary prayer books were produced in Germany for use in the Displaced Persons camps. This is one of them, a Haggadah for Pesach, 1947.
The Vaad Hatzala was established in 1939 as an organization to rescue rabbis and yeshivah students during World War II. Though originally focusing exclusively on rabbis and yeshivah students, it expanded its agenda to assist all Jews in the wake of the revelation of the Final Solution and became the representative relief agency of American Orthodox Jewry.
After the Holocaust, the Vaad played an active role in the spiritual rehabilitation of the survivors, continuing its operations until the early 1950s. From its establishment in 1939 until the end of 1945, the Vaad spent more than three million dollars on relief and rescue activities.