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{"value"=>"1896-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1896/1944"}
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1896
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1944
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{"value"=>"B. Bertalan and Helen Kohlbach, Letters received"}
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{"value"=>"5 boxes", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The letters received by Bertalan and Helen Kohlbach are grouped into files by author and arranged chronologically within. Materials consist of professional correspondence to Bertalan, and personal correspondence to both Bertalan and Helen.</p> <p>Of particular interest in Bertalan Kohlbach's professional correspondence is a letter in Hebrew dated April 19th, 1912, from Rabbi Jacob Meir (1856-1939), then chief rabbi of Salonica (now Thessaloniki), and later chief Sephardic rabbi of Palestine (1920-1939). In this letter, Rabbi Meir addressed community variations on customs such as the practice of throwing grain on the floor during weddings.</p> <p>The personal correspondence in this series was primarily written by the Kohlbach children: Bertalan and Helen's son Emil, daughter Ella, and son-in-law Erich Bickel. There is also correspondence from a variety of friends and relatives, arranged chronologically rather than by individual author. Included with the letters received are a number of postcards sent from various individuals and locales, and a small amount of blank postcards, the majority of which appear to be souvenirs. Readers interested in letters from Emil, Ella and Erich are advised to review the postcards in addition to the letters received.</p> <p>The bulk of the correspondence is in Hungarian and German.</p>"}
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1896
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1944
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1896