Person · haberdasher
Oszer Wajn
Oszer Wajn
Former haberdasher who helped acquire a bakery.
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... provinces around Bialystok, who were slightly better off
financially than we were, requesting they contribute
money to our Maos Chitim campaign (matzah fund).
They responded generously. In two weeks we got four-
teen hundred kilograms of flour. Dr. Szymon Datner,
Chairman of the Jewish Reconstruction Committee,
found other sources of financial assistance, enabling us
to begin baking the matzos. With the help of a former
haberdasher, Oszer Wajn, we acquired a bakery at 1
Jatka Street and obtained permission from the authori-
ties to begin the baking operation. ...Connected nodes
Event
Matzah bakery operation
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Pejsach Bursztejn
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Szymon Datner
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Organization
Bialystoker Relief Committee in America
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Bialystoker Center in New York
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Publication
Bialystoker Stimme
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Place
1 Minski Street
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1 Jatka Street
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