The Yiddish diaries of Miriam Fendel that she wrote between 1928 and 1940 in Ponevezh in Lithuania, together with an English translation by Jack Shmuckler. The collection also includes her autograph book, and several manuscripts in Yiddish and Hebrew about the Nazi Holocaust in Lithuania by relatives of Miriam. They were donated to Manuscripts and Archives via the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research in 2009 by her son, Ronnie Fendel, formerly of Cape Town, now living in Sydney Australia.

1. Miriam Fendel’s diary of her life as a young girl in Ponevezh in Lithuania, 1928-1940, written in Yiddish. Contained in three hard cover exercise books.

2. Manuscript of Jack Shmuckler’s English translation of the diary. (271 p.)

3. Miriam Fendel’s autograph book, 1929, Ponevezh, Lithuania.

4. Three Yiddish and Hebrew manuscripts about the Holocaust in Lithuania by a relative of Miriam Fendel. Contained in one hard cover exercise book, one soft cover exercise book, and one on loose leaves of paper.

5. Hebrew poem: “Dom ben adam dom ve-amod” by V. J. Sachar, August 1951; English translation of the poem, entitled: “Epitaph”, by Rabbi M. Smith. (2 leaves).