This document discusses a lecture given in 2018 about exploring letters sent to Rabbi Leib Aisack Falk between 1938-1939. It provides context about Rabbi Falk and includes photos of him. The bulk of the document appears to be transcripts or summaries of the letters Rabbi Falk received from Jews in Europe during this time period, as the rising Nazi threat caused many to flee or seek help. It also traces what is known about what happened to some of the letter writers afterwards, such as escaping to other countries or being interned. The document aims to shed light on this correspondence and the plight of Jews during this era through Rabbi Falk's letters.

1. The Falk Lecture
2018
Exploring the
Letters of Rabbi
Falk 1938-39
Annie Thompson
University of
Sydney
Exploring the Letters of Rabbi Falk

2. Hebrew Standard, 6 October
1938

3. Leib AisackFalk
LeibAisack Falk, portrait
in JewishLegion
uniform
(Photo:
Rabbi LeibAisack Falk surveys Jewish guards in
formation,Sydney
(Photo: http://en.jabotinsky.org/archive/search-archive/item/?itemId=109517)

4. Leib AisackFalk
New Zionist Conference 1940s.Rabbi L.A. Falk (in army uniform in
his role as army chaplain) is in the middle of the frontrow.
(Photo:https://judaica.library.sydney.edu.au/photoexhibit/photographs/exhibit14/exhibit14.html)
The Great Synagogue
Menorah made by Rabbi
L.A.Falk
(Photo: Apple, The Great Synagogue:A
History of Sydney's Big Shule, Sydney:

5. Dear Sir Rabbi
Rabbi L.A.Falk
(Photo:Jewish Call,New Zionist inAustralia,Melbourne:The
Organisation,1940)

6. Dear Sir Rabbi
Josef Strasser to L.A.
Falk Vienna,2 March
1939

7. Dear Sir Rabbi
Anna König to L.A. Falk .Vienna,20 February
1939

8. Dear Sir Rabbi
Charlotte Stern to L.A.
Falk Vienna, 7 February

9. Dear Sir Rabbi
Leiser Ehrlich to L.A.
Falk Zbasyn,4
Rabbi Tzvi Goldmann
Krakow, 2 February

10. Dear Sir Rabbi
Evzen Schwimmer to L.A.
Falk Novy Bydzov, 9May
Eugen Lax to L.A.
Falk Tornalja, 21

11. Here Am I
Hebrew Standard, 28 April
1938.

12. Here Am I
Hebrew Standard, 29 September

13. Here Am I
L.A. Falk to Saul
Symonds 17 April1939

14. Here Am I
Ernst Rosenmann passport
(NAA)
Naturalization newspaper
clipping
L.A Falk to John
McEwan 27 October

15. Here Am I
John McEwan to L.A.
Falk 18 April1939
Last meeting of theYouthAliyah leadership in Berlin. Pictured
L-R: Lotte Kaiser,Arthur Posnanski,Hans Wolfgang Cohn,
Sonja Okun, Alfred Selbiger, Ludwig Kuttner, Kurt
Silberpfennig,Jizchak Schwersenz,and Herbert Growald.
(Photo:https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1134793)

16. Here Am I
Nathan Rubenstein to L.A.
Falk 1 August1939
Nathan Rubenstein
(Photo:https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?languag
e=en&it emId=10680321&ind=26)

17. Tracing the Letter Writers
Rabbi Hugo Stránský
emigrated to the United
Kingdom
(Photo:
https://www.geni.com/people/Rabbi-
Hugo-Stransky/6000000009332530811)
Manifest showing the migrationof
the Kamm family to theUnited
States
(Photo:U.S. Department of Justice,Immigration
and NaturalizationService)
Paul Lichtenstern emigrated to the
United Kingdom

18. Tracing the Letter Writers
The destruction of
Forchheim Synagogue 10
November, 1938
(Photo:Julius Brunner)
Forchheim Kultusgemeinde to
L.A. Falk 13 February 1939
Anton Bauer personal declaration
on enteringAustralia
(NAA)

19. Tracing the Letter Writers
Simon Hevesi to L.A.
Falk Budapest 11
February 1939
Ernest Grün internee service and casualty
form
(Photo:NAA)

20. Tracing the Letter Writers
Josef Bandel internee report
(Photo: NAA)
HMT Dunera(Photo:
NAA)
Tatura internment camp
(Photo:Fred Lowen,State

21. Conclusion
Letter from Budapest JewishAuthority to L.A.
Falk 19 March 1939