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Finci and Musafia families papers
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Death Announcements for relatives of Al Finci printed in Sarajevo 1926 January 1-1999 December 31

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian

Scope and Contents

Includes announcements for Yosef Finzi (1919), Ašer Leon Finci (d. 1926), Erna Kabiljo (d. 1994), Regina Finci (d. 1974), Ašer Kabiljo (d. 1994), Rahela (Shelly) Kabiljo (d. 1984), and Kalmi Finci (d. 1997).
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Student booklet for Al Finci 1940-1941

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian

Scope and Contents

Includes a photograph on the back page.
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School photograph of Al in Sarajevo Undated

Scope and Contents

Al is seated in the second row directly in the middle, wearing all white.
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Marriage registration of Al's parents, Jozef Finci and Lenka Musafia in Serbo-Croatian (1965) with an English translation (1966) 1965-1966

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian, English
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Certificate commemorating Al's first year of school in the Independent State of Croatia 1941

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Reprint of Aser Finci birth certificate 1939 June 2

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Reprint of Lenka Musafia's birth registration 1963

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Reprint of Jozef Finci and Lea-Lenka Musafia's marriage certificate with English translation 1965 November 6

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian, English
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Reprint of Lea Musafia 1903 birth certificate with English translation 1962

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian, English
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Poem about Sarajevo by Isak Papo, "Sarajevo mi sevdad de oro" (Sarajevo, my city of gold) 1993

Language of Material: Materials are in Ladino
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Photocopy of advertisement for Leon Finci's business in Sarajevo undated

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Birth Certificate for Josef Finci (b. 12/9/1895) from the Sephardic community of Sarajevo 1919 April 6

Language of Material: Materials are in Ladino
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Reprint of Erna Finci's birth certificate 1940 4 June

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Leatherbound wallet with paper bills undated

Language of Material: Materials are in Serbo-Croatian
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Erna Finci certificate of Internment 1944

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Minutes of the Municipal Council Meeting conferment of honorary citizenship for Erna and Andrew Viterbi, Rose and Al Finzi, Elaine and Roberto Naiman 2005

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Lenka Finci expresses gratitude to the Italian population 1983

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Al and Josef Finci's bus and tram passes from Rome 1945

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Josef (Giuseppe) Finci (Finzi) business cards from Rome undated

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Red Cross Passports issued by the delegation in Rome to Josef (1948, 1950), Lenka (1948, 1949), Al (1948, under the name Alexander Finkovic; 1950) 1948 January 1-1950 December 31

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Town of Sissa Identity Card for Josef (Giuseppe) Finzi 1945

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Yugoslav Welfare Society in Rome Identity Card for Lenka and Josif (Josef) Finci (Fincovic) 1948

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Finci family lassiapassare 1941

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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International Refugee Organization ID and Travel Authorization for Refugees from Rome to Naples to Detroit for Josef and Lenka Finci and children Al (Aser) and Erna 1950

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Displaced Person Card for Josef, Lenka, and Al (Aser) Finci issued in Como 1945

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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HIAS Identity Card for Al (Aser) Finci issued in Rome 1948

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Italian postal identification card for Josef Finci 1951

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Certificate from Roman Economic bureau for Josef (Giuseppe) Finci (Finzi) and Max Najman 1947

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
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Letter inviting Josef Finci and family to the American Consulate to apply for immigration visas 1949

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Book on the Holocaust in Sissa with a photo of the Finci family on the cover undated

Language of Material: Materials in Italian

Scope and Contents

Al is pictured on the far right.
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Finci family passport issued by the Royal Legation of Yugoslavia in Switzerland 1944 May 8

Language of Material: Materials in Serbo-Croatian and French
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Two maps with key locations circled, one with arrows showing the family's travel route from Como to Moltrasio, Bruzella, Balerna, and Menorisio

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Refugee Cards for Josef Finci (1944-1946) and Lenka Finci (1944-1946) 1944-1946

Language of Material: Materials in German
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Al's report card from Collegio Maschile Sant'anna, Switzerland 1944-1945

Language of Material: Materials in Italian

Scope and Contents

Includes images of the school.
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Photocopies of entry reports from Josef, Lenka, and Erna Finci into made by the Police in Bellinzona, Switzerland 2006 reproduction of 1944 report

Language of Material: Materials in German, Italian
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US passport for Lenka Finci 1962 March 23

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US passport for Lenka Finci 1978 August 3

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US passport for Joseph Finci 1962 March 23

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Airline tickets to US from American Airlines in envelope and postcard of an airplane 1950 April 14

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Receipt from Gateway Motel in Las Vegas from when Al and Rose got married there 1955 April 21

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Printouts from Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv about Drohobych, where Rose Finci (Al's wife) was born, Sarajevo, and the name Finci 1992 November 3

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Program for the dedication of the Joseph and Lenka Finci United Jewish Federation Building in San Diego, funded by Erna Viterbi (Al's sister) and her husband Andrew Viterbi 2001 October 30

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Lenka Finci Certificate of Naturalization 1955 June 24

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Joseph Finci Certificate of Naturalization 1955 June 24

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Joseph Finci Death Certificate 1967 May 3

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Lenka Finci Death Certificate 1994 November 21

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Yahrzeit booklet and cemetery information (map, burial location, receipt) for Lenka Finci 1994 November 22

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Letter from Lenka Finci to the US dept of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service requesting the Department change her records to indicate her correct birth date of 1903 rather than 1904 1965 November 23

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Telegram alerting Josef Finci of the death of Mark Finci 1955 August 5

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Letter to Al and Rose from a friend who went to Sarajevo and took a picture at a museum of Rabbi Leon Josef Finci 1990 August 14

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Declarations of Intention for Lenka Finci 1951 January 12

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Declarations of Intention for Joseph Finci 1951 June 5

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Letter from the Shoah Foundation thanking them for their testimony undated

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Letter from UCLA to Al thanking him for his pledge to help pay for the Memorial Activities Center at UCLA 1964 January 17

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Letter from California Governor, Edmund G. Brown Jr., thanking Al for a meeting at the CA Executive Partners' Workshop 1981 February 9

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Profile of Al as a partner at Seidman and Seidman undated

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Certificate of highest honors in accounting for Al at graduation from UCLA School of Business Administration 1956 June 6

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Al's Los Angeles high school diploma 1951 June 15

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Al's high school transcript from California State Department of Education 1951 February 1

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Business newsletter from Seidman & Seidman featuring Al 1970 December

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California Society for CPAs newsletters with articles: "Al Finci Chosen as Distinguished Service Award Winner", "Meet your 1978-1979 Committee Chairmen," "Al Finci Named Distinguished Chapter Member" 1978-1991 May

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Program from Al's initiation into Phi Beta Kappa at UCLA 1956 May 18

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Announcement of Al's admission to partnership at Seidman & Seidman undated

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Letter from the Chief Rabbinate Jewish Sephardic Community Sarajevo attesting to the birth of Aser Finci for school registration and showing he knows Serbo-Croatian notarized 1970

Language of Material: Materials in Serbo-Croatian
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Business advertisements for Kalmus Company printed in California and two of his business cards 1957

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Booklet with the story of "The Family Finzi-Musafia to Gramignazzo of Sissa (Parma)" undated

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List of the interned people in the Commune of Sissa undated

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Photocopy from unnamed book with mention of Rabbi Juda Josef Finci about the Sarajevo Jewish community undated

Language of Material: Materials in Serbo-Croatian
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Booklet "Saved from Oblivion: Oral Heritage of Sephardic Sarajevo" 2000

Language of Material: Materials in Serbo-Croatian
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Proverbs and Sayings of the Sephardic Jews of Bosnia and Herzogovina 1976

Language of Material: Materials in Serbo-Croatian, English.
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Program for "Jewish Sarajevo" at UCLA 2000 March 12

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Photocopy of text "Jews in the Yugoslav Resistance Movement from 1941-1945" undated

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Photocopy of letter Al wrote in the LA times "Jewish Refugees in Switzerland" undated

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Copy of LA Times article "There was nothing Sinister in Swiss Refugee Camps" by Thomas G. Borer" undated

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Miscellaneous photos with captions: Italy, Erna's wedding, Los Angeles 1944-1964

Language of Material: Materials in English, Italian
box 2

Plaque commemorating honorary citizenship to Al and Rose Finci 2005 November 6

Language of Material: Materials in Italian
box 3

Finci family photo album 1950s-1990s