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  1. Benjamin Arditti

    • בנימין ארדיטי

    Benjamin Arditti was born in Vienna in 1897. He lived in Sofia (except for two years during World War II) from 1916-1949. He was one of the outstanding activists in the Zionist movement in Bulgaria: he served as a member of the Central Committee of the Zionist Union in Bulgaria, 1919-1923; he held five terms of office as the representative to the World Zionist Congress; he served as the chairman of the Zionist Organization in Sofia; he was one of the founders of the Revisionist movement in Bulgaria and its chairman from 1925-1935. Arditti was a member of the illegal Committee for the Rescue...

  2. Siegfried Jaegendorf

    Siegfried Jaegendorf was born in Czernowitz, 01 August 1895. He attended local elementary and high schools, and afterwards travelled to Vienna and Berlin where he studied engineering at a technical college, completing his studies as a mechanical engineer. His first position as an engineer was at the Siemens Schucker Werke in Berlin. In time, he was promoted and sent to serve as managing director for the Eastern Europe area at the Siemens factory in Vienna. Afterwards, he was appointed General Manager of Siemens in Bucharest, Romania. From there, he returned to Vienna where he served as Engi...

  3. Relief Committee for the War Stricken Jewish Population

    • RELICO

    Founded in 1939-09

    The Relief Committee for the War Stricken Jewish Population was established in Geneva on 1939-09 by Dr. Abraham Silberschein under the aegis of the World Jewish Congress. He assisted Jewish refugees from Germany and later from Poland and Lithuania and other areas of Europe. This organization was instrumental in getting refugees to Kobe, Japan, and Shanghai, China. It was also one of the first to apprise the world of the Chelmno and Treblinka death camps. The Relief Committee for the War Stricken Jewish Population’s attempt to obtain 10,000 South American passports for prominent Poles fell t...

  4. Abraham Silberschein

    Born in 1882, in Lwow, Poland, Dr. Abraham Silberschein was an attorney who dedicated himself to public service. He was one of the outstanding leaders of the Labor Zionist movement in Poland, and in 1922, he was elected by the movement to serve in the Polish Sejm as the Labor Zionist representative . In 1930 he arrived in Geneva as a representative to the Zionist Congress. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Dr. Silberschein did not return to Poland, but he remained in Switzerland from where he tried to organize relief activities for the persecuted Jews in Poland and Germany. He was the fo...

  5. Gebietskommissar Lochwiza

    • Лохвицький гебітскомісар, м. Лохвиця

  6. Gebietskommissar Krementschug

    • Кременчуцький гебітскомісар, м.Кременчук

  7. Gebietskommissar Poltawa

    • Полтавський гебітскомісар, м. Полтава

  10. Чутівська районна управа, с. Чутове

    • Chutove Rayon Administration, Chutove village

  11. Решетилівська міська управа, смт. Решетилівка

    • Reshetylivka Town Administration, Reshetylivka urban-city settlement

  12. Шишацька районна управа, с. Шишаки

    • Shyshaky Rayon Administration, Shyshaky village

  13. Новосанжарська районна управа, смт. Нові Санжари

    • Novi Sanzhary Rayon Administration, Novi Sanzhary urban-type settlement

  14. Карлівська районна управа, смт. Карлівка

    • Karlivka Rayon Administration, Karlivka urban-type settlement

  15. Козельщинська районна управа, смт. Козельщина

    • Kozelshchyna Rayon Administration, Kozelshchyna urban-type setlement

  16. Котелевська районна управа, с. Котельва

    • Kotelva Rayon Administration, Kotelva village

  17. Лохвицька міська управа, м. Лохвиця

    • Lokhvitsa Town Administration, town of Lokhvitsa

  18. Гадяцька районна управа, м. Гадяч

    • Hadyach Rayon Administration, town of Hadyach

  19. Гребінківська районна управа, смт. Гребінка

    • Hrebinka Rayon Administration, Grebivka urban-type settlement

  20. Лазірківська районна управа, с. Лазірки

    • Lazirki Rayon Administration, Lazirki village