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M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4019546
- English, Hebrew
- 1939-1951
- Official documentation
- Updated 3 months ago
M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951 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 Switzerla...

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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689610
- English, Hebrew
- 1930-1963
- Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy 108 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s In the file; - Annual reports regarding SIG activities for the years: 1929/1930; 1938; 1939;1940; 1941; 1942/1943; - Various financial statements for the years: 1932; 1933; 1936; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1945. Also in the file: - Draft of an activities report for 1962/1963; - Documentation from VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding treatment of Jewish refugees who rem...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Cultural activities of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1938-1944
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689662
- English, Hebrew
- 1938-1944
- Original Photo Stencil Typewritten original 73 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Cultural activities of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1938-1944 In the file: Documentation regarding cultural activities of Jewish refugee organizations in Switzerland. Among other things in the file: Periodicals from "Sarcis", the YMCA/YWCA relief service to refugee citizens in Switzerland, for leisure time matters, May 1944; - Report submitted by a group of young refugees regarding their trip during Easter vacation, with photographs, April 1944; - Pamphlet regarding Culture Week, 01-07 August 1944, at the Champery refugee camp; - Announcements and newspaper c...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the refugees in Switzerland; personal documents belonging to the Weissenberg family from Berlin, 1927-1949
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689661
- English, Hebrew
- 1927-1949
- Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy xerox 122 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the refugees in Switzerland; personal documents belonging to the Weissenberg family from Berlin, 1927-1949 In the file: - Various documents collected by Armand Brunschvig, head of the Geneva Jewish community, regarding the return of Jewish refugees from Switzerland including names and testimonies, and regarding treatment of the refugees in the absorption camps in Geneva, as well as in other cantons; the documents mention many instances of antisemitism on the part of those responsible for the absorption of the refugees; - Various documents...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Drafts of various articles, 1943-1958
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689513
- English, Hebrew
- 1943-1958
- Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy Typewritten original 72 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Drafts of various articles, 1943-1958 In the file: - Articles by B. Sagalowitz regarding, among other things, the book "The Final Solution" by Gerald Reitlinger, and the participation of the Krupp plant in the confiscation of Jewish property. Also in the file: - Articles and notes written by Saly Braunschweig, Nelly Sutro, Georges Bloch and Otto Heim regarding the fate of the refugees in Switzerland during the war, especially the children of the refugees cared for by SHEK (the Association for Help to Children of Refugees in Switzerland); - Versions of the articl...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”) correspondence with various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, 1945-1965
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689634
- English, Hebrew
- Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy Typewritten original 528 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”) correspondence with various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, 1945-1965 In the file: - Correspondence between Benjamin Sagalowitz and various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, in Switzerland and around the world, regarding the condition of the Jews of Europe after the war, the struggle against antisemitism, the trials of Nazi war criminals in Germany and other subjects, including correspondence with the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) office in Geneva regarding German reparations paid for Holocaust victims in different cou...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) announcements in Jewish newspapers in Switzerland regarding the activities of the central SIG institutions, 1946-1963
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689628
- English, Hebrew
- 1946-1963
- Handwritten, original Original Typewritten copy Typewritten original 291 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) announcements in Jewish newspapers in Switzerland regarding the activities of the central SIG institutions, 1946-1963 In the file: - JUNA announcements in Jewish newspapers in Switzerland regarding activities of the SIG Central Committee and Geschaeftsleitung (admistration), as well as drafts of the notices; clippings from newspapers in which the notices were published, such as "Israelitisches Wochenblatt" from Zurich and "Juedische Rundschau-Maccabi" from Basel. Also ...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) survey regarding Swiss policy towards the Jewish refugees, 1933-1945, 1955
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689652
- English, Hebrew
- Original 197 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) survey regarding Swiss policy towards the Jewish refugees, 1933-1945, 1955 In the file: JUNA survey regarding Swiss policy towards the Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, along with many copies of newspaper clippings and various documents on the subject.
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Memo from JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1933-1945
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689653
- English, Hebrew
- Original 112 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Memo from JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1933-1945 In the file: Memo from JUNA regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees in Switzerland during the Holocaust; in addition to the memo, there are many copies of documents related to the subject, mainly dealing with conditions in the work camps.
M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4019624
- English, Hebrew
- 1937-1959
- Brochure Letter of testimony Official documentation Survey report Testimony
- Updated 3 months ago
M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959 There are 220 files in the record group, which includes various publications, such as bulletins, reports, letters and surveys, containing information regarding the condition of the Jews in occupied Europe during World War II. The information was gathered, collated and distributed by Jewish organizations in Eretz Israel, Turkey (Istanbul) and Switzerland during the war and the early postwar years. Some of the communications were intended for distribution solely among the members of the or...

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Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II
1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 5263402
- English, Hebrew
- xerox 4 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file:...
Comité pour la défense des droits des Israélites en Europe centrale et orientale
- Mémorial de la Shoah Fondation
- COP/ORG/0001
- French
- 1930-1940
- 3 boîtes
- Updated 9 years ago
Le Comité pour la défense des Droits des Israélites en Europe centrale et orientale a été créé en juin 1933. Il « a pour but la défense des personnes de religion ou d’origine israélite partout où elles se trouvent atteintes ou menacées dans la jouissance de la plénitude de leurs droits civiques et politiques, ou dans le libre exercice de toute profession légale ». Il agit afin de consolider les rapports politiques, spirituels et économiques entre la France et ses alliés en Europe orientale. Ce comité effectuait des démarches auprès des ministères en vue d’obtenir des droits de séjour, des d...
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Maurice Marcus, Julius Orlov and the Red Cross organization, between Maurice Marcus and Charles Passman - the JDC Southeast Europe director, and between Julius Orlov and Maurice Marcus and others, 1943-1946
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684656
- English, Hebrew
- 1943-1946
- Microfilm 626 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Maurice Marcus, Julius Orlov and the Red Cross organization, between Maurice Marcus and Charles Passman - the JDC Southeast Europe director, and between Julius Orlov and Maurice Marcus and others, 1943-1946 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Maurice Marcus, a merchant who was deported from Sofia to Lom, regarding the situation of the Jews who were deported from Sofia by the Bulgarian authorities; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Julius Orlov, an industrialist in Zurich who was Maurice Marcus' person of trust in Switzerland; - Correspondence ...
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Robert Guggenheim regarding support by the JDC for religious Jewish refugees in Shanghai, and correspondence between Guggenheim and Isaac Sternbuch, 1942-1945
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684692
- English, Hebrew
- 1942-1945
- Microfilm 529 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Robert Guggenheim regarding support by the JDC for religious Jewish refugees in Shanghai, and correspondence between Guggenheim and Isaac Sternbuch, 1942-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Robert Guggenheim, head of the Agudat Israel [?] political committee for Switzerland, regarding support by the JDC for religious Jewish refugees in Shanghai; - Correspondence between Robert Guggenheim and Isaac Sternbuch, head of the Schweizerischer Hilfsverein fuer Juedische Fluechtlinge im Ausland (HIJEFS).
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684653
- English, Hebrew
- 1942-1945
- Microfilm 626 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and relief organizations: Geneva-American Friends Service Committee, Zuerich Schweizerisches Hilfskomitee Fuer die Juden in Ungarn, Unitarian Service Committee Geneva, and the Geneva World Alliance of YMCAs; - Report prepared by the American Friends Service Committee, Geneva Office - Research and Information Department, regarding the transfer of relief (the representative...
Correspondence between Saly Mayer, J. Bitker and C. Brahn, the JDC representative in Shanghai, regarding economic matters related to the Jewish refugees in Shanghai, 1944-1945
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684691
- English, Hebrew
- 1944-1945
- Microfilm 529 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Correspondence between Saly Mayer, J. Bitker and C. Brahn, the JDC representative in Shanghai, regarding economic matters related to the Jewish refugees in Shanghai, 1944-1945
Correspondence between the Central Jewish Committee (CJC) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC)
1. O.70 - Josef Rosensaft Bergen-Belsen POW Camp Archive
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3686782
- English, Hebrew
- 1946-1951
- מקור וקסרוקס
- Updated 5 years ago
Correspondence between the Central Jewish Committee (CJC) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) The file includes: - correspondence between the AJDC and its representatives in Europe; - lists with statistical data regarding the “She’erith Hapletah” in Germany; - data regarding the help given by the AJDC to the Jewish refugees in the DP camps in Germany.
David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II
1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 5263304
- English, Hebrew
- xerox 25 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
David Oks, born in Kovel, Poland, 1895; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with hardships; life before the war; move to Warsaw including joining Poalei Zion; drafted into the Polish Army in the 1920s; desertion from the Polish Army and escape to France; life in Paris using a false identity and forged documents; joins Poalei Zion; distribution of a Polish Poalei Zion journal; raising money for various causes; maintaining contact with his friends in Poland. German occupation; activities on behalf of the Colonie Scolaire (The Sum...
David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II
1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4438503
- English, Hebrew
- xerox 73 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a journalist; underground activities; leader of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest by Danneker, a Gestapo commander, 01 June 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz, 02 July 1944. Also in the file: - Booklet entitled "L'un des Trente Six" (One of the Thirty-six), published by Kyoum, Paris, 1946.
Diary (with a calendar) of Saly Mayer, including documentation regarding the care of the Jewish refugees after the war, the establishment of a Jewish old age home in Vevey, Mayer's participation in the JDC conference in Paris, and other matters, 1948-1949
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684636
- English, Hebrew
- Microfilm 670 pages/frames
- Updated 5 years ago
Diary (with a calendar) of Saly Mayer, including documentation regarding the care of the Jewish refugees after the war, the establishment of a Jewish old age home in Vevey, Mayer's participation in the JDC conference in Paris, and other matters, 1948-1949 Diary (with a calendar) of Saly Mayer, including: - General documentation regarding the care of the Jewish refugees after the war and, mainly, the support of the intellectuals; - Documentation regarding the establishment of a Jewish old age home in Vevey on the shore of Lake Geneva, 20 March 1949; - Documentation regarding the presence of ...