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
• 3689591
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original Original Stencil Typewritten copy 47 pages/frames
• Updated 5 years ago

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding activities of associations of Eastern European Jews and other Jewish organizations in Switzerland, 1912-1918 In the file: - Proclamations, placards, fliers and announcements of the Aktionkomitee Der Ostjuedische Organisationen (Activities Committee of the Association of Eastern European Jews) in Zurich, mostly from the World War I period; the material mainly deals with help to needy Jews and victims of World War I in Eastern Europe, especially the occupied sections of Russia/the Soviet Union; the material contains proclamations regarding ...

• Records of the National Central Authority for Controlling Foreigners Classified Records, 1933-1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 491
• English
• 1933-1944
• 3 fasc., 0,42 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

KEOKH records are relevant for the study of anti-Semitic radicalization and the Holocaust in Hungary for two chief reasons: it typically suspected foreigners and its reports on the raid it held tend to list the number of Jews concerned and expelled. In certain cases, so called Ostjuden are mentioned separately in these reports. Second, in 1941, KEOKH initiated and implemented the deportation of Jews from Hungary who could not prove their citizenship to newly occupied Galicia. This Hungarian anti-Jewish action eventually led to the first Nazi mass murder with over 10 000 victims. The collect...