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  1. Reports re Jewish refugees in Great Britain

  2. Institution Logo

    Association of Jewish Refugees, Serving Holocaust Refugees and Survivors Nationwide

    • AJR
    • United Kingdom
    • Winston House / 2 Dollis Park, Finchley, England

  3. Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters) -- Czech Jewish refugees arrive in Britain

    Appeal for Czech Jewish refugees who have arrived in Britain following the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Germany. The appeal was broadcast by Earl(?) Baldwin. Footage shows Baldwin at his desk, refugees at a tent camp, INTs mess hall, girls cleaning barracks, and young men writing letters.

  4. [Trainee visa in Great Britain for Jewish refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains material of a correspondence between the German Jewish Aid Committee in London and couple of Refugee organizations, like the Jewish Refugee Committee/ Trainee department in Leeds, the British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia and the York Refugee Committee. These organizations tried to save as many Jews as possible by the use of trainee and work visa for Great Britain. The correspondence is regarding the trainee or work positions and possibilities the organizations found for the Jewish refugees. Furthermore an active exchange between the organizations concerning ...

  5. The Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain: Board minutes and papers

    Minutes and correspondence of the board of the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, covering such subjects as restitution claims; social work; the newsletter: AJR Information; cultural activities; membership of the organisation 

  6. Jewish refugee children in Britain

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 727, Part 2C. Release date, 12/12/1938. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Young Refugees Reach Britain" Harwich, England. 206 German-Jewish youngsters, whose parents fill Nazi concentration camps, arrive on peaceful shores with their meager belongings to start life anew in comfortable quarters and in safe surroundings. Young Jewish refugees arrive in Britain, including Hans Berlinsky [now John Berrys] at 12:10:08. Girls walking down ramp from ship. Coats. Suitcases. Boys and girls walking along street with luggage. CU of smiling, happy boys. ...

  7. [Correspondence regarding the immigration to Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters of a correspondence between Jewish family members and friends concerning the immigration to Great Britain. In the letters informations have been exchanged, ideas have been discussed and requests, as well as help, have been declaimed. The correspondence regards furthermore questions of payment, workhours, new or better work positions, living conditions and asking general questions about problems of the refugees. All letters are written in 1939, some are handwritten and others are typed, most of the letters are in German and only a couple in English. Furtherm...

  8. Interned Refugees

    1. UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES (UJRA)

    Assistance to refugees from Germany and Austria, most of whom were Jewish, interned in Britain as "Prisoners of War" in May 1940 and transferred to Australia and Canada shortly thereafter.

  9. Records of the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain: Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens (FCRA)

    The collection contains minutes of the Germany Emergency Committee, which was later renamed the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens (FCRA). Records relate to the situation of Jews in Germany, support for refugees, internment, political prisoners, and visits to concentration camps. The collection also includes the pamphlet “An Account of the Work of the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens, first known as the Germany Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends 1933-1950,” by Lawrence Dalton, issued in 1954, as well as various other pamphlets relating to the work of the Committee...

  10. The Refugees and Immigration

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A memorandum discussing the size of the refugee problem as well as arguments pro and against immigration. It further discusses the finance and retraining possibilities of refugees.Discribes the immigration policy and situation of Jewish immigrants in France and Palestine.

  11. Czech and Czech Jewish immigrants in Great Britain: various documents

    Material which documents some of the activities of organisations in Great Britain which were involved in providing relief for Czech and Czech Jewish refugees during the Nazi era.

  12. German Trades Unions in Great Britain: Miscellaneous material

    This collection comprises newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the TUCGWGB.

  13. Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava,, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain Born in Ostrava. Escape to Poland, 1939; assistance to Jewish refugees in Krakow organized by Czechoslovakian Zionists, 1939; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Poland, role of Herman Field; participation of Czechoslovakian Jews; cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Consulate; classification applications for British visas; escape to Britain, 1939; Communist influence; cooperation with HICEM (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ...

  14. Treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations from different organizations regarding the topic of the treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom. British organization collaborate closly with each other and represent all of their practical experience in dealing with refugees. A coordinating Committee for refugees in the United Kigdom has also been formed. Besides that there is a close cooperation between British and other organizations. The information given by other organizations are all regarding the refugee question. For example how they can organize themselves better, how they can help and rea...

  15. [British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slavakia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Conditions for entering Great Britain are shown in the notification which the files contain. Where to apply and which kind of rights or duties the applicants have are mentioned. If the conditions have been fulfilled the permits can be obtained through the committe for refugees from Czecho-Slovakia.

  16. Correspondence with Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence - with AJR chairman Werner Rosenstock almost exclusively - comprises a wide variety of issues including amongst others: an AJR Information editorial on the work of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organisation; an obituary on Ludwig Foerder; publishing the memoirs of Gustav Schröder, captain of the MS St. Louis, in England; the visit of The Wiener Library by a group of young German unionists; and an appreciation of Leonard Montefiore in the AJR Information on occasion of his 70th birthday.

  17. Central Council for Jewish Refugees: Donor forms

    Donation form of the Central Council for Jewish Refugees/London, special emergency appeal by N. M. Rothschild English 

  18. Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: Correspondence and papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm archive of correspondence and papers was created by the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee. Most of the correspondence is either addressed to David Makovski or written by him. The overwhelming majority of letters in this collection relate to the fate of individual refugees.

  19. League of nations: papers re refugees

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection of documentation deals with the role of the League of Nations, in particular with regard to the problem of Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany, c1938-1939. The papers include minutes, agenda, reports and memoranda of the Refugees Committee of the League of Nations.Documentation on the role of the League of Nations Refugee Committee with particular regard to the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany including the following.Memorandum re treatment of refugees in Great Britain,...

  20. ‘The St. Louis Affair': list of passengers who found refuge in Great Britain

    This copy list of passengers on the infamous ship, the St. Louis, was probably generated from a database at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington.