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  1. [A letter from Bentwich to Lord Herbert Samuel regarding Evian Conference]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A letter regarding the Zionists' wish to bring before the Evian Conference the whole Jewish problem and their pressure for the opening of Palestine for larger Jewish emigration. The American government is calling the conference primarily to deal with the problem of refugees from Germany and Austria rather than with a purely Jewish problem. There is no point of turning conference into a Jewish problem and it is better to focus on non-Aryan victims in Austria. According to Bentwich, it seems to be a pity that they Zionist should at this moment stress the need for a much greater immigration in...

  2. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of an anonymous author who is named "a pioneer"; he describes the German and Soviet occupation of Łomża. The Germans occupied the city in early September and the soviets entered it on September 29th. He describes arrests and repressions by both German and Soviet occupying forces. The soviets forcibly registered all young and middle aged men for immigration, and arrested political leaders of Zionist organizations and the Jewish Bund. The Germans looted stores and Jewish property, and arrested men. The bombardment destroyed buildings in the city including the markets, synagogues, an...

  3. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testament of Herzke Freitag, a 23 year old textile worker from Belchatow. He describes the arrival of refugees on the first day of the war, and the panic they spread, and the air raid sirens. The author with a large number of townsmen, including local peasants, fled to Pabianice, which was burning. Together with the population of Pabianice the refugees continued to Lodz. He describes the entrance of the German military into Lodz on Saturday with a marching band and the rejoicing of the local German population. He describes his return to Belchatow and the repressions against the Jewish popul...

  4. Fred Vendig papers

    1. Fred Vendig family collection

    The Fred Vendig papers includes biographical materials, a pocket calendar, correspondence, immigration papers, personal narratives, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Vendig family’s expropriation by the Nazi government, 1939 voyage aboard the M.S. St. Louis, refuge in Belgium, internment in French concentration camps, refuge in Switzerland, and immigration to the United States. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; identification papers; and student, citizenship, refugee, and camp papers. The records trace the Vendig family’s precarious cit...

  5. Painting of an outdoor domestic scene given to an UNRRA official

    1. Rachel Greene Rottersman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn183412
    • English
    • 1947
    • overall: Height: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Width: 21.750 inches (55.245 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) pictorial area: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)

    Painting of a scene at the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Aglasterhausen Children’s Center, in Unterschwarzach (now Schwarzach), Germany, owned by the director, Rachel Greene Rottersman. The children’s center opened in October 1945, and employed UNRRA personnel, skilled staff from the displaced persons (DP) population, and local German maintenance workers. The children lived in a structured environment, received classroom instruction, participated in music and arts, enjoyed planned recreation time, and were responsible for regular chores. The UNRRA ceased it...

  6. Painting of a building given to an UNRRA official

    1. Rachel Greene Rottersman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn183411
    • English
    • 1947
    • overall: Height: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Width: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) pictorial area: Height: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm) | Width: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm)

    Painting of entrance gates to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Aglasterhausen Children’s Center, in Unterschwarzach (now Schwarzach), Germany, owned by the director, Rachel Greene Rottersman. The children’s center opened in October 1945, and employed UNRRA personnel, skilled staff from the displaced persons (DP) population, and local German maintenance workers. The children lived in a structured environment, received classroom instruction, participated in music and arts, enjoyed planned recreation time, and were responsible for regular chores. The UNRRA ce...

  7. Painting of an estate given to an UNRRA official

    1. Rachel Greene Rottersman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn183409
    • English
    • 1947
    • overall: Height: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) pictorial area: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 20.750 inches (52.705 cm)

    Painting of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Aglasterhausen Children’s Center, in Unterschwarzach (now Schwarzach), Germany, owned by the director, Rachel Greene Rottersman. The children’s center opened in October 1945, and employed UNRRA personnel, skilled staff from the displaced persons (DP) population, and local German maintenance workers. The children lived in a structured environment, received classroom instruction, participated in music and arts, enjoyed planned recreation time, and were responsible for regular chores. The UNRRA ceased its DP operat...

  8. Watercolor painting of a children’s home given to an UNRRA official

    1. Rachel Greene Rottersman collection

    Watercolor painting of the view from balcony of Dagmar Kiwit’s room, painted by her father, artist Richard Kiwit (or Kivit) and gifted to Rachel Greene Rottersman, director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Aglasterhausen Children’s Center, in Unterschwarzach, Germany. Richard Kiwit was a well-known Estonian illustrator who moved to Germany in 1944. Dagmar Elisabeth Kiwit (later Moder), was a pediatrician, and following the war, worked as a Medical Officer at Aglasterhausen Children’s Center. The children’s center opened in October 1945, and employed UNR...

  9. Watercolor painting of a street scene given to an UNRRA official

    1. Rachel Greene Rottersman collection

    Watercolor painting of a bridge and road to the village of Unterschwarzach, painted by artist Richard Kiwit (or Kivit) and gifted to Rachel Greene Rottersman, director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Aglasterhausen Children’s Center, in Unterschwarzach, Germany. Richard Kiwit was a well-known Estonian illustrator who moved to Germany in 1944. His daughter, Dagmar Elisabeth Kiwit (later Moder), was a pediatrician, and following the war worked as a Medical Officer at Aglasterhausen Children’s Center. The children’s center opened in October 1945, and empl...

  10. Rescue Department

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Relief and Rescue Departments

    Included are files of Aryeh L. Kubowitzki and Rudolf Glanz, together with inquiries and locations concerning missing Jews and records of rescue work in post-war Europe. Box D104. Folder 1. List of incoming mail and cables, 1944 July 21-November 9 Box D104. Folder 2. Kubowitzki, Aryeh L., 1944-1946 Box D104. Folder 3. Rescue Committee minutes, 1944-1945 Box D104. Folder 4. Sephardic communities correspondence, 1942-1943 Box D104. Folder 5. Women's Institute of Jewish Studies, 1943 December-1944 February Box D104. Folder 6. Peace Aims Planning Committee, 1941-1944 Box D104. Folder 7. Post-war...

  11. Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman papers

    Contains photographs and documents relating to Vera Lechtman's parents, Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman, before World War II in Vienna, Austria, and in Łódź, Poland; their immigration to Palestine in 1936; and their subsequent immigration to Europe in 1938. Includes photogaphs of Sioma Lechtman in the Gurs concentration camp in France, where he was interned after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

  12. Italie : Florence, ACEF

    Cette collection réunit une très riche documentation provenant des Archives de la communauté juive de Florence au sujet de la persécution antisémite à Florence sous le fascisme et notamment sous l'occupation nazie. Parmi les sujets majeurs, il est important de mentionner l'assistance accordée par la communauté juive florentine aux réfugiés juifs d'Allemagne (dès 1933) et l'institution des écoles privées juives suite à l'exclusion des élèves juifs de l'école publique nationale (dès 1938). Parmi les archives d'après-guerre, l'on compte de nombreux dossiers concernant les activités d'assistanc...

  14. Haut Commissariat à la Sécurité de l’État.

    Ce fonds est très riche. On notera notamment les séries et sous-fonds suivants : 1er inventaire : Commission du Rapatriement ; Instruction Publique ; Mouvements de résistance en Belgique occupée, dont le Front de l’Indépendance, les Réfractaires et le Parti Communiste ; 2ème inventaire : Divers, n°702 : Israélites – regroupement des déportés ; Dossiers individuels ; Situation à l’intérieur du pays, dont des pièces concernant les épurations, l’affichage, la collaboration, les activités clandestines, la collaboration économique, la mise sous séquestre, Internements, Centres d’internements ; R...