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  1. Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P)

    1. P.3 -Isaac Weissman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon

    Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P) Also in the file: - Correspondence with Pierre Mendès France, 1943-1960; - Copies of letters from P. Lichtenstein, Jewish Agency representative in Portugal and Spain, regarding the relations among the Jewish organizations there, 1943; - List of rabbis who received visas to Mauritius (the list is attached to correspondence with the Chief Rabbi's Religious Emergency Council in London).

  2. George Lakenbacher papers

    Contains statistics relating to the work of American Relief Organizations in Spain.

  3. Westerweel Groep

    • Westerweel Group

    The Westerweel group provided protection to Jewish children and young adults at the assorted hakhsharah institutions. Joop Westerweel organized underground training for the children of the Youth Aliyah in the Loosdrechtse Rade. There he met Joachim Simons, who warned him about the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. The resistance group associated with the Westerweels arranged places to hide for a great many young adults. Small groups fled to Spain and Switzerland via Belgium and France. At least 60 young adults reached Spain.

  4. Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs records

    Contains correspondence, reports, notices, diplomatic memoranda, personal indexes, and other documents relating to the situation of the Jewish population in Europe between 1943 and 1946. The collection pertains to the activities of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Holocaust and after World War II. Records include the following subjects: Jewish emigration matters; political and economic situation of the Jewish war refugees; International Red Cross, World Jewish Congress, American Jewish Distribution Committee and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration activ...

  5. Shaul S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Shaul S., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1924, the second of three children. He recounts his father's service in World War I; attending a Jewish school; his father purchasing property in the Netherlands; moving to Oosterbeek after Adolf Hitler's 1933 election; moving to Arnhem; joining Maccabi Hatzair; attending the Berlin Olympics in 1936; his maternal grandparents joining them after Kristallnacht; his grandparents' relocation to Westerbork as German refugees; their release to Amsterdam; working in his father's poultry business; moving to Amsterdam; German invas...

  6. Legation of the Republic of Poland In Madrid Poselstwo Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Madrycie (A. 45)

    Contains documents of the concentration camp Miranda del Ebro, Spain including arrests and internment records of Polish and Jewish people, 1940-1943.

  7. Herbert Kline papers

    Correspondence, documents, and photographs, related to the work of American documentary filmmaker Herbert Kline, and in particular his work on films documenting political crises in Europe in the late 1930s and early 1940s, in particular the film "Crisis," which treated the subject of Czechoslovakia during the Sudeten crisis of 1938. Includes scripts, correspondence with film companies, letters of reference, news clippings, and other materials related to the production and distribution of "Crisis," as well as material related to a film about the Spanish Civil War, "Heart of Spain" and a subs...

  8. Dolf and Cato Ringel papers

    Dolf and Cato Ringel were a Jewish couple residing in Amsterdam, before escaping German occupation and living in Spain. Their papers include correspondence from family members, identification and food distribution cards, and documents relating to the death of Dolf’s father Meilach. Other items include permits of residence and certificates of safe passage, as well as a revocation of German citizenship. Also included are various news clippings, and a copy of Dolf’s memoir recalling his journey. The Dolf and Cato Ringel papers contain correspondence and documents collected during their time du...

  10. Lists of prisoners in the Miranda de Ebro Camp

    The collection contains lists of prisoners in the Miranda de Ebro Camp; 1940-1947 Miranda was the central camp in Spain for foreign prisoners. This camp was used for several kinds of prisoners. The three main categories were: international brigadiers (captured during the Civil War); male prisoners who illegally crossed the border (women were not held in military camps, but provincial prisons); and German military personnel and German collaborators interned in the so-called Campo Aleman. Some of the inmates were Jews. The photocopied lists include the name plus nationality of inmates. The el...

  11. Selma A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Selma A. who was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1905. She recounts moving at age one to Halberstadt; her father volunteering during World War I; their assimilated lifestyle; attending high school; working in Hamburg; her mother's death in 1927; marriage in 1932 (her husband's father was American); anti-Jewish restrictions starting in 1933; her son's birth; leaving for Antwerp; German invasion in 1940; her husband's arrest and incarceration in Gurs; his release when his father sent United States citizenship papers; his emigration to the U.S.; traveling to Marseille; payi...

  12. Carlos Stern family collection

    The collection consists of an Iron Cross medal, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Stern family in Germany, Italy, Spain, and South Africa.

  13. Holocaust materials

    Includes material regarding the story of 93 girls who arrived to Canada in 1942 and the Spanish Civil War.

  14. Holocaust materials

    Includes material regarding the story of 93 girls who arrived to Canada in 1942 and the Spanish Civil War.

  15. Iberian Escapees

    1. UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES (UJRA)
    2. Canadian Jewish Congress Special Immigration Cases

    Under an international Jewish wartimes rescue scheme initiated by JDC in 1944, Canada admitted certain family groups who had managed to escape to temporary refuge in Portugal, Spain and Tangier. A family escaping via Japan is also among this group.

  17. Spanish Line luggage tag collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee

    1. Herman Silbiger collection

    A luggage tag from the Spanish Line that was part of a collection kept by Herman Silbiger in a cigar tin, capturing his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.

  18. Cigar tin used by a Dutch Jewish refugee

    1. Herman Silbiger collection

    A cigar tin Herman Silbiger used to collect and store materials from his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945. Herman's family referred to the tin as "Het Blikke Doosje," or "the little tin box." Materials, such as tickets and other items, kept in the tin were compiled into a scrapbook within a school exercise book.

  19. Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee

    1. Herman Silbiger collection

    A Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label that was part of a collection kept by Herman Silbiger in a cigar tin, capturing his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.