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  1. Decorative pin with engraved initials CB made in Kenya for a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany

    1. Werner and Inge Berg Katzenstein family collection

    Handcrafted pin with the initials CB made for Clara Davids Berg, when the extended Berg family was living in Kenya after fleeing Cologne, Germany, in May/June 1939. The family had lived in nearby Lechenich for generations, but under the Nazi dictatorship, which took power in 1933, Jews were made outcasts from German society. The Berg's were warned by neighbors to leave their home prior to the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9-10, 1938. Their houses were vandalized and the family decided to leave Germany. They wanted to stay together as a family and a friend got them permits for British rul...

  2. Prayers of the Israelites Yom Kippur prayer book given to a German Kindertransport refugee by her father

    1. Baer family collection

    Prayer book for the first evening and second day of Yom Kippur inscribed with a message to Lore Baer for her 13th birthday by her father, Hellmuth Baer, while he was in Shanghai, China. Lore was living with her father and mother, Hedwig in Mannheim, Germany, when on November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, German SS officers entered the family’s apartment, destroyed their belongings, arrested Hellmuth, and sent him to Dachau concentration camp. Lore’s mother secured his release in December 1938, and got him passage to Shanghai. In May 1939, Lore was sent to England on a Kindertra...

  3. Prayers of the Israelites Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah prayer book given to a German Kindertransport refugee by her father

    1. Baer family collection

    Prayer book for the first and second day of Rosh Hashanah inscribed with a message to Lore Baer for her 13th birthday by her father, Hellmuth Baer, while he was in Shanghai, China. Lore was living with her father and mother, Hedwig in Mannheim, Germany, when on November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, German SS officers entered the family’s apartment, destroyed their belongings, arrested Hellmuth, and sent him to Dachau concentration camp. Lore’s mother secured his release in December 1938, and got him passage to Shanghai. In May 1939, Lore was sent to England on a Kindertranspor...

  4. Button from a World War I British military uniform found by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium

    1. Michel Shadur family collection

    Button with the Royal Coat of Arms found by 10 year old old Joseph Schadur in the sand dunes near Oostduinkerke, Belgium, where he and his sister spent summer vacations. The button is from the uniform of a British soldier from the First World War. Joseph's father, Michel, left Germany in 1935 because the Nazi government's anti-Jewish policies were making it dangerous to live there. His wife, Manja, their 2 children, Joseph and his 4 year old sister, Benita, and his mother joined him in Antwerp, Belgium, in January 1936. After the Germans occupied Belgium in May 1940, the family was forced t...

  5. Button from a World War I British military uniform found in the sand by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium

    1. Michel Shadur family collection

    Button with the Royal Coat of Arms found by 10 year old old Joseph Schadur in the sand dunes near Oostduinkerke, Belgium, where he and his sister spent summer vacations. The button is from the uniform of a British soldier from the First World War. Joseph's father, Michel, left Germany in 1935 because the Nazi government's anti-Jewish policies were making it dangerous to live there. His wife, Manja, their 2 children, Joseph and his 4 year old sister, Benita, and his mother joined him in Antwerp, Belgium, in January 1936. After the Germans occupied Belgium in May 1940, the family was forced t...

  6. Committee for Jewish Refugee Assistance "HICEM," Zagreb Hilfskomitee für jüdischen Flüchtlinge HICEM-Odbor za pomoc židovskim izbeglicam, Zagreb (Fond 1430)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Records related to the activities of the Zagreb Office of the HICEM Committee in Yugoslavia. The Zagreb office of HICEM gained importance after the Anschluss in 1938, when Austrian and German Jews tried to flee Europe, joined in smaller numbers by Czech, Polish, and Hungarian Jews. HICEM Zagreb registered and sheltered the refugees during their temporary stay in Yugoslavia, and took care of their everyday needs. HICEM also advised them about visas, transportation routes, tickets, and prepared them for emigration, in the process providing many with financial aid. The collection contains exte...

  7. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration of Jewish citizens from Austria in 1938 after the so called "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich. Additionally information pages on life as a refugee in Great Britain, employement regulations, official German questionaires regarding emigration, official instructions for children boarding one of the "Kindertransports" as well as containing lists with adresses and general advice.

  8. Jewish Refugee Committee, Londen / Agudas Jisroel, Frankfurt / Agoedas Jisroel, Enschede / Agoedas Jisroel, Rotterdam / Comité voor opleiding van kind...

    1. Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen
    2. Contacten met hulporganisaties en overheidsinstanties
    3. Hulporganisaties
    4. Correspondentie met joodse Hachscharah-organisaties (voor Palestina-pioniers)

    Jewish Refugee Committee, LondenAgudas Jisroel, FrankfurtAgoedas Jisroel, EnschedeAgoedas Jisroel, RotterdamComité voor opleiding van kinderen in Palestina, AmsterdamVereniging tot Vakopleiding van Palestina-Pioniers, AmsterdamDath Waärets, HaarlemVereniging tot Vakopleiding van Palestina-Pioniers, Deventer

  9. Political aspects of the refugee problem in relation to the conference called by the US Secretary of State

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A note on the advantages and disadvantages of the USA organizing the Evian conference including topics, which should be discussed at the conference such as propaganda.

  10. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and immigration to Great Britain, including important details for life as a refugee in Great Britain, containing lists, adresses, advice and contacts for refugess from Austria after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938. The documents also contains a list regarding children who are about to be sent to Great Britain on a so called "Kindertransport".

  11. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB Harbin with a Jewish relief society in Paris regarding missing refugee families and entry visa permit regulations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB Harbin with a Jewish relief society in Paris regarding missing refugee families said to have embarked en sea-route to Mandchukuo, but have not arrived within the last three weeks as well as entry visa permit regulations to settle in Mandchukuo.

  12. Pomocný výbor pro uprchlíky, Paříž

    • Committee for Refugee Assistance in Paris
    • PVU
    • NAD 658
    • Comité d’Assistance aux Refugiés
    • Národní archiv
    • 658
    • English
    • 1936-1942
    • The fonds consists of 47,84 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. All material is accessible.

    The fonds Pomocný výbor pro uprchlíky, Paříž contains mainly of the correspondence of refugees, mainly from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, with the Comité d’Assistance aux Refugiés. The correspondence is sorted by surnames of the refugees. Czechoslovak refugees are organized separately. Box 322 contains correspondence of the Comité d’Assistance aux Refugiés with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the other refugee organisations like the Schutzverband deutscher Schriftsteller.

  13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Stockholm

    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, diplomatic representation, The legation refugee office
    • Rigsarkivet
    • Udenrigsministeriet Stockholm
    • Danish, English
    • 45 parcels

    Concerns Danish refugees in Sweden - both resistance fighters and Jews. The name index is used as the entrance to the files.

  14. I Search for my Happiness in the Forest and on the Moor! Child's drawing of a faraway house by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Fred Vendig family collection

    Colored pencil drawing of an imaginary landscape done by Fritz Vendig, 12, when he was living as a refugee from Nazi Germany in Maur, Switzerland, with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, and younger brother Heiner. In the mid-1930s, Ernst's business was taken from him when it was Aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, they prepared to leave. On May 13, 1939, the family, along with Ernst's mother Pauline, sailed for Cuba on the MS St. Louis. Cuban authorities refused entry to nearly all passengers. Appeals were made to the...

  15. Homeless on the High Seas Book written by the Captain of the MS St. Louis and owned by a passenger and German Jewish refugee

    1. Fred Vendig family collection

    Memoir covering the 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis, written and signed by the captain of the ship, Gustav Schroeder, and owned by Fritz Vendig who was a passenger on the ship with his family. Fritz grew up in Germany with his parents, Ernst and Charlotte, his younger brother, Heiner, and his paternal grandmother, Pauline. In the mid-1930s, Ernst’s business was taken from him when it was aryanized, or cleansed of Jews. In November 1938, Ernst was arrested during Kristallnacht. After his release, the family prepared to leave, and on May 13, 1939, they set sail for Cuba on the St. Louis with ...

  16. Silk matzah holder with a handpainted fruit and floral design for Passover created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Leopold Schein collection

    Silk matzoh holder with pockets and a hand painted harvest design painted by Poldek (Leopold) Schein in 1948, when he was living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. It is made from parachute silk as a gift for his uncle Jacob who sponsored his immigration. It has an inscription to "Our beloved aunt and uncle Pepi and Leib Schein Belzen 1948." The paints were sent to him by hin uncle from the United States. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. Nineteen year old Poldek lived in Krakow with his parents Abraham and Mania, three brothers, Joseph, Herman, and Jacob, and t...

  17. Challah cover with a handpainted crest of lions with a crown with a Star of David created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Leopold Schein collection

    Silk hallah cover with a design painted by Poldek (Leopold) Schein in 1948 when he was living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. The cover is made from parachute silk and has an image of two golden lions holding a gold crown topped with a Star of David, with red flower clusters in each corner. The paints were sent to him by his uncle in the United States. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. Nineteen year old Poldek lived in Krakow with his parents Abraham and Mania, three brothers, Joseph, Herman, and Jacob, and two sisters Esther and Helena. Leopold, his father a...

  18. Set of US Army issue dog tags and a key on a chain belonging to a German Jewish refugee and soldier

    1. Berthold Meier collection

    Dog tags issued to Berthold Meier, a German Jewish refugee, during his service in the United States Army from April 6, 1943 to March 17, 1946. A small key is also attached to the same ball chain holding the dog tags. Berthold grew up in Littfeld, Germany with his mother, Toni. His father, Seligmann, died when Berthold was 8 years old. His mother was killed in the Holocaust after being deported to Poland's Zamosc Ghetto in April 1942. Berthold was working as a butcher in Littfeld when Hitler came to power in January 1933. Following the passage of the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935, Berthol...

  20. Figurine of a man in folk costume playing an accordion brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from prewar Germany

    1. Hans Reinhardt collection

    Figurine that belonged to 23 year old Hans Rosenberg (later Reinhardt) when he emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938 with his sisters, Ava and Gretl. His family decided that Hans and his sisters must leave Germany because of the dangerous anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi government. Hans and his sisters left Berlin in April 1938 for Cuba because they could not get US visas. They arrived safely in New York in May 1938.