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  1. Figurine of a man in folk costume playing a clarinet 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.

  2. Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis

    1. Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

    One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...

  3. Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis

    1. Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

    One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...

  4. Leather coin purse with 3 pins, a Dutch coin, and a metal key carried by a young Jewish Austrian refugee to the US

    1. Doriane Kurz collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41715
    • English
    • a: Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Diameter: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) b: Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) c: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) d: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) e: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) f: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Coin purse (a) with miniature life preserver pin (b), Sweden pin (c), Dutch coin (d), metal cameo pin (e), and metal key (f) carried by 10 year old Doriane Kurz when she emigrated from Sweden to the United States in July 1946. Doriane and her family fled Vienna, Austria, in early 1939 after the annexation with Nazi Germany the previous year. They went to the Netherlands which was occupied by Germany in May 1940. Her father, Meilach, was deported to Auschwitz death camp in August 1942. Doriane, her mother Klara, and her 7 year old brother, Alfred, were deported to Bergen Belsen concentration...

  5. Jewish Refugee Alliance in Switzerland / Union of Jewish Refugees in Switzerland Jüdischer Flüchtlingsverband in der Schweiz / Union Jüdischer Flüchtlinge in der Schweiz

    The collection pertains to the activities of the Jewish Refugee Alliance in Switzerland / Union of Jewish Refugees in Switzerland during the immediate postwar period, 1945-1948.

  7. Survey of the condition of Jewish refugee children in Switzerland taken from a report issued by the Organization for the Advancement of Jewish Art in Switzerland, May 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

    Survey of the condition of Jewish refugee children in Switzerland taken from a report issued by the Organization for the Advancement of Jewish Art in Switzerland, May 1945

  8. Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

    Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945 Circulars and reports regarding the Jewish refugees in Switzerland.

  9. Reports regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, ORT (Organization Rehabilitation Trade) activities and several letters sent from refugee camps in Switzerland, 1945

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Reports regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, ORT (Organization Rehabilitation Trade) activities and several letters sent from refugee camps in Switzerland, 1945

  10. Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Also in the file: - Correspondence with the Swiss Committee for Aid to Child Refugees, 14 September 1943-01 May 1944; - Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with various Jews, mainly women, who volunteered to send weekly food parcels to a specific child in a camp, September-October 1943; - Lists of children brought to the Charmilles camp a...

  11. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944 Also in the file: Lists of names of refugees some of whom are in camps and some of whom have emigrated including the country to which they emigrated.

  12. Documentation regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, and a lawsuit against the JDC organization by Israel Polak, a Jewish refugee from the Netherlands, 1943-1949

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, and a lawsuit against the JDC organization by Israel Polak, a Jewish refugee from the Netherlands, 1943-1949 Documentation regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, 1943-1947: - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Dutch Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of relief to Jewish refugees from the Netherlands who arrived to Switzerland as stateless citizens; - Letter sent by the Dutch Legation regarding relief expenses for the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including a list of names of t...

  13. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund administration in London and with Theodor Grubner, the former representative of the Fund in Geneva

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund administration in London and with Theodor Grubner, the former representative of the Fund in Geneva Correspondence with the Polish Jewish Refugee fund administration in London and with Theodor Grubner, the former representative of the Fund in Geneva, regarding work arrangements and funding of activities for the relief of the Jews in Poland. Also in the file: - A few letters from Meir Grossman from London regarding Fund activities and criticism of the situation in the Zionist movement, April-May 1940.

  14. Memoirs of Eliezer Yerushalmi titled, "Experiences of a Refugee who put Down Roots in Israel: Culmination of the Chapters in Eliezer Yerushalmi's Life"

    1. P.4 - Dr. Eliezer Yerushalmi Collection: Documentation from the Siauliai Ghetto

    Memoirs of Eliezer Yerushalmi titled, "Experiences of a Refugee who put Down Roots in Israel: Culmination of the Chapters in Eliezer Yerushalmi's Life" Three notebooks attached to each other, handwritten, in Hebrew, 87 pages; the copies are typewritten, 40 pages.

  15. Memoirs of Eliezer Yerushalmi regarding his experiences as a refugee on his way to Eretz Israel, titled, "From the Forests in the North to the Carmel Grove"

    1. P.4 - Dr. Eliezer Yerushalmi Collection: Documentation from the Siauliai Ghetto

    Memoirs of Eliezer Yerushalmi regarding his experiences as a refugee on his way to Eretz Israel, titled, "From the Forests in the North to the Carmel Grove" Two notebooks, handwritten, in Hebrew (Part I - 229 pages, Part II - 236 pages).

  16. Memoirs of Aharon Glazer, regarding his experiences in the Netherlands as a Jewish refugee from Germany and his deportation to Westerbork

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957

    Memoirs of Aharon Glazer, regarding his experiences in the Netherlands as a Jewish refugee from Germany and his deportation to Westerbork

  17. Correspondence of the Federation of Polish Jews in America [FPJA] with the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund and the representatives in Geneva regarding relief help for Jews in Poland

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Correspondence of the Federation of Polish Jews in America [FPJA] with the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund and the representatives in Geneva regarding relief help for Jews in Poland Correspondence of the Federation of Polish Jews in America with the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund and the representatives in Geneva regarding relief help for Jews in Poland and inquiry into their situation by their relatives in the United States; the majority of the correspondence carried out via postcards to Poland and includes replies to the postcards that were sent; Included in the file: - Protocol of a meeting that ...

  18. Booklet of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund containing the alphabetically arranged names and addresses of Jews in Poland whose relatives in the United States are trying to locate them

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Booklet of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund containing the alphabetically arranged names and addresses of Jews in Poland whose relatives in the United States are trying to locate them

  19. Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representatives in Geneva and the Hilfsaktion Fuer Notleidende Juden In Polen (Relief Operation for Needy Jews in Poland) in Zurich regarding the provision of relief help to Jews in Poland

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representatives in Geneva and the Hilfsaktion Fuer Notleidende Juden In Polen (Relief Operation for Needy Jews in Poland) in Zurich regarding the provision of relief help to Jews in Poland Personal letters sent to Jews in Poland by their relatives; requests sent to the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva to provide relief for Jews in Poland and to inquire into the condition of their relatives; list of the numbers of POWs and Polish nationals in camps in Germany and occupied Poland arranged by the International Red Cross; guidelines ...

  20. Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representatives in Geneva, the World Jewish Congress and the Oost Joodsch Verbond (Eastern Jewish Federation) in Amsterdam and in The Hague regarding providing relief help to Jews in Poland

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    Correspondence of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund with the representatives in Geneva, the World Jewish Congress and the Oost Joodsch Verbond (Eastern Jewish Federation) in Amsterdam and in The Hague regarding providing relief help to Jews in Poland Included in the file: Photographs attached to p. 225.