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  1. [Correspondence & Reports of Dutch, Jewish Relief Organizations regarding Jewish Refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains correspondence and numerous reports of Jewish refugee relief organizations in the Netherlands pertaining to the situation of Jewish refugees and the contiguous stream of Jewish and political exiles into Holland during the 1930s up until 1940 when the subsequent German occupation of the Netherlands began. The file contains reports in particular by two organizations, the "Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen" as well as the "Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen", moreover the High Commisioner for Refugees of the League of Nations as well as the Red Cross pertaining to the ...

  2. [Correspondence & Reports of Dutch, Jewish Relief Organizations regarding Jewish Refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains correspondence and numerous reports of Jewish refugee relief organizations in the Netherlands pertaining to the situation of Jewish refugees and the contiguous stream of Jewish and political exiles into Holland during the 1930s up until 1940 when the subsequent German occupation of the Netherlands began. The file contains reports in particular by two organizations, the "Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen" as well as the "Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen", moreover the High Commisioner for Refugees of the League of Nations as well as the Red Cross pertaining to the ...

  3. Memorandum submitted to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Memorandum of the Jewish Agency for Palestine submitted to the Evian Conference. The memorandum is discussing the current events and the situation of Jews in Europe and Palestine. It is further calling for an alleviation of the Jewish immigration in various countries and particularly to Palestine.

  4. [Actions of governmental and privat organizations in regard to refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains correspondences between privat and governmental organizations in regard to refugees. Memoranda, reports, letters and plans of action can be seen. The principle of these organization is to protect the human victims of great political upheavals and especially of the intolerance of arbitrary governments. The 'League of Nation Union', for example, published an aide-mémoire concerning the problem of the refugees. Topics mentioned in the aide-mémoire are the coordination and cooperation to assist the German and Austrian refugees, as well as refugees from Czechoslovakia. Weather ...

  5. [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 ...

  6. Convention concerning the status of refugees coming from Germany

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a convention concerning the status of refugees coming from Germany. The convention was signed by seven states, which like the 1936 provisional arrangement contained some restrictions on expulsion and refoulement. The convention shows definitions and handlings regarding the refugees. Beeing desirous of supplementing and consolidating the work done by the league of nation on behalf of the refugee. An identity certificate for refugees coming from Germany is also attached. This certificate is issued for the purpose of providing refugees from Germany with identety papers to tak...

  7. Draft. Memorandum for the Governmental conference on refugees

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A draft memorandum about the numbers of Jewish population of Germany and Jewish emigration. The memorandum discusses the limitation on Jewish Germans in medical, pharmaceutical, legal professions as well as universities and civil service. It further suggests the retraining of young Jews in manual and artisan professions. Presentation of the numbers of emigrants accepted in other states and asserts the economic difficulties posed by Germany for the Jewish emigrants. Jewish organizations contribute money to help immigration as well as support to Academic and Intellectual refugees. There is a ...

  8. [Correspondence & Reports of Dutch, Jewish Relief Organizations regarding Jewish Refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains correspondence and numerous reports of Jewish refugee relief organizations in the Netherlands pertaining to the situation of Jewish refugees and the contiguous stream of Jewish and political exiles in Holland during the 1930s up until 1940 when the subsequent German occupation of the Netherlands began. The file contains reports in particular by two organizations, the "Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen" as well as the "Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen", moreover the High Commisioner for Refugees of the League of Nations as well as the Red Cross pertaining to the nu...

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    Jewish Museum London

    • United Kingdom
    • Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, London, London
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    World Jewish Relief

    • Central British Fund
    • United Kingdom
    • Oscar Joseph House, 54 Crewys Road, London, England

  11. Comité d’Assistance aux Refugiés

    • Committee for Assistance to Refugees
    • CAR

    With the moderation of French policy toward the refugees as a result of the election of the Popular Front government in the spring of 1936, French Jewish refugee relief revived. At the initiative of the Joint Distribution Committee, a new committee, Comité d’Assistance aux Refugiés, was established with Raymond-Raoul Lambert as its general secretary. Under Lambert’s leadership, CAR focused on providing assistance, including vocational retraining, that would enable the refugees to finds a niche in France. From the fall of 1938 until the outbreak of the war in 1939-09 the staff of CAR worked ...

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    Archives de l'ORT

    • Archives of the ORT
    • France
    • 4 bis rue des Rosiers, Paris, Île-de-France
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    Dunera Museum

    • Hay Internment & Prisoner of War Camps Interpretive Centre
    • Australia
    • 421 Murray Street, Hay, New South Wales
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    Stockholms Stadsarkiv

    • Stockholm City Archives
    • Sweden
    • Kungsklippan 6, Stockholm , Stockholm
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    American Friends Service Committee

    • AFSC
    • United States
    • 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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    Varian Fry Foundation Project

    • United States
    • 405 El Camino Real # 213, Menlo Park, California
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    Državni arhiv u Karlovcu

    • The Karlovac State Archive
    • DAKA
    • Croatia
    • Ljudevita Šestića 5, Karlovac
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    The Zekelman Holocaust Center Library Archive

    • The Holocaust Memorial Center Library-Archive
    • United States
    • 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Mills, Michigan