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  1. General Association of Jews in France. Camp Commission

    Consists of records relating to the operations of the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF) Commission des Camps, The Commission des Camps was headquartered in Toulouse, halfway between the camps of Gurs and Rivesaltes, and proximate to three other camps. The Commission's goal was the centralization of camp archives. The collection includes hundreds of letters from refugees and internees, testifying to the plight of Jews in France during occupation.

  2. 1. Nations Unies. Conseil économique et social (E.C.O. S.O.C.) Commission plénière sur les réfugiés. Comptes-rendus de séances, septembre 1946 (K 30) Sous-commission des refugiés. Comptes-rendus de séances, septembre 1946, texte anglais et français (K 31) Sous-commission des Finances de l'O.I.R. Comptes-rendus de séances, septembre 1946 (K 32) 2. Nations Unies. Assemblée générale 3e commission. Documents, octobre - novembre 1946, texte anglais et français (la partie française est plus complète) (K 33) 3e commission. Comptes-rendus de séances, 6 novembre - 18 décembre 1946 (K 34) Rapport du Conseil économique et social sur la question des réfugiés et la constitution de l'O.I.R. 22 octobre 1946 (K 35) Réfugiés et personnes déplacées, rapport de la 3e commission, 13 décembre 1946 (K 36) Questions financières et budgétaires concernant l'O.I.R., rapport de la 5e commission, 13 décembre 1946 (K 37) Textes des débats de la 66e et 67e séances plénières de l'Assemblée générale, 23-24 décembre 1946 (K 38) Note explicative sur la participation financière des états membres aux dépenses de l'O.I.R., 29 octobre 1946 (K 29) Budget provisoire pour le premier exercice financier de l'O.I.R. Amendements à la constitution de l'O.I.R., 1946 (K 40) 5e commission. Questions administratives et budgétaires. Comptes-rendus de séances, 5 - 14 décembre 1946 (K 41) 5e commission. Sous-commission des contributions. Comptes-rendus de séances, 19 novembre - 12 décembre 1946 (K 42) Constitution de l'O.I.R., 15 décembre 1946, texte français et espagnol (K 44)

    1. Organisation internationale pour les réfugiés
    2. L'ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LES REFUGIES (O.I.R.)
    3. II DOCUMENTATION DE BASE
    4. 9. Documentation diverse

  4. Alejandro Landman family papers

    Consists of two memoirs, one of Alejandro (Elhanan) Landman, born in Poland in 1933. Mr. Landman reconstructed by memory his childhood diary, which relates his life in German-occupied eastern Poland between 1941-1945 (25 pages). The other memoir is of Mrs. Pepe Landman, mother of Alejandro, written from Montevideo in 1986-1987, relating the Holocaust experiences of herself and her family (67 pages). The family moved from Stanislawow to Lwow in 1941 and lived there until 1943, when they went into hiding in Buczacz. After the war, they emigrated to Uruguay. Collection also contains copies of ...

  5. Thomas W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Thomas W., who was born in Prague in 1917 in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. He recalls his parents' total assimilation; moving to Hamburg; his parents' divorce in 1934; their return to Prague; studying English literature and linguistics; teaching at a Swiss boarding school; returning to Czechoslovakia; German occupation; futile efforts to emigrate through Poland; obtaining a refugee fellowship at Harvard University; receiving exit documents; parting from his mother; traveling on a train full of German soldiers; arriving in Holland; crossing to England; leaving for the...

  7. Archive of the Federation of Swiss Jewish Communities (SIG) Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG)

    Pertains to the activities of the Federation of Swiss Jewish Communities (SIG). Contains records relating to immigration and emigration of Jews; to the rescue of Jews from Nazi-occupied areas of Europe; care of the refugees’ financial needs; founding of the Hilfe und Aufbau commission, which goal was to support and rebuild the ravaged, remaining Jewish communities in Europe and to assist stateless Jewish Holocaust survivors with emigration to Palestine, Israel, and to other destinations.

  9. Fundraising newsreel for postwar rehabilitation in the Netherlands

    Volkshertsel Amsterdam, 1945. Dutch newsreel containing retrospective footage from throughout WWII, aimed at inciting the Dutch public to give money to support government postwar rehabilitation programs. Narration of the misery of war, accompanied by scenes of people pushing their belongings in the street, soldiers scrambling, burned out buildings, and blindfolded corpses. A train arriving, followed by men walking out of the station under a Dutch flag, changes the tone to the present, and scenes outline various government programs ("Joodische Ontvangst Commissie"-- "Jewish Reception Committ...

  10. Chris Lerman photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight photographs of Chris and Miles Lerman, their friends, and their family, during their time in the Berlin Schlachtensee displaced persons camp in Germany after liberation and their voyage to the United States on board the "Marine Perch." Also included in the collection are three photographs of the Lermans' friends in Bergen-Belsen.

  13. Georg P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Georg P., who was born in Rakovni?k, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recounts attending high school; visiting Prague frequently; his family's desire to leave after the Munich agreement; arranging to attend New York University with assistance from his uncle in New York; obtaining a visa from German authorities in Prague in September 1939; emigration to the United States; and corresponding with his family until the United States entered the war in 1941. Mr. P. discusses learning from a cousin that his parents and sisters were killed in Auschwitz; receiving his sister's diary...

  14. The future of European Jewry

    From opening credits of film: "The story of Europe's Jews Today as told by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Herbert H. Lehman, Edward M.M. Warburg, Harold F. Linder, Moses A. Leavitt. This film has been made possible by the active guidance and counsel of Al Paul Lefton and the cooperation of numerous persons and organizations including: United Jewish Appeal, South African Jewish Appeal, United Jewish Relief Agencies of Canada, News of the Day, Paramount News, Film-Polski, Decca Reocrds, The American Federation of Musicians, Larry Adler, and others." Leaders of the JDC convene in New York City to disc...

  15. Singer family collection

    This collection contains correspondence regarding the rescue of three generations of the Singer family, Jewish business people from Vienna who emigrated to Australia via England in 1939. E A Harris and his wife, Jimmy Deyong from London as well as Henry Caminer from Sydney helped the family to obtain permits.Correspondence and copies of the landing permits. 

  20. Fred S. Gichner correspondence

    The Fred S. Gichner correspondence contains letters and telegrams documenting Gichner’s help in supporting the American immigration of the families of his European cousins, Maurice (Moritz) and David Bronner, largely facilitated by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).