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  1. Jüdische Nachrichten

    • Jewish News
    • JUNA

    Founded in 1936

    Jüdische Nachrichten was founded by the Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG), Zürich, as its press office in 1936, with the objectives not only to confront Nazism but also to address growing Anti-semitism in Switzerland. To this end it produced news bulletins in German and French and distributed them to numerous editorial offices throughout Switzerland. Under the leadership of Dr. Benjamin Sagalowitz JUNA amassed a large archive of documentation concerning the Holocaust and the fate of Jewish refugees and other related subjects.

  2. The Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations

    In the collection there is documentation primarily regarding the background to Grossmann's activities as a press officer after World War II, along with documentation regarding the negotiations conducted between Israel and Germany concerning the reparations. The documentation includes mainly German publications regarding German legislation concerning reparations and reports of Grossmann's trips to Germany. More than half the documentation consists of press clippings.

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

    The Record Group includes correspondence with relief and welfare organizations in Britain and Germany during the Nazi period and after the war, reports regarding the activities of these organizations and reports from visits of Jewish leaders in Germany after the war, including much information concerning the situation of the Jews living in various places in the country.

  4. Ulkomaalaisia koskevat erityiset Suomeen tulokysymykset

    • Special issues concerning foreigners willing to enter Finland

    Correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings concerning foreigners willing to enter Finland in the years 1920s-50s. The material includes records concerning Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany in the late 1930s, as well as Polish and Baltic Jewish refugees in 1940.

  5. Pakolaistilastoja ym. pakolaisia ja kulkureita koskevia

    • Refugee statistics and other records concerning refugees and vagrants

    The records concern refugees (also Jewish) in Finland in the 1920s-1940s. The records include correspondence and lists of refugees. Some records concern deportation of Jews from Finland to Germany.

  6. Juutalaiskysymys

    • Jewish question

    Foreign Ministry's correspondence and reports concerning the situation of the Jews in Finland, Europe and Israel, Jewish refugees in Finland, and Jewish organizations.

  7. Henkilömapit

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin I arkisto
    • Personal files
    • Kansallisarkisto
    • EK-Valpo I, hmp
    • English, Finnish
    • 1919-1948
    • 8278 files

    The collection includes files of the Jews deported from Finland to Germany 1941–1942 as a result of the Finnish State Police action (8 folders). The collection includes also personal files of Arno Anthoni who was the chief of the Finnish State Police in 1941–1944 (3 folders).

  8. Vieraat kansallisuudet ja ulkomaalaiset Suomessa: Juutalaiset

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin II arkisto
    • Foreign nations and foreigners in Finland: Jews

    The records concern Jews and Jewish refugees in Finland in 1940s. The records include lists of the Finnish Jews and Jewish refugees, and files concerning Arno Anthoni’s trial.

  9. Vuosien 1939-1944 sodat ja niistä johtunut toiminta: Suhteet Saksaan

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin II arkisto
    • Wars 1939-1944: Relations with Germany

    The records concern Finland’s relations with Germany during World War II. Subgroup G 5 is especially important; it includes records concerning deportations of Jewish refugees to Germany.

  10. Ulkomaalaiset Suomessa

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin I arkisto
    • Foreigners in Finland

    Group XV includes the Finnish State Police’s records concerning foreigners in Finland in 1920s-1940s. The records include e.g. reports, lists of foreigners, or newspaper clippings. Much of the material concerns Jewish refugees in Finland in 1930s-1940s (especially subgroups A, A2, A2a, B). The newspaper clippings include antisemitic articles from Finnish daily press.

  11. The Mauritius Exile Collection

    The collection includes items created by the would-be immigrant refugees en route from Europe to Mandate Palestine, in detention at Haifa and Atlit, en route to Mauritius and as exiles while interned in detention camps there. artifacts, photographs, documents, letters, and artworks. Content includes: artifacts, mainly decorative items and utensils, toys, games, jewelry and souvenirs, handcrafted of local materials such as wood, shell, and fiber; photographs of individuals, groups, events, architectural and natural sites, and documentary photos of their journeys; documents such as diaries, p...

  12. Deuxième Guerre mondiale (1935-1988)

    1. Ministère des Affaires étrangères
    2. Maison-mère - Ministère des Affaires étrangères

    This series contains among other folders: - AE-03834 Mesures prises par la "Zivilverwaltung" à l'égard des réfugiés juifs allemands et polonais (1940) and AE-03929 Rapatriement: Défense faite aux Juifs et aux Français de rentrer au Luxembourg (Ordonnance de la "Zivilverwaltung" 1940)

  13. Centralna Komisja Uchodźców

    • Central Commission for Refugees
    • CKU

    The Area Associations set up the Centralna Komisja Uchodźców with sections for welfare work, provisioning, kitchens, craft production, clothing, housing, individual assistance, sanitation, and finance. One of the tasks of CKU was to help deportees find work and income. The CKU also acted as an arbitration tribunal.

  14. Oeuvres d'Aide Sociale Israélite

    • Israelite Social Aid Agency

    Founded in 1939-11

    The Oeuvres d'Aide Sociale Israélite was established in 1939-11 to aid Jewish refugees, extended their services to all Alsatians and Lorrainers in need after the German occupation of the border provinces.

  15. Komisja Koordynacyjna Żydowskich Instytucji Społecznych

    • Coordinating Commission for Jewish Social Welfare Institutions
    • KK

    Founded in 1939-09-14

    On 1939-09-14, the Komisja Koordynacyjna Żydowskich Instytucji Społecznych was set up as one of the parts of the civil defense of Warsaw. In the first months of the occupation the KK organized district offices, set up a Section for Care of Refugees and Those Made Homeless and a Section for People's Kitchens.

  16. Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement

    • Division of the Federal Department of Justice and Police
    • EJPD

    After Hitler seized power in Germany in early 1933, the Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement issued regulations, approved by the Federal Counsil (the head of the Swiss executive branch), under which the borders were to be kept open, but refugees in most cases were to be granted only temporary residence.

  17. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

    • HIAS

    1880/present

    The primary mission of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is to help Jews whose lives and freedom are endangered. Since 1880, HIAS has been the worldwide arm of the American Jewish community for rescue, relocation, family reunification, and resettlement of refugees and other migrants.

  18. Bibelforscher

    • Jehovah's Witnesses

    1870s/present

    Founded in the United States in the 1870s, the Jehovah's Witnesses organization sent missionaries to Germany to seek converts in the 1890s. By the early 1930s, only 20,000 (of a total population of 65 million) Germans were Jehovah's Witnesses, usually known at the time as "International Bible Students". Even before 1933, despite their small numbers, door-to-door preaching and the identification of Jehovah's Witnesses as heretics by the mainstream Protestant and Catholic churches made them few friends. Individual German states and local authorities periodically sought to limit the group's pr...

  19. Commission des Camps des Oeuvres Israélites d’Assistance aux Réfugiés

    • Commission des Camps

    Founded in 1941-01

    Dr. Joseph Weill took part in the creation of the Commission des Camps des Oeuvres Israélites d’Assistance aux Réfugiés in 1941-01. He tried to made immediate improvements in the atrocious internment conditions in close conjunction with the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants.

  20. International Refugee Organization

    • IRO

    1946/1952-01

    International Refugee Organization, temporary specialized agency of the United Nations that, between its formal establishment in 1946 and its termination in 1952-01, assisted refugees and displaced persons in many countries of Europe and Asia who either could not return to their countries of origin or were unwilling to return for political reasons. Beginning operations on 1947-07-01, the IRO took over the work of its principal predecessor organization, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Among the services supplied by the IRO were the care and maintenance of refugee...