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  1. Internees of the Isle of Man

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains material regarding the internees of the Isle of Man (self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). A stamp book released by the Central British Fund, including stamps and drawn examples of stamps are attached. In the stamp book it is mentioned that with everyone who participated on collecting or using these stamp Jewish kids will receive some help of the sales revenues. Furthermore informations about the situation of Jews and the generel political behaviour in different countries are published on some leaflets. Also the...

  2. Correspondence of the German Jewish Aid Committee

    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. The correspondence is regarding visa and trainee possibilities for Jews who want to escape Germany or other occupied countries and stay in Great Britain. All of the organizations tried to save as many Jews as possible by the use of trainee visa for Great Britain. Unfortunately Jews who applied need to be in a ...

  3. Correspondence of the German Jewish Aid Committee

    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 ...

  4. [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 ...

  5. [Correspondence regarding the immigration to Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters of a correspondence between Jewish family members and friends concerning the immigration to Great Britain. In the letters informations have been exchanged, ideas have been discussed and requests, as well as help, have been declaimed. The correspondence regards furthermore questions of payment, workhours, new or better work positions, living conditions and asking general questions about problems of the refugees. All letters are written in 1939, some are handwritten and others are typed, most of the letters are in German and only a couple in English. Furtherm...

  6. [Conference for the relief of German Jewry]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the booklet version of the “Reports and Resolutions” of the “Conference for the Relief of German Jewry” held in London in October 1933. The contributions include the Report of the Sub-Committee on Migration, the Report of the Committee on Relief outside Germany, the Report of Academic Committee, the Report of Reconstruction Committee, the Report of Refugees’ Sub-Committee, the Resolutions adopted by the Conference, as well as the opening speech by Neville J. Laski and the closing speech by Chaim Weizmann.

  7. [Restitution, business, tax, accounting and labor law in Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains newspaper clippings by Der Bertriebs-Berater (business consultant) and other documents. The Betriebs-Berater is a weekly trade journal for business and tax lawyers since 1946. It gives relevant information from the areas of business, tax, accounting and labor law - each broken down according to independent headings. The newspaper deals with the topic of Rückerstattung (recompense) as a constitutional law, the interference of the state in economic questions, the control of foreign exchange, the law of taxation, income tax and other taxes. Furthermore topics of social law, s...

  8. Jews in several countries 1939

    1. Research files: research conducted by the JCIO and the Wiener Library

    The file contains a month by month survey of the Jews' situation in several European countries as well as in Palestine and of the refugees' problem all over the world. The first files are letters from the Jewish Central Information Office about the Jews in Italy. The other documents report about the Jews in Romania, the Jewish emigration policy and the official measures taken in favor of or against the Jews ; in the Baltic States and especially in Lithuania, about the virulent traders' anti-Jewish propaganda despite the official government position against anti-Jewish steps, the deteriorati...

  9. Aus der Emigration III

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the third part of Curt Rosenberg's account of life as a Jewish refugees in Scotland during World War II. It recounts his legal struggles with his landlord and final victory in the Scottish court and a detailed description of the Scottish landscape he appreciated on his various visits to British POW camps where he held lectures to German prisoners of war. He also reflects philosophically about life and ageing.

  10. Aus der Emigration II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the continuation of Curt Rosenberg's account of his life in Scotland after his flight from Nazi Germany including his legal struggles with his landlord. He describes life in London in 1942 and his work in the German Refugee Center in Glasgow. He also recounts a court hearing, the differences between German and British jurisdiction, and the difficulties refugees face when settling in foreign surroundings.

  11. Aus der Emigration

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    “Aus der Emigration” (From the exile), account by Dr. Curt Rosenberg for the years of 1939 to 1948 about his emigration from Germany, life in Glasgow as a refugee, internment in Bury and the Isle of Man. He describes in vivid detail the peaceful life in Glasgow, the interesting characters among the refugees in the internment camps in Bury and Camp Hutchinson, and the variety of cultural activities organized by the inmates. Later on he returns to Glasgow, where he describes the strained relationship between the established Jews and the refugees. It includes a program of cultural activities f...

  12. The Alien Pioneer Corps (an MSS)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file consists of two parts. The first by an unknown author from before 1938 is an outline for propaganda movies for British soldiers, giving them an overview of their "Allies" in countries surrounding Germany to highlight what they are fighting for and who else is fighting against the Nazis. The purpose is to give an overview of the allied country which should be appealing, interesting, and of high quality. It gives an outline of the production (text, photos, music). The second part is an overview of the Pioneer Corps comprising of soldiers who are refugees from Nazi-occupied countries....

  13. Maurice L. Perlzweig

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Political Department/Department of International Affairs
    3. Executive Files

    Box B1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1940 Box B1. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1941 January-November Box B1. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1941 December Box B1. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1942 Box B1. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1943 January-June Box B1. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1943 July-December Box B1. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1944 Box B1. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1945 Box B2. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1946 Box B2. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1947 January-April Box B2. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1947 May-December Box B2. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1948 Box B2. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1949 Box B2. Fo...

  14. La Secrétairerie d'Etat à l'Ambassade du Brésil

    1. Segreteria di Stato
    2. Archivio della Congregazione degli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari
    • The Secretariat of State to the Brazilian Embassy

    The Secretariat of State recommends to the Brazilian Embassy 11 non-Aryan catholic refugees in Great Britain willing to emigrate to Brazil.

  15. Nehemiah Robinson

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Institute of Jewish Affairs
    3. Executive Files and Correspondence

    Included in the Nehemiah Robinson papers, beginning in box 31, are files pertaining to war crimes and restitution, as well as files pertaining to special inquiries made in reference to missing persons and claims. Box C16. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1945-1946 Box C16. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1946-1948 Box C16. Folder 9. Correspondence, 1949 January-February Box C16. Folder 10. Correspondence, 1949 March-April Box C16. Folder 11. Correspondence, 1949 May-June Box C17. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1949 July-August Box C17. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1949 September-October Box C17. Folder 3. Corre...

  16. Evacuees, Farm Settlers, Other A-K

    1. UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES (UJRA)
    2. UJRA Refugee Case Files

    Includes Jewish mothers and children evacuated from Britain to Canada for the duration of the war. Currency regulations prevented transfer of funds from England, necessitating UJRA financial assistance in form of loans. The Council for Overseas Children was specifically charged with responsibility for this group. Also contains cases concerning relief to newly settled refugee farmers from Sudetanland, the latter having been initially sponsored by the Farm and Establishment Committee of what was the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Committee for refugees. Refugees from Japan and refugees in trans...

  17. Countries and Regions

    1. Records of the Istanbul Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

    These records detail the scope of the relationships between JDC's Istanbul office and refugees and survivors in Europe in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The files contain extensive information on the shipment of relief supplies, including shipping over 250,000 packages for Jewish refugees in Russia via Tehran; eyewitness accounts; inquiries regarding wartime rescue; and reports on JDC relief activities in Balkans, Romania, and Turkey, among other localities.

  18. File

    1. W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence

    Manchester Guardian The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations to increase the number of Jewish refugees allowed into Palestine, the defence of Jewish settlements, and negotiations between the Jewish delegation and the British government at the Palestine Conferences. The rest of the file is largely concerned with the diplomatic tensions leading to the Second World War. This includes extensive hand-written notes by Crozier on events such as the White Paper of 1939, a potential Anglo-Polish alliance, pogroms in Poland and Hungary, and extensive negotiations between Britain and R...

  19. File

    1. W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence

    Struma The file contains materials concerning France, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Palestine, Italy, Germany, Libya, Madagascar, Egypt, Spain, and Japan. There are materials relating to recruitment of Jewish soldiers in Palestine, the impact of the disaster, morale of British soldiers, the negotiation of Russia's borders after the war, the exchange of wounded soldiers between Britain and Italy, Jewish refugees in Palestine, and the persecution of Jews in Slovakia. The file contains correspondence of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and reports about t...

  20. Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, A

    1. Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv
    • Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv. Privat korrespondens
    • Stockholms Stadsarkiv
    • Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, A
    • English
    • 1891-1955
    • 124 boxes of correspondence.

    The series is part of the archive of the Swedish Jewish diplomat and businessman Consul General Olof H Lamm. It contains the personal correspondence of Lamm and his wife, Signe Lamm, with family, friends, and acquaintances about private matters, business, diplomacy, and issues regarding Jewish organizations, primarily about Jewish relief. The first 32 volumes of the collection primarily contain correspondence with Lamm’s family, including his father, the liberal politician Herman Lamm, his brothers, the Vice President of the Swedish National Bank, Erik Lamm, and the literature scholar Profe...