Leeds Jewish Refugee Committee: Papers

Identifier
WL1921
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 72546
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Jan 1941
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry. Its tasks were to arrange for the admission of refugees to Britain, their maintenance, training, employment or re-migration. A number of provincial committees were formed to deal with issues regarding Jewish refugees in these areas. 

Acquisition

1 folder Leeds jewish refugee committee papers; 1 folder KT material incl. ROK Digital Video Cassettes --> Photo Archive

Donor: ajr

Scope and Content

This collection comprises papers and correspondence regarding individual children, who came or were hoping to come to Leeds on one of the Kindertransporte. There is also some general correspondence and papers.

System of Arrangement

1921/1 arranged alphabeticaly be child's name; 1921/2 aranged chronologically

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • See West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, for further material

Subjects

Places

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.