Correspondence with Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen (VSJF)

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1457
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109963
Dates
12 Oct 1955 - 17 Apr 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen

Biographical History

Established in 1908, the VSJF is an association of several local Jewish welfare services in Switzerland. During the Nazi era it became the country's central refugee organisation for Jews from Germany. After the Second World War it dealt with issues of recovery of Holocaust survivors (among them a group of child survivors from Buchenwald concentration camp), immigration and restitution.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding a private donation by Alfred Wiener, some issues related to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project, and restitution related enquiries by the VSJF for the fates of certain individuals.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

Subjects

Places

  • Switzerland
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