Switzerland and Jewish refugees: Reports by JUNA and other material

Identifier
WL592
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70548
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Jan 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund

Biographical History

The creators of 592/1-3, Jüdische Nachrichten (JUNA), 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 (1938-1964) JUNA amassed a large archive of documentation concerning the Holocaust and the fate of Jewish refugees and other related subjects.

Acquisition

Zur schweizerische asylrechtspolitik

L Favre documents

Was wusste man in der Schweiz von Schicksal der Juden?

Donated 1979

Donated 1981

Donated 1984

Donated 1988

Donor: B. Sagalowitz

Donor: S.W. Nelki

Donor: L. Favre

Scope and Content

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This collection of material on the fate of Jews and Switzerland during the Nazi era, comprises several deposits, the first three of which share the same provenance, the other two being unrelated. Parts of this archive were used to create the three dossiers in this collection.

The three dossiers, all produced in 1955, and apparently emanating from the same source, have been produced in the same format. Namely, an introductory essay on a topic punctuated by references to related transcript documents (Beilage). The second section of these dossiers consists of the document transcripts themselves arranged in numerical order.

592/1-3 were produced by JUNA c1955 and are concerned with the following subjects: Papers re Jewish refugees from the files of Armand Brunschvig, former president of Jüdische Flüchtlingshilfe, Geneva (592/1); 'What was known about the fate of the Jews in Switzerland' (592/2); 'Swiss asylum policy with respect to Jewish refugees' (592/3).

A deposit made by W. Nelki concerns papers relating to the fate of a Dr. A. Bergmann (592/4)

A deposit by Laurent Favre documenting the fate of Swiss anti-nazis (592/5) completes the collection.

Note that sections 592/1 and 592/4-5 are accessible on microfilm.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Subjects

Places

  • Switzerland
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