M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

Identifier

4019624

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

Dates

1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1959

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

Polish
French
English
German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/documents/4019624

Extent and Medium

Brochure

Letter of testimony

Official documentation

Survey report

Testimony

Scope and Content

M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959 There are 220 files in the record group, which includes various publications, such as bulletins, reports, letters and surveys, containing information regarding the condition of the Jews in occupied Europe during World War II. The information was gathered, collated and distributed by Jewish organizations in Eretz Israel, Turkey (Istanbul) and Switzerland during the war and the early postwar years. Some of the communications were intended for distribution solely among the members of the organizations. The information was gathered from international newspapers published in occupied Europe and the free world, from letters smuggled out of occupied Europe and from testimonies given by refugees who succeeded in escaping and arriving in Eretz Israel or the neutral countries. The surveys in the various communications include information regarding the persecution of the Jews and their annihilation in Europe, and the situation of the Jewish refugees during the war and afterwards. Among the organizations gathering, collating and distributing the information were the Jewish Agency, the Rescue Council of the Jewish Agency, the Hechalutz movement, Committees for Polish Jewry in Eretz Israel, Istanbul and London, the World Jewish Congress and refugee, relief and rescue organizations which were active in the free countries. The record group also contains: - Files of the Red Cross Organization in Geneva, including activity reports from the war years; - Various communications regarding displays of anti-Semitism and persecution of the Jews in Germany and other countries during the 1930s; - A collection of World Jewish Congress reports, surveys and letters from the war years and afterwards, including information regarding the situation of the Jews in Czechoslovakia.

Subjects

Jewish organizations
Information concerning extermination
Poalei Zion - Association
Postwar refugees
Jewish refugees during the War
WJC - World Jewish Congress
The Yishuv Relief and Rescue Committee in Istanbul
Jewish Agency
Jewish organizations in Palestine
Joint Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency
Councils for Aid to Polish Jews
Relief and welfare organizations

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.

M.4 - בולטינים של ועד ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל, 1959-1937

Identifier

4019624

Language of Description

Hebrew

Alt. Identifiers

Dates

1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1959

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

Polish
French
English
German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.yadvashem.org/he/documents/4019624

Extent and Medium

דוח-סקירה

מכתב עדות

עדות

עלון

תעוד רשמי

Scope and Content

M.4 - בולטינים של ועד ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל, 1959-1937 בחטיבה 220 תיקים ובהם פרסומים שונים כגון בולטינים, דוחות, מכתבים וסקירות ובכללם מידע על מצב יהודי אירופה הכבושה בתקופת מלחמת העולם השנייה. ארגונים יהודים בארץ-ישראל, טורקיה (Istanbul) ושוויץ אספו את המידע, ריכזו אותו והפיצו אותו בתקופת המלחמה ובשנים הראשונות שלאחריה. חלק מהפרסומים נועדו להפצה בין חברי הארגונים בלבד. המידע נאסף מתוך עיתונים בינלאומיים שיצאו לאור באירופה הכבושה ובעולם החופשי, ממכתבים שהוברחו מאירופה הכבושה ומעדויות שמסרו פליטים שהצליחו לברוח ולהגיע לארץ-ישראל או לארצות נייטרליות. בסקירות בפרסומים השונים יש ידיעות על אודות רדיפת היהודים והשמדתם באירופה ועל מצב הפליטים היהודים בתקופת המלחמה ולאחריה. בין הארגונים שאספו את המידע, ריכזו אותו והפיצו אותו היו הסוכנות היהודית, ועדת ההצלה שליד הסוכנות היהודית, תנועת החלוץ, ועדים לענייני יהדות פולין בארץ-ישראל, ב-Istanbul וב-London, הקונגרס היהודי העולמי וארגוני פליטים, ארגוני סיוע וארגוני הצלה שפעלו בארצות החופשיות. בחטיבה גם: - תיקים של ארגון הצלב האדום ב-Geneve ובהם דוחות על אודות הפעילות בתקופת המלחמה; - פרסומים על אודות גילויי אנטישמיות ורדיפת היהודים בגרמניה ובארצות אחרות בשנות השלושים; - אוסף של דוחות, סקירות ומכתבים של הקונגרס היהודי העולמי מתקופת המלחמה ולאחריה, ובהם מידע על מצב היהודים בצ'כלוסובקיה.

Subjects

ידיעות על השמדה
ארגונים יהודיים
ועדי עזרה למען יהודי פולין
פועלי ציון - התאחדות
פליטים לאחר המלחמה
פליטים יהודיים בזמן המלחמה
הקונגרס היהודי העולמי
ועד ההצלה בקושטא (Istanbul)
ועד ההצלה המאוחד שליד הסוכנות היהודית
הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל
ארגונים יהודיים - ארץ ישראל
ארגוני עזרה וסעד

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Councils for Aid to Polish Jews
Councils for Aid to Polish Jews
Help and rescue
Information concerning extermination
Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency
Jewish organisations
Poland
Refugees
Refugees
Relief and welfare organisations
Rescue
Switzerland
Vaad ha-Hatzala in Kushta (Istanbul)
Vaad ha-Hatzala in Kushta (Istanbul)
Vaad ha-Hatzala in Kushta (Istanbul)
Vaad ha-Hatzala in Kushta (Istanbul)

Rescue Committee (Vaad Hahatzalah) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel
World Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Yad Vashem archives

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Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi press in the Balkan countries and Switzerland, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August-September 1942
- צרור רשימות - חומר להרצאה בדבר מצב היהודים בארצות הכבוש הנאצי - מס. 3
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4416066
- English, Hebrew
- Original 8 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi press in the Balkan countries and Switzerland, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August-September 1942 Poland: Information regarding the economic situation in Poland; changes in the situation of industry and agriculture in Poland since the Nazi occupation and expulsion of the Jews; introduction of German settlers and modern technology; transition to agricultural cooperatives and obligation to turn over agricultural produce to the authorities; establishment of the Estonian Legion, which will fight alongside the Ge...
Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and from letters, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, November-December 1942
- צרור רשימות - חומר להרצאה על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 16
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4416670
- English, Hebrew
- Original 15 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and from letters, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, November-December 1942 Poland: Orders regarding the establishment of ghettos in the Generalgouvernement and putting the ghettos into use; division into 53 ghettos in the 5 districts: Warsaw; Lublin (assuming that the Lublin Ghetto has already been liquidated); Krakow; Radom and Galicia; granting of freedom of choice of ghetto in the district to the Jews; exemption of Jews working in war-related occupations from living in the ghetto; imposition of...
Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press with emphasis on the situation of the Jews in Poland, the Protectorate, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Eretz Israel, Turkey and Egypt, January 1943
- צרור רשימות - חומר להרצאה על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 21
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4416936
- English, Hebrew
- Original 12 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press with emphasis on the situation of the Jews in Poland, the Protectorate, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Eretz Israel, Turkey and Egypt, January 1943 Poland: Regarding Czerniakow's suicide and the situation in the Warsaw Ghetto; Nazi occupation activities in the Generalgouvernement; the Nazi propaganda movie, “Order Brings Forth Bread"; improvement of the scene in Wartheland; inducements to laborers working in the Reich; transports of food and workers from Ukraine to the Reich; Reaction of the ...
Survey of the situation in the Nazi-occupied countries as reported in the Nazi press, the local press and witnesses, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, January 1943
- צרור רשימות - חומר להרצאה על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 22
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4417139
- English, Hebrew
- Typewritten original 16 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in the Nazi-occupied countries as reported in the Nazi press, the local press and witnesses, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, January 1943 Survey regarding the attitude of the churches towards the Jews in the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland; no information arriving from the ghettos in Poland; waiving of customs charges between the Generalgouvernement and the Reich; kerosene factories in Galicia under German ownership; improvements in the conditions of outstanding Polish workers; Polish railroad workers; establishment of a German Archive in Poznan; medi...
Survey of what is happening in the world, as reported in the Nazi and local press, and from various sources of information, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, February 1943
- צרור רשימות- מס. 30
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4417490
- English, Hebrew
- 1943
- Original 15 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of what is happening in the world, as reported in the Nazi and local press, and from various sources of information, with emphasis on the situation of the Jews, February 1943 Poland: Memo from the Polish Government in Exile in London regarding events in the Warsaw Ghetto before the deportations, 10 December 1942; Book describing the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto as seen through the eyes of the Nazi "artist", Bruno Hant; various items of information from the Generalgouvernement; German settlers in the Generalgouvernement; bringing of German children for convalescence in the Generalgouvern...
Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, radio broadcasts, speeches by leaders and by witnesses, with emphasis on the Jewish population, March 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 31
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4417840
- English, Hebrew
- Original 11 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of events in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, radio broadcasts, speeches by leaders and by witnesses, with emphasis on the Jewish population, March 1943 Poland: Warsaw: report on the devastation of the war from a Swedish merchant who visited Warsaw; division of services according to the population receiving the services: those for Germans and those for Poles; letters from Jews from Upper Silesia and Galicia; Poznan has been turned into a German city; Polish workers in the Reich; Polish libraries in the Generalgouvernement; the trains' administration in Pola...
Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, radio broadcasts and letters, with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, April-June 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 33
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4417931
- English, Hebrew
- Original 14 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, radio broadcasts and letters, with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, April-June 1943 Warsaw Ghetto: Information regarding raids on the ghetto and Jewish resistance; help from Polish divisions; heavy casualties to the Germans; Sweden: Information from the Swedish press regarding general hunger and typhus; lessening in the numbers of Jews; a call from a Swedish priest to rescue Jews from annihilation; Vienna: Mass deportations of Jews; rescue of Jews married to Aryans from deportation; deportation to T...
Survey of the situation of the Jews in the Nazi occupied countries and the political situation in the Eretz Israel region and the Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, speeches by leaders and from letters, June 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 34
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4418218
- English, Hebrew
- Original 16 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation of the Jews in the Nazi occupied countries and the political situation in the Eretz Israel region and the Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, speeches by leaders and from letters, June 1943 - Germany: Incitement program against the Jews in the press; Hitler-Jugend activities; lists of confiscated Jewish property as recorded in the press; - Slovakia: Transfer of Jewish land to Slovakian farmers; deportation of most of the Jews "to the East"; the phenomenon of conversion to Christianity among the Jews; - Hungary: Statistics regarding the spread of ...
Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943
- צרור רשימות - חומר על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 5/36
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4418873
- English, Hebrew
- Original 13 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: Deportation of Jews to labor camps and rescue of many from the Warsaw Ghetto; Frank's speech regarding the Germans in Warsaw and blaming the Jews for the war; signs of resistance to the Nazi government by farmers not reporting for work; attacks on Gestapo personnel; Volksdeutsche in areas of Poland annexed to the Reich: Germany: The suffering of the German people while at war; opposition to granting an exemption from anti-Jewish legislat...
Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries and the Middle Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 6/37 - חומר על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4419144
- English, Hebrew
- Original 13 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries and the Middle Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: The history of the Warsaw Ghetto; establishment of the ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; the Uprising; deportations; deportations in the outlying areas; gas chambers in Treblinka; report from a person who visited Poland; severe economic situation; murder of Poles; murder of the intelligentsia and mass murder of farmers in the villages; lack of control of the German officers...
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries and Near Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, July 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 8/39
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420073
- English, Hebrew
- Original 14 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries and Near Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, July 1943 Poland: Information from coded letters regarding the murder of Jews in Krakow and Warsaw; murder in Treblinka and Belzec; Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek and small German company camps; deception of the inmates regarding their imminent murders; situation in Bialystok is still reasonable; demographic situation of the Jews of Lodz; the library of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva; Germany: Germany'...
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries and Middle Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 10/41
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420189
- English, Hebrew
- Original 11 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries and Middle Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943 Poland: Liquidation of the Rovna Ghetto; data regarding the population of Vilna; data regarding the number of dead in Majdanek; closing of businesses and deportation of the owners to labor in Germany; evacuation of Poles from Warsaw in order to house Germans in their place; various types of residents in the areas of Poland annexed to the Reich; reparations to owners of Polish bonds; Ukraini...
Survey of the situation in Eretz Israel and the Near Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, August 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 11/42
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420217
- English, Hebrew
- Typewritten original 4 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in Eretz Israel and the Near Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, August 1943 Jewish activity for the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel; Arab opposition to the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel; involvement of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain regarding the Jewish state; problems of Arab unity; elections in Syria and Lebanon; attempt to preserve the Christian character in Lebanon; Jewish pavilion at the Izmir Fair.
Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the region, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943
- צרור רשימות מס. 12/43
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420309
- English, Hebrew
- Original 11 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the region, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943 Poland: Testimony from a French soldier POW regarding the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"; the number of Jews in the Krakow Ghetto; attacks on Germans by the Polish underground; use of sacks of ashes from the crematoria in fertilizer factories near Belzec; guarding the German Ghetto in Warsaw; the women's sections at Majdanek; transports of Poles to labor in a quarry at Wolyn; opposition to German control...
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the Middle East countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943
- צרור רשימות 13/44
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420503
- English, Hebrew
- Original 12 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the Middle East countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943 Poland: The fate of the Warsaw Jews and regarding the annihilation of 90% of the Jews of Poland as reported in the Swedish press; Ziegelboim and the Bund; Frank's speeches; annihilation of the Jews of the Baltic States; murder of Jews in Gomel; Germany: Goebbels' speeches regarding war fatigue; Slovakia: Legislation prohibiting Jews from traveling by public transportation; confiscation...
Survey of the situation in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by visitors with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, September 1943
- צרור רשימות 14/45
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420779
- English, Hebrew
- Original 12 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the situation in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by visitors with emphasis on the condition of the Jews, September 1943 Poland: Transfer of inmates from Auschwitz to camps in Germany and the bringing of new inmates; murder of Polish inmates by gas in Majdanek; central role of the Jews in the Polish economy; Caucasus Region: Mass murders of Jews according to an eye witness; Minsk: There were Jews and now they are not; Germany: The harsh situation of the Germans; rubble and the condition of the ...
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, September 1943
- צרור רשימות 15/46
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4420974
- English, Hebrew
- Original 11 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the neighboring countries as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, September 1943 Poland: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto according to a witness; annihilation in Treblinka according to an inmate who escaped to Bratislava; murder of Globocnik by Polish partisans; increase in the size of food rations to citizens of the Generalgouvernement; Germany: Executions of citizens; Goebbels' speech regarding Italy; life in Theresienstadt; Slovakia: Information from coded letters regarding the situation ...
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, September 1943
- צרור רשימות 16/47
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4421693
- English, Hebrew
- Original 8 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, September 1943 Warsaw: Testimony on life in the ghetto according to a female witness who succeeded in reaching Sweden; identification of Jews and their property; confiscation of Jewish property; establishment of the ghetto; establishment of health services and a Judenrat; smuggling of food; typhus and tuberculosis; murders; deportees from Polish villages and towns; deportees from Germany; mortality of Polish children; Lemberg: Eye-witness te...
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses, October 1943
- צרור רשימות 18/49
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4421757
- English, Hebrew
- Original 10 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and according to eye-witnesses, October 1943 Poland: Riots in the Bialystok Ghetto and the Lodz Ghetto including burning of factories, breaking down of walls and joining the partisans; liquidation of the Bochnia Ghetto; deportation of Jews to annihilation; the Bedzin affair and deception of the Jews by the Germans; the exhibition "The Jewish World Plague" in Krakow; Denmark: The Jews of Denmark and the reaction of the Danish and Swedish population; ...
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, October 1943
- צרור רשימות 19/50
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 4422025
- English, Hebrew
- Original 11 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and according to witnesses and letters, October 1943 Poland: Report on the treatment of the Jews in Tarnopol by the Germans according to a French POW; hard labor and deportation in cattle cars; the "The Jewish World Plague" exhibition in Krakow; celebration of the 4th anniversary of the Generalgouvernement; Goebbels' speeches in the newspapers; Slovakia: Fate of the assimilated Jews; labor camps; identifying assimilated Jews; Slovakian Jewish refuge...

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