[Correspondence & Reports of Dutch, Jewish Relief Organizations regarding Jewish Refugees]

Identifier
990004740370304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1940
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

The file contains correspondence and numerous reports of Jewish refugee relief organizations in the Netherlands pertaining to the situation of Jewish refugees and the contiguous stream of Jewish and political exiles in Holland during the 1930s up until 1940 when the subsequent German occupation of the Netherlands began. The file contains reports in particular by two organizations, the "Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen" as well as the "Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen", moreover the High Commisioner for Refugees of the League of Nations as well as the Red Cross pertaining to the numbers of refugees, their living conditions as well as ways and means of how to deal with the Jewish refugee influx from Nazi Germany and allied fascist regimes. The reports also deal with the prospect of many refugees either leaving or planning to leave Holland for Shanghai in the hopes to find a safe haven.

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Note(s)

  • Electronic access only

  • Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015

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