Judiska församlingen i Göteborg, E 12
- Handlingar ang American Jewish Joint Distribution Committees flyktingverksamhet (1945-1957)
Extent and Medium
One folder containing textual records. Part of no. E 5.
Archival History
The records were preserved by the Jewish Community of Gothenburg and were transferred to the Regional Archive in Gothenburg in 1980.
Acquisition
Deposited with the Regional Archives in 1980.
Scope and Content
E 12 contains records concerning the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s refugee activities between 1944 and 1957. Most of the records are accounts of the different activities the Swedish part of the committee undertook and estimations of how many prisoners were liberated from concentration camps and when. The series also includes much correspondence between the Swedish branch of the AJJDC and other parts of the committee. Many letters are addressed to Julius Hüttner, the chairman of the Refugee Committee [of the Jewish Community] in Gothenburg. Among these letters are a few concerning 150 Turkish-Jewish refugees who traveled aboard the SS Drottningholm bound for Liverpool and the correspondent’s efforts to sort out the refugees’ identification papers and travel documents.
Conditions Governing Access
Permission is required and should be obtained in advance. Applications are made to the Jewish Community of Gothenburg.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0