American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), Kaunas office (Fond 1236)

Identifier
irn105819
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.71
  • RG-26.059
Dates
1 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Lithuanian
  • Russian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn105819

Extent and Medium

267 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Linda Levi

Biographical History

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. The JDC was founded in 1914 to assist Jewish persons in Palestine during World War I. The Holocaust and World War II caused the JDC to ramp up its relief efforts. With the end of the war in 1945, Jewish survivors were placed into hastily created displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Along with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the JDC helped administer these camps and provide supplies. The JDC has aided millions of Jews in more than 85 countries.

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania

Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1236. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection contains financial records of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Kaunas and its branch offices across Lithuania.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital files. Arranged in one series: 1. Financial records.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • Jews--Politics and government.
  • Jonava (Lithuania)
  • Merkinė (Lithuania)
  • Zarasų rajonas (Lithuania)
  • Anykščiai (Lithuania)
  • Kėdainiai (Lithuania)
  • Seirijai (Lithuania)
  • Šeduva (Lithuania)
  • Utenos apskritis (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas--History--20th century.
  • Kauno apskritis (Lithuania)
  • Žiežmariai (Lithuania)
  • Lithuania--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Genre

  • Document
  • Financial records.
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.

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