Selected records from the archives of the Alliance Israélite Universelle

The collection deals with the general situation of Jews in various countries, including relations with the local government, antisemitism, immigration, emigration, proselytizing by Christians and Muslims. Countries represented in order of preponderance of material include North Africa and the Middle East, including the former Ottoman Empire, countries situated in Eastern and Central Europe, and “The Rest of the world and small countries.” Also contains documents of Jonathan Thurz (1895-1976), a Polish-born Zionist leader who settled in Casablanca in 1927, which includes information about Jewish refugees.

Organized in the following order: Reel 1-48, DVD 1: Iraq, No. 4, 5, 6, 50; DVD 2: Iran No. 3,4,5,6. DVD 3: Libyan No 1,2, and Libya No 2; DVD 4: Morocco No. 16,17,18,19,20; DVD 5: Syria: No 3, and Tunisia No. 5,6; DVD 6: Turkey No. 4, 5,6,7, and Bulgaria No. 1, 2; DVD 7: Greece No. 12, 13, 14, and Hungary No. 6: DVD 8: Romania No. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; DVD 9: Romania No 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24; DVD 10: Romania No. 25, 27, 28, 29, 30; Reel 47-57, DVD 11: Morocco, Algeria, England, Austria, Switzerland, Fond Jonathan Thursz; DVD 12: Moscow No. A 1.01 – 2.17, A E 01 – A E 17, A E 18 –A E 35, B 1 – C 06.04, C 06.05 – C 18, E 01.1 – E 05.4; DVD 13: Moscow No. E 06.01 – E 10; ENIO 1.01 – ENIO 1.10, ENIO 2.01 ENIO 2.08, ENIO 2.09 – ENIO 2.14, ENIO 2.15 – ENIO 2.20, M 01.1 – M 05.17.