American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Sygn. 210)

Identifier
irn502237
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0154
  • RG-15.199M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502237

Extent and Medium

779 digital files, PDF

21 microfilm reels, 35 mm

6 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

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

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 210. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 1999. In August 2007 ŻIH donated to the Museum Archives via the Museum International Programs Division digitalized collection on three DVD.

Scope and Content

Contains mainly correspondence of the AJDC Committees in Warsaw and Krakow with Jewish communities across Polish territory during German occupation (approximately 500 communities). Includes information about the committee’s administration, budgets and finance, activities of Jewish Councils in particular regions, Warsaw ghetto, emigration, charities. Included are name indexes of Jews asking families in USA and other countries for emigration papers; as well other name lists of distribution of help.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • Poland--Emigration and immigration.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--20th century.
  • Jews--Segregation--Poland.
  • Jews--Poland--Charities--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.

Genre

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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