Circular letters, Jewish Agency for Palestine.
Extent and Medium
folders
8
Creator(s)
- Jewish Agency for Palestine
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Sosland Family.
The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016.
Scope and Content
Mimeographed circular letters, distributed by various offices of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, primarily between 1936 and 1944, describing various developments and issues related to the re-settlement of European Jews in Palestine. Some of the letters are from the Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews, and others relate to Youth Aliyah and the resettlement of Polish Jews by way of Iran. Included are carbon copies of two letters from Henrietta Szold, addressed to communities that had welcomed youth from Germany, 1936-1937.
System of Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically, by year, and then in order of circular letter number, when available.
People
- Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945.
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish Agency for Israel. Youth Aliyah Department
Subjects
- Jewish youth.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
- Jewish refugees--Palestine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Palestine.
Genre
- Document