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  1. Gunhild Tegens samling

    • Archive of Gunhild Tegen

    The collection contains a rich assortment of records related to the experiences of Jewish survivors of concentration camps, compiled by Gunhild and Einar Tegen as part of their post-World War II documentation project. The documentation was gathered at the initiative of the Swedish Joint Committee on Democratic Reconstruction (Samarbetskommittén för Demokratiskt Uppbyggnadsarbete), of which professor of philosophy Einar Tegen, the author Gunhild Tegen’s husband, was president. The interviews were conducted by Swedish psychologist Valdemar Fellinius and polyglot Dory Engströmer and carried ou...

  2. Arbetarrörelsens flyktinghjälp

    • Fackliga och politiska emigranters hjälpkommitté
    • Labour Movement Refugee Relief

    The series E/1/12 contains correspondence with the Matteotti Committee in Copenhagen, the refugee committees in Oslo and Helsinki regarding the entry and support of German and Sudeten German refugees 1938-1944, and with Social Democratic refugee aid committees and other organizations in France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, and Poland 1938-1939. Some of the refugees that the organization corresponded with and about were Jews. The archive also contains personal files from the period 1933–1961, some of which contain documents about Jewish refugees in Sweden.

  3. Jacob Ettlingers arkiv

    • Riksarkivet
    • Jacob Ettlingers arkiv
    • English
    • 1916-1952
    • 4 linear meter of records. Textual material, financial records, printed material, photographs and film.

    Jacob Ettlinger's (1880-1952) archive consists of a total of four shelf meters and includes many records related to the Holocaust. For example, series number 3: Jacob Ettlingers ”privata” pärmar 1932–1952 (Jacob Ettlinger's "private" binders 1932-1952) consists of 27 volumes in cardboard boxes. They include alphabetically arranged correspondence containing information from survivors of war and camps, lists of relatives and friends sought through the Red Cross and other aid organizations, and lists of survivors. There are also documents relating to Ettlinger's work in sending aid to German...

  4. Folke Bernadottes, greve av Wisborg, arkiv

    • Personal archive of Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
    • Riksarkivet
    • Folke Bernadottes, greve av Wisborg, arkiv
    • English
    • 1798-1984
    • 0,5 linear meters of mostly textual records.

    The archive contains (in vol. 1), among other things, Folke Bernadotte's pocket almanacs from 1944-1945 with notes on the Red Cross campaign and notebooks with notes on meetings in Berlin during the negotiations (March-April 1945) in connection with the Red Cross operation with the 'White buses'.

  5. Raoul Wallenberg-projektets arkiv

    • Uppsala universitetsbibliotek
    • Raoul Wallenberg-projektet
    • English
    • 1989-1991
    • Letters (including drafts), audio recordings, manuscripts, documents filed by subject

    The Raoul Wallenberg project, which ran from 1989 to 1991, was to conduct and preserve interviews (on tape and in transcripts) with people who could talk about Swedish aid activities in Budapest in 1944-45. It conducted 170 such interviews: 12 in Sweden, 47 in Israel, 53 in Hungary, and 58 in the USA. This interview material, which forms the core of the project's archive, has been organized into two series of audio tapes (original recordings and working copies; see F2B) and a series of transcripts and translations (F2C). This register is attached to the archival index, which can be found on...

  7. Bialystoker Centre of Montreal

    Consists of financial and administrative records of the Bialystoker Centre, as well as correspondence sent and received by the Centre.

  8. Paul Trepman Fonds

    Fonds consists of manuscripts and notes from Paul Trepman's articles, books, and lectures as well as personal biographical documents, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

  9. Organizing Committee to Convene a Grassroots Conference to Protest Hitler's Pogrom Against German Jews letter

    Item is a letter discussing Organizing Committee to Convene a Grassroots Conference to Protest Hitler's Pogrom Against German Jews, from Rabbi H. Abramovitch.

  10. National Holocaust Remembrance Committee (CJC) meeting minutes

    Contains meeting minutes for the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress, for which Shaffer was a consultant for associated documentary projects. Also contains CJC Audio Visual Department meeting minutes.

  11. Holocaust Documentation Project (CJC) programming draft, evaluation

    Contains programming draft and evaluation relating to the Holocaust Documentation Project (associated with the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee), addressing budget, production, educational guides, archives, and historical authentication.

  12. The Unger Family Story

    File contains the a history of the Unger Family written by Herman Unger. This manuscript follows the Ungers through 20th century and from Poland to Russia, Germany, Israel, and France.

  13. Holocaust materials

    Includes material regarding the story of 93 girls who arrived to Canada in 1942 and the Spanish Civil War.

  14. Holocaust Documentation Project (CJC) meeting minutes, memos

    Contains meeting minutes for, and memos relating to, the Holocaust Documentation Project (associated with the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee) hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress, for which Shaffer was a consultant. Also contains photocopies of articles related to the project.

  15. Undzer Zhornl (Our Journal) — Rosh Hashanah 5707 (October 1946) Issue

    Contains the Rosh Hashanah 5707 issue of “Our Journal”—a periodical published by the American Council for Warsaw Jews. Journal contains appeals for donations, articles regarding the situation of Warsaw survivors in Europe, accounts of the Holocaust, and poetry.

  16. A Promise to My Mother: Memories of a Life Shaped by the Holocaust

    File contains a bound book detailing the memoirs of Yossi Indig.

  17. Sholem Krishtalka Collection

    Consists of personal documents from the Krishtalka family, correspondence, ephemeral and organizational material from international and Jewish Montreal organizations such as United Jewish People's Order (UJPO), Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish Public Library. Also contains numerous posters and flyers for theatre, arts and musical presentations in Jewish Montreal.

  18. Lea Roback Recollections

  19. Central Committee of Polish Jews — 1946 Activities Report

    Contains a report regarding the activities of the Central Committee of Polish Jews to aid Polish Holocaust survivors. These include providing food, clothes, children’s homes, etc. Booklet largely consists of graphs and diagrams.

  20. The Incredible Walk The True Story of My Parents' Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

    File contains a bound book detailing the lives of holocaust survivors Paul and Trudy Sekely. It was written and compiled by their daughter Judi Olga Cahorn.