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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

    Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945 Circulars and reports regarding the Jewish refugees in Switzerland.

  2. Documentation containing protocols and reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, 1944

    1. P.32 - Collection of Hansi and Joel Brand, activists in the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest during World War II

    Documentation containing protocols and reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, 1944 Deportation of Jews; murder of Jews; underground activities; rescue possibilities; possibilities of aliya to Eretz Israel; situation of refugee Jews in Hungary.

  4. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence regarding relief for refugee children in Switzerland

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence regarding relief for refugee children in Switzerland Also in the file: - Letter from an unknown female writer regarding treatment of refugee children in an orphanage in Ascona, 10 January 1944; - Various reports regarding orphanages for refugees in Switzerland and the number of refugee children; - Report submitted by L'Union Internationale De Secours Aux Enfants, 1942.

  5. Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Bialystok, 1938-1941

    Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Bialystok, 1938-1941 Included in the collection: - Documentation of the regional committee and the district committees of the Communist Party in the Bialystok region; - Lists of Communists and Soviet activists; - Documentation regarding refugees.

  6. Documentation of the Brest Executive Committee Finance Department, 1940-1941

    Documentation of the Brest Executive Committee Finance Department, 1940-1941 In the collection: - Documentation regarding the taxes paid by Jewish skilled professionals and businesses owned by Jews; - Lists of skilled professionals, professionals, craftsmen, clergy, carters, and more, among them, Jews.

  7. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, May 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, מאי (ב) 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, May 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing - Information regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Berlin after the war; - Information from a report issued 11 January 1946 regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Hungary after the war; - Excerpt from a letter written in Thessalonica, November 1946 containing information regarding the state of r...

  8. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, אוגוסט 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in the DP camps in Germany and Austria, 1946; - Information regarding the return of Jews from the Soviet Union to Poland according to a report dated May 1946; - Information regarding wanderings of the Jewish refugees in Europe after the war; - Tes...

  9. Testimony of Ada (Erenhaft) Fischl, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences during her escape to the Soviet Union, in Samarkand, Buzuluk, in combat in Sokolovo and her being wounded near Presov

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Ada (Erenhaft) Fischl, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences during her escape to the Soviet Union, in Samarkand, Buzuluk, in combat in Sokolovo and her being wounded near Presov Born in Czechoslovakia. Help from Jews to refugees illegally crossing the Moravian-Polish border, 1939; situation of refugees at the outbreak of war, 1939; life of the refugees in Rowne, 1939-1940; attitude of the Soviets towards the refugees at the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, 1941; refugee life in Samarkand, 1941-1942; first Jewish women join Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzul...

  10. Documentation, including listings of telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon and in New York regarding various subjects, Radio Bulletin No. 79, and other matters, January-December 1945

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation, including listings of telephone discussions between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon and in New York regarding various subjects, Radio Bulletin No. 79, and other matters, January-December 1945 - Data regarding the JDC organization's activities in various countries; - Documentation regarding the continuation of the (ARBA) [?] negotiations, regarding the rescue of the remnant of Hungarian Jewry; - Documentation regarding the care of persecuted Jews who were liberated and are in Bergen-Belsen, Theresienstadt, and other camps; - Radio Bulletin No. 79, publis...

  12. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, June 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, יוני (ב) 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, June 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Germany, Hungary and Poland after the war, including harassment of Jewish refugees; - Testimony regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau.

  13. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, September 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, ספטמבר (ב) 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, September 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the return of Jews from the Soviet Union to Poland extracted from a bulletin issued by the Central Jewish Committee in Warsaw, June 1946; - Information regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Vienna, Czechoslovakia and Italy; - Testimony of Dov Ber Lemberg regarding the ...

  14. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, נובמבר (ב) 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Europe, summer 1946; - Information regarding escape of the Jews from Poland, and the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; - Information regarding the finding of the Ringelblum Archive; - Excerpts from a letter sent from...

  15. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, January 1947

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, ינואר 1947

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, January 1947 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of Jewish refugees in Poland, Germany and Austria, 1946; - Testimony of a Jewish youth, 15, born in Romania, regarding his experiences in Suceava, deportation to Transnistria, and his aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Haganah".

  16. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, May 1947

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, מאי 1947

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, May 1947 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - A survey of the Lithuanian rabbis murdered during the war; - Excerpts from the report submitted by Theodor Dannecker, the Judenreferent or Judenberater (special German appointee [referent]) responsible for Jewish Affairs) in France; - Information regarding the attitude of the local population in France towar...

  17. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1947

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, אוגוסט1947

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, August 1947 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Reports, surveys and statistics regarding the situation of the Jewish children in Poland, Romania, Italy and Cyprus; - Statistics and information regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany, Poland and Italy; - Testimony of the physician, Dr. Berthold Epstein, regarding the clinic in Auschwi...

  18. Rabbi Bernard Schonberg, born in Lichagora, Poland, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Rabbi Bernard Schonberg, born in Lichagora, Poland, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Appointment as Assistant Rabbi in Lyons, 1936; Aumonerie Generale Israelite (General Jewish Chaplaincy) activities; help to refugees including visits to hospitals and prisons; detention in Amberieu En Bugey, 26 May 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943; death from exhaustion in Auschwitz, 06 February 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Photograph of Rabbi Bernard Schonberg; - Testimonies; - Page...

  19. Documentation of the United States State Department regarding the fate of the Jews, in light of the antisemitic policies of Germany, 1933-1942

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    Documentation of the United States State Department regarding the fate of the Jews, in light of the antisemitic policies of Germany, 1933-1942 Economic boycott; displays of antisemitism within German society; attitude of countries toward Germany, against the background of the anti-Jewish measures; emigration problems of Jews; attitude toward refugees; attitude toward British Mandatory Palestine [Eretz Israel]; persecution of Jews in Italy; displays of antisemitism in Poland; emigration of Jews; Anschluss; forced emigration of the Jews of Austria; Évian Conference; Intergovernmental Commissi...

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Ignaz Schwarzbart, a member of the National Council of the Polish-Government-in-Exile in London, regarding lines of action for helping Polish Jewry

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Ignaz Schwarzbart, a member of the National Council of the Polish-Government-in-Exile in London, regarding lines of action for helping Polish Jewry Also in the file: - Details regarding Jewish refugees from Poland in the Soviet Union and regarding the death of Dr. Moses Schorr, 25 February 1942; - Copy of a letter from Wasz Liebmann regarding refugees from Poland in Switzerland, 05 October 1942; - Copy of a memo from Dr. Schwarzbart to the legation of Polish Jews in Tel Aviv regarding the role of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in re...