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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. 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, February 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, פברואר ׁ(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, February 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Excerpts from letters containing information regarding the state of the Jewish survivors in Poland, 1945, and the state of the Jewish refugees who escaped to Austria and Poland following pogroms; - Testimony of Shlomo Mensalzon, born in France, regarding his experiences as a member of the underground in...

  2. 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, April 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, אפריל 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, April 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Questionnaire distributed to refugees in the DP camps in the American Occupation Zone in Germany; - Report regarding the transfer of 3,800 Czech Jews from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz-Birkenau, March 1944, and their murder; - Report regarding postwar displays of antisemitism in Poland after the war; - Testi...

  3. 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, July 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, יולי 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, July 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing - Information regarding the state of the Jewish refugees in Eastern Europe in 1946, the emigration of Jews from eastern Europe after the war and displays of antisemitism in Poland after the war; - Testimony regarding Jewish forced labor in Germany; - Report regarding Jewish inmates in Buchenwald; - Testimony r...

  4. Circulars issued by the Committee for the Affairs of the Jews in Poland containing testimonies from Jews who escaped from Soviet and German occupied Poland regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland, February 1941

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

    Circulars issued by the Committee for the Affairs of the Jews in Poland containing testimonies from Jews who escaped from Soviet and German occupied Poland regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland, February 1941 - Testimonies of refugees from Warsaw, Lodz, Vilna and Galicia; - Citations from anti-Jewish legislation taken from the Polish press.

  5. Photocopies of clippings from the Zionistische Rundschau - Wien newspaper, published 20 May 1938-07 October 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Photocopies of clippings from the Zionistische Rundschau - Wien newspaper, published 20 May 1938-07 October 1938 - A call from Dr. Josef Loewenherz, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna, and Rabbi Dr. Israel Taglicht, the Chief Rabbi, for unity and strengthening the faith against assimilation, a return to Jewish values and integration into the life of the community; recognition of Zionist ideology and its implementation; - List of Jewish organizations most of which have a humanitarian, relief and charity element; and its breakdown as officially published in Issue Number 20, 30 Septemb...

  6. Correspondence of Marc Jarblum, Chairman of the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF-Federation of Jewish Societies in France), regarding the Vichy authorities

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Correspondence of Marc Jarblum, Chairman of the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF-Federation of Jewish Societies in France), regarding the Vichy authorities Also in the file: - Correspondence with the Prefecture Du Rhone regarding nomination of the FSJF representatives in Lyon and the problem of the Jewish refugees, 21 July 1940-21 February 1941; - Copy of a short report by Marc Jarblum regarding FSJF activities, 23 December 1940; - Correspondence with Xavier Vallat, Commissaire General Aux Questions Juives, Ministere De L'interieur, Vichy, regarding the appointment of Jarblum ...

  7. Reports and reviews by Marc Jarblum regarding displays of antisemitism in France and activities of Jewish organizations

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Reports and reviews by Marc Jarblum regarding displays of antisemitism in France and activities of Jewish organizations Also in the file: - Circular letter from Marc Jarblum, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress in Paris, regarding assistance to refugees from Poland and Belgium, attempts at cooperation with the Bund and the position taken by Szmul Zygielbojm and the publication of "The Black Book of Polish Jewry", "Le Document Vert: L'Antiseemitisme Divise La France" and "Le Silence Complice Du Crime"15 July 1940; - Underground pamphlet compiled together with Hen...

  8. Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Correspondence with children in various refugee and work camps in Switzerland regarding the sending of food parcels, financial assistance, the search for relatives and release from the camps The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Also in the file: - Correspondence with the Swiss Committee for Aid to Child Refugees, 14 September 1943-01 May 1944; - Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with various Jews, mainly women, who volunteered to send weekly food parcels to a specific child in a camp, September-October 1943; - Lists of children brought to the Charmilles camp a...

  9. Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Strasbourg including work as a teacher; life in the Perigueux area including work as a teacher; dismissal from her job following antisemitic legislation; joins the Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Aid for Refugees) organization in the Dordogne region; detention by the Gestapo at the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 13 April 1944; her death at Auschwitz. In the file: - Testimony.

  10. Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

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

    Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Escape with the Jews to Lyons, July 1940; life with her family in the Chaudanne camp, late 1940; receives help from Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Help for Refugees) at Perigueux; obtains work as a secretary for the organization due to a recommendation form Rabbi Rene Hirschler, who had served as the Rabbi in Mulhouse; arrest in the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 14 April ...

  11. Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 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 Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact perso...

  12. Joint testimony of Alfred Hal Hlavac, born in Cervenice, Czechoslovakia, and Fruma Hlavac, born in Riga, Latvia, regarding Alfred's experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk, and Fruma's experiences in Riga, the Novosibirsk camp, Moscow, a

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

    Joint testimony of Alfred Hal Hlavac, born in Cervenice, Czechoslovakia, and Fruma Hlavac, born in Riga, Latvia, regarding Alfred's experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk, and Fruma's experiences in Riga, the Novosibirsk camp, Moscow, a camp in Kazakhstan, and joining her husband in Buzuluk, 1950 Czechoslovakian Jews arrive in Riga, 1939-1940; detention in the Novosibirsk camp, 1941; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army, 1941; Czechoslovakian Army battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; Sokolovo battle, 1943; refugees in Kuybyshevo; contacts with the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Kuybi...

  13. Testimony of Michael Jellinek

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

    Testimony of Michael Jellinek Jewish officers involved in the suppression of Nazi riots in the Sudetenland, 1938; political activities of Jews in Trinec, 1938; Jewish refugees in Poland, 1939; Zionist activities; attitude of Czechoslovakian Consulate; assistance of Jewish community in Krakow; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia; role of H. Field; Czechoslovakian Trust Fund; Czechoslovakian military personnel in Krakow, 1939; dealings with commander Ludvik Svoboda; fighting with Polish Army against Germans; Jewish participation in fighting against the Germans; in Russian capti...

  14. Testimony of Chana Nagelova, from Slovakia, regarding her experiences at foced labor in Siberia, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat at Sokolovo and in Dukla

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

    Testimony of Chana Nagelova, from Slovakia, regarding her experiences at foced labor in Siberia, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Buzuluk and in combat at Sokolovo and in Dukla Arrival of Jewish refugees from Slovakia and Volhynia, 1939; deportation to Siberia, 1940; forced labor in Siberia; life as Jewish refugees in the Abkashevo Soviet labor camp, 1941; contact with Czechoslovakian units, 1942; participation of Jews in the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk; situation of volunteers from Carpathian-Ruthenia; participation...

  15. Testimony of Chaim David Zwiebel, born in Krakow, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, the Soviet Union, Iran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1942

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
    • ראזוואדאוו

    Testimony of Chaim David Zwiebel, born in Krakow, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Rozwadow, the Soviet Union, Iran and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1942 Life in Rozwadow during the German occupation; abuse; escape with the family to Russia; life as a refugee in Russia; escape to Iran; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1942. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  16. Testimony of Naftali Gutman, born in Jaroslaw, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Jaroslaw, Russia, Teheran and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    Testimony of Naftali Gutman, born in Jaroslaw, Poland, age 16, regarding his experiences in Jaroslaw, Russia, Teheran and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Jaroslaw during the German occupation; escape to Soviet occupied territory; deportation East to Russia; family life as refugees in Russia; joins a group of Polish orphan children; move to Teheran; aliya with the orphans to Eretz Israel, February 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  17. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Chaim Barlas and Dr. Joseph Goldin, Jewish Agency representatives on the Va'ad Hatzala in Istanbul

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Chaim Barlas and Dr. Joseph Goldin, Jewish Agency representatives on the Va'ad Hatzala in Istanbul Correspondence with Chaim Barlas and Dr. Joseph Goldin, Jewish Agency representatives on the Va'ad Hatzala in Istanbul, regarding aliya, budgets for relief and rescue activities and sending parcels and protective passports to long-time members of the Zionist movement. Also in the file: - Contents of a telephone conversation between Chaim Barlas in Geneva and Moshe Shertok (Sharett) in Amsterdam regarding legal aliya certificates to Eretz Is...

  18. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Comite International De La Croix Rouge (CICR) (International Red Cross) in Geneva

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Comite International De La Croix Rouge (CICR) (International Red Cross) in Geneva Correspondence with the CICR in Geneva regarding shipments of food, clothing and medicines to Poland, to POW camps in Germany, to the Ferramonti Di Tarsia camp, the Bolzano camp, the Paramaribo camp and to refugees in Shanghai. Also in the file: - Protocol regarding POWs from Eretz Israel, 11 June 1941; - Correspondence with the German Red Cross regarding transfer of food shipments to the Society for the Preservation of the Health of the Jewish Populati...

  19. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and circulars issued by the Executive Committee of the World Union of Poalei Zion in the United States

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and circulars issued by the Executive Committee of the World Union of Poalei Zion in the United States Reports and circulars issued by the Executive Committee of the World Union of Poalei Zion in the United States regarding what is happening in the World Union parties in Europe, Eretz Israel and the United States, and regarding problems of Jewish existence in those countries Also in the file: - Protocol from the consultation meeting held by members of the Executive Committee of the World Union, 09 May 1940, regarding the American proposal to settle ...

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with people in the countries occupied by Germany regarding relief, shipment of parcels, rescue passports, the search for relatives and other subjects, along with 22 file folders

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with people in the countries occupied by Germany regarding relief, shipment of parcels, rescue passports, the search for relatives and other subjects, along with 22 file folders The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Also in the file folders: - Correspondence with the brothers Ervin and Theodore Bienenstock, Mendes France, Rosemarin, Emil Zumerstein and Oskar Schveierman; - Correspondence with Maria Schwartz Stein regarding Jewish refugees in Casablanca and Tangier and the World Jewish Congress in New York; - Correspondence wit...