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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    The Record Group includes correspondence with relief and welfare organizations in Britain and Germany during the Nazi period and after the war, reports regarding the activities of these organizations and reports from visits of Jewish leaders in Germany after the war, including much information concerning the situation of the Jews living in various places in the country.

  2. M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947

    M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947 Correspondence of Benno Kaufmann from Basel, Switzerland, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Germany, 1939-1947. The Record Group contains personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp.

  3. Files from the Foreigners Police in the Nidwalden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding five families of Jewish refugees, 1935-1946

    Files from the Foreigners Police in the Nidwalden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding five families of Jewish refugees, 1935-1946

  4. Documentation from the National Archives in Geneva regarding the fate of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1939-1945

    Documentation from the National Archives in Geneva regarding the fate of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1939-1945

  5. Documentation of Jewish refugees in Switzerland who made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war, dated 1945

    Documentation of Jewish refugees in Switzerland who made aliya to Eretz Israel after the war, dated 1945 - Personal files of Jewish refugees from the Swiss Federal Archive in Bern [including?] the Gaon and Majrovitz families; - List of candidates for aliya from the Youth Aliyah House in Bex, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

  6. Collection of the Department for Relief to Refugees from Germany in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1938-1942

    Collection of the Department for Relief to Refugees from Germany in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1938-1942 Collection of the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken: Zorg voor de Vluchtelingen uit Duitsland (Department for Relief to Refugees from Germany of the Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands), 1938-1942; thousands of refugees from Germany began to arrive to the Netherlands starting in 1933; the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands established approximately 60 refugee camps, including the Hotel-Lloyd and the Zeeburgerdijk isolation institution in Amsterda...

  7. Collection of the Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen - Committee for Jewish Refugees, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1933-1939

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 6257542
    • English, Hebrew
    • Committee requests Curriculum Vitae (CV) Document Letter List of names in relief agency records List of refugees Official documentation Reports Statistics Testimony

    Collection of the Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen - Committee for Jewish Refugees, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1933-1939 Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen - the Committee for Jewish Refugees in the Netherlands was established in Amsterdam in 1933; the function of the committee was the coordination of relief activities for Jewish refugees who arrived from Germany; the committee was active in the context of the umbrella-organization, Comité voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen - CBJB, the Committee for Special Jewish Affairs established by Professor Dr. D. Cohen, A. Asscher and others; th...

  8. Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950

    Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950 Official documentation of the Commissie-Clevering committee, established by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands in 1946 for the purpose of examining the attitude of the embassies toward Dutch citizens who escaped to Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and other countries during the war period: Included in the collection: Testimonies of: A. Cohen E. Elzas L. Flesseman M.H. Gans A.J. Goedkoop E.H. van Hasselt M.H.J. Hedeman-Joosten J.M. Kijzer J. P...

  9. Circular issued by the Committee for Polish Jewry in Jerusalem containing testimonies of Jewish refugees who escaped from Poland regarding their experiences under German rule, November 1940

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

    Circular issued by the Committee for Polish Jewry in Jerusalem containing testimonies of Jewish refugees who escaped from Poland regarding their experiences under German rule, November 1940 Testimonies of refugees from Warsaw and Rybnik that were presented in Eretz Israel; information regarding the situation of the Jews in Warsaw and Rybnik at the beginning of the German occupation; testimony of a female refugee from Romania who arrived in Eretz Israel, October 1940.

  10. Circular issued by the Committee for Polish Jewry in Jerusalem containing testimonies of Jewish refugees who escaped from Poland and Romania to Eretz Israel, December 1940

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

    Circular issued by the Committee for Polish Jewry in Jerusalem containing testimonies of Jewish refugees who escaped from Poland and Romania to Eretz Israel, December 1940 Testimony regarding the situation of the Jews under Soviet rule in Galicia; testimony regarding escape from Lwow and illegal crossing of the border into Romania presented by a refugee from Krakow; testimony regarding a female refugee from Romania.

  11. Circulars issued by the Jewish Agency Information Bureau containing testimonies of refugees from Poland and the Netherlands who arrived in Eretz Israel, 26 January 1943

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

    Circulars issued by the Jewish Agency Information Bureau containing testimonies of refugees from Poland and the Netherlands who arrived in Eretz Israel, 26 January 1943 Also in the circulars: Excerpts from letters received from Poland and Romania, late 1942.

  12. Information from letters and refugees from the Nazi occupied areas regarding the situation of the Jews of Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Ukraine, 1943-1944

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

    Information from letters and refugees from the Nazi occupied areas regarding the situation of the Jews of Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Poland and Ukraine, 1943-1944

  13. Report containing testimonies and excerpts from refugees' letters regarding the situation of the Jews in Zagreb, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France during the war, 1943-1944

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

    Report containing testimonies and excerpts from refugees' letters regarding the situation of the Jews in Zagreb, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France during the war, 1943-1944

  14. Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles regarding Jewish refugees in Sweden and Denmark, and regarding the Jews of Finland

    1. P.49- Archive of Leni Yahil, Holocaust Researcher, 1904-2002

    Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles regarding Jewish refugees in Sweden and Denmark, and regarding the Jews of Finland There are four volumes in the folder: Volume I Notes related to official correspondence from Sweden and Denmark regarding Jewish refugees. Volume II Research conducted by Malin Thor regarding the Hechalutz movement in Sweden. Volume III Research, notes and correspondence regarding the Jewish refugees in Sweden. Volume IV Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles and notes regarding the Jews of Finland during the Holocaust...

  15. Protocol of the Conference of the Interterritoriale Wanderfuersore (Internal Austrian-Jewish Relief Organization) for care of emigrants-refugees, Vienna, 15 January 1937

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

    Protocol of the Conference of the Interterritoriale Wanderfuersore (Internal Austrian-Jewish Relief Organization) for care of emigrants-refugees, Vienna, 15 January 1937 Representatives of the Jewish relief organizations Allianz, HICEM, HIAS, the Eretz Israel Office [Jewish Agency] and Jewish communities from European countries participated in the conference, which considered the emigration situation in general and the condition of the emigrants-refugees in the European countries in particular.

  16. Reports regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, ORT (Organization Rehabilitation Trade) activities and several letters sent from refugee camps in Switzerland, 1945

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

    Reports regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, ORT (Organization Rehabilitation Trade) activities and several letters sent from refugee camps in Switzerland, 1945

  17. Various World Jewish Congress memoranda regarding the situation of the Jews throughout the world and the struggle to preserve human rights and the rights of the refugees

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

    Various World Jewish Congress memoranda regarding the situation of the Jews throughout the world and the struggle to preserve human rights and the rights of the refugees

  18. Report issued by the Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) regarding the International Conference held in Hanover regarding the refugees, 1951

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

    Report issued by the Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) regarding the International Conference held in Hanover regarding the refugees, 1951 Also in the file: - Official documentation with declarations made by the United States government regarding the establishment of the War Refugee Board (WRB); - A call for revenge on Nazi criminals, granting of a haven for refugee children from France in Switzerland, official Red Cross documentation regarding refugees and prisoners of war, and more; - Declaration made by the International Red Cross regarding the protecti...

  19. Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with institutions and personalities in Switzerland regarding assistance to Jewish refugees from France in Switzerland and to Jews of Polish origin in France

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

    Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with institutions and personalities in Switzerland regarding assistance to Jewish refugees from France in Switzerland and to Jews of Polish origin in France There are five volumes in the file: Volume I: A-F Also in the file: - Correspondence with Joseph Croustillon in Madrid and Angelo Donati. Volume II: G-L Also in the file: - Correspondence with Swiss authorities and the Polish and Czechoslovakian legations in Switzerland, mainly regarding assistance to Jewish refugees and children from France; - Correspondence with Nahum Goldmann, Yitzchak ...

  20. Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children

    1. P.3 -Isaac Weissman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon

    Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children Also in the file: - History of the Unitarian Service Committee, the Unitarian Church in America and Unitarians throughout the world; three surveys regarding the activities of the Unitarian Church; - Copy of a report submitted by N. Schwalb regarding assistance and rescue activities by Hechalutz, 26 November 1943; - List of 171 passengers of the ship "Nyassa" who departed from Lisbon to Haifa, 25 January 1944.