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  1. Jewish refugee records from the Swiss Federal Archives

    The collection consists of 10,962 case files for Jewish refugees accepted into Switzerland between 1936 and 1946.

  2. Jewish refugees

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 17, No. 224. Release date, 04/08/1944. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At railroad station, refugees getting off train, walking towards camera. Sign: "Canada... You." Welcomed by friends; getting into friends' cars; CU Jews getting into car, child, woman, man; CU baby in mother's arms.

  3. Jewish refugees arrive from Shanghai

    Jewish refugees from Shanghai arrive by ship in San Francisco, CA. CUs smiling passengers (women, men, children, well-dressed), babies, waving groups. Lots of joy. 01:02:41:17 Four adults from left, Paul Gordin, his mother Raisa (Sachin) Schwartzberg, an unknown woman, and William Schwartzberg (Raisa's husband). Speech to group from balcony (by Macky Gaberman?, escort leader of refugees).

  4. Jewish refugees arriving in Sweden from Denmark

    Daily news segment showing the arrival of Jewish refugees from Denmark. Arrival and unloading of boat from Oresund into small lifeboats arriving on beach in Helsingborg. They gather in a park, where Swedish families gather around the Jews and greet them. The refugees exchange money in a bank, then get registered. Long line of refugees undergoing medical examinations in the hospital. Passport photographing. Then they are apportioned food, which they eat. Police chief Bogenholm and intendent Goete Friberg greet them as representatives of their organization. Image of port.

  5. Jewish refugees celebrate Purim in the Philippines, 1940

    "A Children's Party" shows Alex and Corinne Frieder and their children at a Purim celebration on March 24, 1940 at Mariquina Hall in Manila, the land donated by President Quezon for Jewish refugees. Many of the people at the party are German and Austrian Jewish refugees who were given visas to come to the Philippines. Children dressed in costumes at outdoor party, eating cakes. 01:00:41 Adults converse. Alex Frieder, wearing a white suit, smokes a cigar. Children and adults mingle and eat. 01:01:06 Cantor Joseph Cysner with camera around his neck leads a parade of costumed children to a mak...

  6. Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: Correspondence and papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm archive of correspondence and papers was created by the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee. Most of the correspondence is either addressed to David Makovski or written by him. The overwhelming majority of letters in this collection relate to the fate of individual refugees.

  7. Jewish Refugees in Czechoslovakia

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 728, Part 2. Release date, 12/14/1938. November 26-30, 1938. Jewish refugees in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. LS of field with round tents. CU of baby, rumpled man, woman by tub. Also, shots of men and women working at chores: sawing wood (cutting down tree), at water well, cooking. Refugee getting haircut and shave. Group near outdoor stove with little pots of water. Note: According to dope sheet, these are 360 Jews banished by Hungarian government and denied admittance by Czech authorities. They are in "no man's land" by the border. Newsreel footage also inc...

  8. Jewish refugees in Holland: Papers of the Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtlingen, Amsterdam

    This microfilm collection consists of an archive of correspondence and reports of a German Jewish refugee organisation in the Netherlands during the 1930s and a hard copy file of similar material.

  9. Jewish refugees in Manila; Plaza Santa Cruz businesses

    The Rauscher and Eisner families in Manila. Pan, Manila harbor. Large ship arrives with passengers by the railing, waving. (01:11) Hanna Eisner sits in a small chair in a garden of their home in Manila, waving at the camera. She runs over to a water pump, washes her hands and drinks. Hanna plays with relatives who fled from Nazism, including mother Irma, uncle Walter, and grandmother Clementine. They dance, play with a guitar, and pose for the camera. (3:47) Leo Schnurmacher, the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines, plays with his grand-niece Hanna. They hold hands. (04...

  10. Jewish refugees in Portugal: various papers

    This miscellaneous collection of reports document the situation of German Jewish refugees in Portugal in the 1930s. Reference is made to the Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees and to its founder Augusto d'Esaguy.

  11. Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

    CU refugee ship with 900 well-dressed men and women on board from Germany waving. On open trucks (after having landed) into city. Receiving rations, seated at picnic tables outdoors. Narrator: "Destitute...having gone penniless into exile."

  12. Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

    Ship pulled in at port, people aboard wave. MS woman and baby are processed at desk. People filing off ship, boarding trucks, in bread line, eating outdoors, in English class, at leisure "playing" outside.

  13. Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic

    Public information film about the immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe in the Dominican Republic. Jewish refugees work hard to create a prosperous home for themselves in Sosua. Everyone plays a part in the efficient and self-sustaining community that is mainly powered by physical labor. There are several scenes where settlers act as hairdressers and doctors, occupations the settlers most likely had before leaving Europe. The film opens with a pinpoint of San Domingo on a map. Scenes of a beautiful seascape. Mountains and houses dot the landscape, abundant wildlife. Houses under constr...

  14. Jewish Refugees in the US

    UJA and JDC appeal for funding to aid Jewish refugees of WWII. Footage of New York, Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Shanghai, etc. intercut to tell the story of Jewish refugees.

  15. Jewish refugees leave Germany for Marseilles, 1948

    Platform in train station in Germany. Jewish refugees and officials and a truck in front of the passenger railcars. CU women and children waving and looking out of a train car: “PWA Reserve Zug 72” written on the side. CU refugees wave out of the open door of a train car. Door with sign: “nicht öffnen bevor der zug balt.” 01:08:10 A few men direct trucks. A truck is loaded with luggage and people. Second truck from the back, being loaded with luggage and people, License Plates: “Marseille B de R.A” and “5988 C n 5”. Trucks full of people driving down a road on a rocky, snowy hillside, heade...

  16. Jewish refugees to Palestine

    Jewish refugees from Germany preparing to leave France for Palestine. MS of entryway to Marseilles harbor. Jewish immigrants from the British sector of Berlin arrive by train in Marseilles. Group standing beside train tracks and CU of people leaning out train windows. Shots of refugees being fed at station soup kitchen run by nuns. CU of little girl and pieces of bread, little boy with Star of David patch on jacket. Representatives wearing HIAS armpatches. LS Ship Providence which will be taking these legal immigrants to Palestine. LS crowd of passengers lining up at foot of gangplank. CU a...

  17. Jewish Registry of Antwerp

    Contains a name list of an estimated 11, 250 names of the Antwerp Jewish Community.

  18. Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards

    Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards 

  19. Jewish Relief Unit: Document collections from former members

    This collection comprises numerous deposits of personal documents made by former members of the Jewish Relief Unit, a voluntary organisation established to provide relief to Jews in Europe during the Second World War. The bulk of the collections are from regular JRU volunteers and consist mainly of copy photographs and copy personal accounts.In addition, the copy personal papers of Phyllis Gerson, the leader of the first Jewish Relief Unit sent to Egypt in February 1944, provide a more substantial account of the organisation and activities of the JRU units in Europe.The other significant co...

  20. Jewish Relief Unit: personnel files

    This collection consists of the personnel files of former members of the Jewish Relief Unit. This organization, which was based in Great Britain, provided support and assistance of all kinds to Jewish Displaced Persons in the aftermath of the war in Germany. Of particular interest are reports of conditions at individual camps.