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  3. [Casualties World War II (2)]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the second out of two files containing various documents on the number of casualties during World War II. The documents include typewritten and handwritten notes and excerpts, as well as copies from books and articles. The information regarding statistics of casualties, victims, refugees, and the extent of destruction stems from various sources, such as encyclopedias, books, newspaper articles and research articles published between 1941 and 1975. Some of the documents deal with authors and publications promoting Holocaust denial. The sources were published in various languages:...

  4. Minutes of a meeting of the editing sub-committe held at the offices of the Council of the German Jewry, Woburn house, on Thursday, 2nd June, 1938, at 11:00 a.m.

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Summary of a meeting and the tasks to consider the draft memorandum, which the chairman had prepared and should be given to the Council for German Jewry, and to suggest headings for material to be prepared by the Jewish organizations for submission to the Evian Conference.

  5. [DALJEWCIB correspondence with Jewish emigrees from Germany categorized into professions]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB correspondence with Jewish emigrees and interested parties from Germany, as well as Jewish relief organizations categorized into professions.

  6. [Circular letters regarding the labor camps administrations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains scans of several circular letters, sent to the leaders of immigrants labor camps in Switzerland. Beside a compulsory english course for the inmates or holiday entitlements, the correspondence deals with the camps supply of food, toiletries or clothings as well as instructions for the handeling of several insurances and further bureaucracy. The instructions were given out by the Central Labor Camp Administration in Zurich and were mostly signed by the head of the Central Administration Otto Zaugg.

  7. Reglement für die Lagerführung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains scans of several instructions given to the leaders of immigrants labor camps in Switzerland. The instructions mostly relate to the rules of daily life and the working conditions for the camps staff and leaders. Further instructions relate to the bureaucracy which was necessary to provide smooth processes in the camps. The orders were given out by the Central Labor Camp Administration in Zurich(Zentralleitung der Arbeitslager, Zürich) and were mostly signed by the head of the Central Administration Otto Zaugg.

  8. Magazine of Central Promenade Camp, Isle of man

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains an example of the Central Promenade Paper, a weekly newspaper of the Central Promenade Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man (self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). The newspaper is relating mainly to civilian internment camps on the Isle of Man, including a series of camp orders, letters and other papers from internees concerning conditions of internment and questioning the official categorisation of 'enemy aliens', instructions to internees who were about to be released and other miscellaneous papers can be seen. The ne...

  9. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration of Jewish citizens from Austria in 1938 after the so called "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich. Additionally information pages on life as a refugee in Great Britain, employement regulations, official German questionaires regarding emigration, official instructions for children boarding one of the "Kindertransports" as well as containing lists with adresses and general advice.

  10. [World Jewish Congress of Paris 1939]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains protocols, reports and memoranda issued either officially or internally during the Paris 1939 World Jewish Congress meetings by working groups and the organization itself. The file contains protocols and proposed resolutions regarding the situation of European Jewry and refugees from fascist and National Socialist rule as well as lists of individually attending delegates and national delegations. Moreover the file also contains resolutions and proposals regarding emergency relief of Jewish persons who suffered under Nazi and fascist rule. The reports within this file are w...

  11. [Casualties World War II (1)]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the first out of two files containing various documents on the number of casualties during World War II. The documents include handwritten notes and excerpts, copies from books and articles, and typewritten excerpts. The information regarding the number of casualties, victims, refugees, and the extent of destruction stems from various sources, such as encyclopedias, books, newspaper articles and research articles published between 1939 and 1969. The sources were published in various languages: English, French, German, and Italian.

  12. [DALJEWCIB Correspondence on a translation of a report on the Jewish situation in Shanghai by the "Jewish Messenger"]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB Correspondence on a translation of a report on the Jewish situation in Shanghai by the English language Zionist periodical "Jewish Messenger"(17.3.1939), magazine, published by emigrees from Europe, detailing living conditions in China, the overall political situation and many more aspects od daily life.

  13. [Correspondence between British and Czech Jewish relief organisations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters. Various grants have been given by the Central British Fund for establishing an old aged home in Bratislava and a recreation home for the youth in Beskydy. Furthermore problems have been mentioned of ealier grants for student bursaries given by the Central British Fund concerning their appropriate use. The correspondence is between members of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation, the American Joint Distribution Committee, the Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovaki, the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia and th...

  14. [DALJEWCIB correspondence regarding the finalizing of entry visa regulations for Dairen and Manchukuo by the country's officials]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB Harbin regarding the finalization of visa regulations for temporary and permanent residential status in Mandchukuo detailing regulations for European Jewish refugees in terms of entry into Mandchukuo by sea or landroute. Different rules apply according to Mandchurian officials.

  15. Documentation from Archives in Croatia regarding the Holocaust

    Included in the Record Group: -Correspondence among various institutions in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II;- Reports submitted by Ustasha institutions regarding Jewish affairs; - Documentation regarding Jewish refugees;- Lists of refugees, deportees, inmates and those who perished; - Documentation regarding deportations of Jews from various places in Croatia;- Documentation regarding antisemitic propaganda and legislation; - Correspondence between the German Foreign Ministry and the German Embassy in Zagreb;- Documentation regarding the rescue of Jews; - Documentation ...

  16. Marijampolės apskrities viršininkas

    • Chief of Marijampolė County

    The subfonds No. 7 contains the files and documents on war refugees from Klaipėda region (German Memelland, which was occupied by the Nazis on March 23, 1939), the lists of the chiefs of the Jewish metrics registration departments (1920–1940), the applications of the residents (there are many Jewish names) to go abroad (January–December 1939), the lists of the residents (there are Jewish names) who were not allowed to go abroad (January–December 1939); orders and instructions from the chief of the county to the chiefs of the small rural district and the chiefs of the police precincts concer...

  17. Correspondence with Bergman, George Francis Jack

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the consignment and discussion of Bergman’s research work and source material. This concerns especially a typescript on Jewish-German mountaineers, and large materials (including own diaries) on the fate of Jewish refugees in French internment camps in North Africa. Furthermore, the situation of Jews in Australia as well as the malfunctioning practice of restitution claims in France are briefly addressed

  18. Correspondence with American Jewish Kartell-Convent (KC) Fraternity Inc.

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a meeting of K.C. members in Chicago, an article on the Jewish community in Bentschen (now Zbąszyń, Poland) Alfred Wiener contributed to a K.C. jubilee publication, and birthday notes for Frederick S. Aron, Bruno Weil, and the late Ludwig Holländer. Contained is an issue of the American Jewish K.C. Fraternity Bulletin including a brief article by Wiener on Bruno Weil.

  19. Correspondence with Arbeitskreis 1961

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the establishment of , and organisational and financial details of its activities. The latter refers to monthly events, mainly public talks on historical subjects or current affairs, but also film screenings or a guided tour through The Wiener Library (November 14, 1962). Beside letters several minutes of board meetings and invitation cards for events are contained.

  20. Correspondence with Cohn, George

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding numerous restitution related information requests which concerned: the ghetto in Riga; the emigration of Jewish-German refugees to Turkey 1933-1936; the (NSBO); fatigue duty for Jews in Hungary; deportations from Berlin; the ghetto in Chernivtsi; internment camps in Italy; the ghetto in Belzyce; special terms on gold coins in Austria; a Jewish asylum in Breslau; a hospital for children in Prague; the legal situation in Danzig after the German occupation; a case of in Frankfurt am Main; the situation of married couples in Theresienstadt; and antisemitic incidents in ...