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  1. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Record No. 18]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Ezriel Kruk was a jewish soldier in the Polish army, a member for the jewish comittee in Lipna and a member of the Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln un Rusland (General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia. He depicts how on the 5th of September 1939 the civil population and the army were evacuated from Lipna. Although the Germans and the Jews of his unit were not put on guard anymore, he stayed with the unit and testified how the Polish army arrested german civilians. He also describes lynching of German civilians by the Polish population. During heavy air raids...

  2. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Rabbi Abraham Efraim Nadelman, from Ostrow testifies about the incidents in his town from the 2nd September to the 2nd October 1939. He begins with describing the invasion of the Nazis and heavy canon fire and bombings that left a lot of casualties among the inhabitants. He depicts in details how the situation of the Jews of the town, with its Jeschiwa students, decreases rapidly and the Jews suffer severe torture and humiliation. Pious Jews suffer tremendously. Their beards get shaven off brutally, they get beaten and tortured for hours and they are forced to do degrading work. On every Je...

  3. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Shmuel Grossbard, 19 year old yeshiva student from Suwałki. He describes aerial bombardment and German planes flying over the city, and fire from the Polish military, as well as panic among the civilian population. The Germans entered the city the following day, and several of the neighboring cities that same day, but did no special harm. Here the testimony cuts off. Protocol No. 21 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect e...

  4. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. K., 19 year old yeshiva student from Zawady, a small village by Ostrow Mazowiecka. He describes the village being relatively unharmed at the beginning of the war, but tell that once the Germans entered it, they took all men, Jews and Poles, and deported them ot Germany. The men were held confined in a church for several days in harsh conditions, without food, then sent off by train. In Germany the Jews were separated from the Poles and sent on to a prisoner camp (stalag) near Stablak. They did forced labour on a minimal amount of poor food. The Poles also were brought there,...

  5. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of M. A. K., 55 year old timber merchant from Ostroleka. Left the city on October 7. He says that though German planes were seen over the city, nobombs fell. When the Germans were about to enter Ostroleka, he and the majority of the Jewish population left for Ostrow Mazowiecka. The Germans in Ostorw Mazowiecka kidnapped Jews for forced labor, and held the Jews of the city prisoner, shooting anyone who lagged behind and many of the prisoners. The author left Ostrow Mazowiecka to return to Ostroleka for Yom Kippur. In Ostroleka, the Germans burned and destroyed Jewish shops and hous...

  6. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Statement No. 6]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Statement No.6 is an extract from a volume of protocols / statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland under German occupation. This statement is by Lejb Blumberg, born 1915 in Warsaw, and describes briefly his escape from Warsaw to Vilnius in Oktober 1939. The statement is originally in Yiddish. Both, the original and the English translation are attached. Statement No. 6 -- פראטאקאל נומער 6

  7. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Record No. 30]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Izaak Danciger, a 25 years old shoemaker from Sierpc testifies about the breakout of the war and how it affected the Jewish Community. He depicts how the Nazis invaded and at the beginning were very kind. With the arriving of the Gestapo the situation for the Jews declined rapidly. Jews, especially pious Jews, were humiliated and severely tortured. He, among with other unmarried Jewish men, was forced to sign a declaration that he will leave the German territory and never come back or he shall be shot. Afterwards, the group was imprisoned and tortured and mistreated until there were eventua...

  8. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of an anonymous author who is named "a pioneer"; he describes the German and Soviet occupation of Łomża. The Germans occupied the city in early September and the soviets entered it on September 29th. He describes arrests and repressions by both German and Soviet occupying forces. The soviets forcibly registered all young and middle aged men for immigration, and arrested political leaders of Zionist organizations and the Jewish Bund. The Germans looted stores and Jewish property, and arrested men. The bombardment destroyed buildings in the city including the markets, synagogues, an...

  9. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. P., 40 year old office worker and newspaper administrator from Warsaw. He describes fleeing through several towns including Kałuszyn, Łuków, Radzyń Podlaski and Sosnowica. He describes how, under German bombardment, he saw trains stopped or destroyed at train stations, and the railways flooded with refugees. In Kałuszyn he met the author Shimon Hornochick, who was later shot by the Germans in the same town. The arrival of the Germans immediately brought with it mass executions, and extortions of large sums of money to recover the bodies for burial. He describes how the small...

  10. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Jankiel Forrajter, a 19 year old Jeshiva student from Międzyrzec testifies about his escape from the bombardments by the Nazis. Among other things he witnessed how refugees where shot down with a machine gun out of an airplane and the destruction of villagesand casualties among the civilians of Poland. He gives detailed information about the destruction of the places Kletsk, Siedlce, Biała Podlaska and Międzyrzec. Statement No 12 /פראטאקאל נומער 12

  11. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testament of Herzke Freitag, a 23 year old textile worker from Belchatow. He describes the arrival of refugees on the first day of the war, and the panic they spread, and the air raid sirens. The author with a large number of townsmen, including local peasants, fled to Pabianice, which was burning. Together with the population of Pabianice the refugees continued to Lodz. He describes the entrance of the German military into Lodz on Saturday with a marching band and the rejoicing of the local German population. He describes his return to Belchatow and the repressions against the Jewish popul...

  13. Pakolaistilastoja ym. pakolaisia ja kulkureita koskevia

    • Refugee statistics and other records concerning refugees and vagrants

    The records concern refugees (also Jewish) in Finland in the 1920s-1940s. The records include correspondence and lists of refugees. Some records concern deportation of Jews from Finland to Germany.

  14. Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the administration of the Belmont refugee camp, letters by refugees in Les Avants camp, bills and receipts for the JDC organization's expenses, and ot

    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 regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the administration of the Belmont refugee camp, letters by refugees in Les Avants camp, bills and receipts for the JDC organization's expenses, and other matters, 1942-1947 - Documentation regarding the Jewish refugees who arrived to Switzerland from Bergen-Belsen camp in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations with SS representatives, August 1944; - Lists of names of refugees and the JDC organization's expenses on behalf of the refugees; - Bills and receipts for the JDC organization'...

  15. Notepads with documentation of the correspondence between Saly Mayer and the JDC in Shanghai, concerning financing the help to Jewish refugees, monetary transfers and expenses for the benefit of the refugees, and correspondence with various institutions,

    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)

    Notepads with documentation of the correspondence between Saly Mayer and the JDC in Shanghai, concerning financing the help to Jewish refugees, monetary transfers and expenses for the benefit of the refugees, and correspondence with various institutions, 1943-1945 - Notepad including documentation of the correspondence between Saly Mayer and the JDC representatives in Shanghai, including Manuel Siegel, J. Bitker and C. Brahn, concerning financing the help to the Jewish refugees; - Notepad including documentation regarding monetary transfers and expenses for the benefit of the refugees in Sh...

  16. Notes written by Saly Mayer regarding discussions with Heinrich Rothmund concerning the establishment of an aliya training camp for Jewish refugees in Switzerland, the carrying out of ritual slaughter in Switzerland, the situation of the Jewish refugees i

    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)

    Notes written by Saly Mayer regarding discussions with Heinrich Rothmund concerning the establishment of an aliya training camp for Jewish refugees in Switzerland, the carrying out of ritual slaughter in Switzerland, the situation of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, and other matters, 1941 Notes written by Saly Mayer, 1941, regarding: - Documentation of Saly Mayer's discussions with Heinrich Rothmund, Chief of the Swiss Ministry of Justice Police Department, concerning the establishment of an aliya training camp for Jewish refugees in Switzerland by the "La Deliverance" [?] Zionist organ...

  17. Diary written by Saly Mayer regarding the transfer of relief the Jewish refugees in Europe and Shanghai, notes written by Saly Mayer regarding the care of the Jewish refugees after the war, and documentation regarding efforts by various organizations for

    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)

    Diary written by Saly Mayer regarding the transfer of relief the Jewish refugees in Europe and Shanghai, notes written by Saly Mayer regarding the care of the Jewish refugees after the war, and documentation regarding efforts by various organizations for the aliya of children to Eretz Israel, of whom most are orphans, 1946 Diary [titled apparently, "Agenda 1946"], written by Saly Mayer in 1946, including: - Documentation regarding the sending of medicine and other needs to Jewish refugees in Central Europe and, in particular, in Hungary; - Documentation regarding the stay of the Jewish publ...

  18. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence of Anshel Reis from Bucharest and from Tel Aviv with the Relief Organization for Polish Jewish refugees in Romania regarding the attitude of the Polish refugees towards the Jews and the establishment of a w

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence of Anshel Reis from Bucharest and from Tel Aviv with the Relief Organization for Polish Jewish refugees in Romania regarding the attitude of the Polish refugees towards the Jews and the establishment of a world contingent of Polish Jews Also in the file: - Copies of the 1940 correspondence between Anshel Reis and Aryeh Tartakower, L. Segal; and others; - Letter from M. Shprinzak regarding the Gordonia movement, 21 April 1940; - Protocols of meetings of the World Union Executive Committee in Tel Aviv with the participation of the Contact Commi...

  19. British Pathé Newsreel -- Austrian and German refugees take part in an Americanization program at a Quaker camp

    RKO-Pathe News. Titles read: "HAVEN - QUAKERS ESTABLISH NY REFUGEE FARM". At West Park American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), several shots of Austrian and German refugees of various ages sitting on steps and chairs outside a building and learning about the American way of life in 'Americanization Classes'. Adults and children work together in picking fruit and vegetables in fields on the Quaker camp. Commentator says the program is designed to re-establish the refugees socially and spiritually. Several shots of young people diving into a lake and swimming about.

  20. Flight, a boxed set of 12 lithographs from the International Rescue Committee on the theme of refugees and rescue

    A portfolio of original art prints, limited edition 73 of 250, published in 1971 by the International Rescue Committee to raise funds for the organization's mission to aid and rescue refugees. In 1964, Varian Fry, IRC's founder, began to assemble a portfolio of works from artists whom he had helped bring to the United States during the Holocaust. The project, themed to reflect the plight of refugees, was completed in 1970, four years after Fry's death. Each work represents the artist's vision of the Greek warrior, Aeneas, as he flees the burning city of Troy, described by T.S. Eliot as: "th...