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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. [Number of reports and description or DALJEWCIB regarding the arrival and condition of refugees in Shanghai via searoute from Italy]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains numerous reports, correspondence and detailed description of DALJEWCIB and relief commitee members regarding the arrival and physical as well as psychological condition of refugees in Shanghai via sea route from Italy and Germany

  8. [Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Liaison Committee of the High Commissioner for the Refugees from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Liaison Committee of the High Commissioner for the Refugees from Germany on the 16th of June 1938 in Paris. Information that the American Advisory Committee for the Evian Conference would welcome a Memorandum from the Liaison Committee and that a Delegate from the Committee might attend the Conference. Decision to present a Memorandum dealing with the position of refugees that already left Germany and Austria and pointing out the need for further emigration for them. Different suggestions regarding the Memorandum by several members of the Sub...

  9. The 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 collection contains personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp.

  10. 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.

  11. Brief aan H.M.L.H. Sark, gedelegeerde voor Nederland voor het Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. Verzoek toezending circulaire met betrekking to...

    1. Mannheimer, K.F.
    2. Lijst I: archief advocaat en procureur mr. K.F. Mannheimer
    3. Doos III: Persoonlijke stukken

    Brief aan H.M.L.H. Sark, gedelegeerde voor Nederland voor het Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. Verzoek toezending circulaire met betrekking tot steunverlening aan vluchtelingen.Vragenformulier, 21 juni 1948.

  12. [DALJEWCIB correspondence on the topic of finding alternative localities on the Chinese Coast for Jewish refugees to settle in]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB answer correspondence on the ventilation of the topic of finding alternate localities and harbour cities on the Chinese Coast for Jewish refugees to settle in as opposed to mass emigration into Shanghai and worsening of social conditions for new arrivals

  13. Komitet pomoshchi evreiskim bezhentsam (g. Zagreb)

    • Odbor za pomoc židovskim izbeglicam (Zagreb); Committee for Aid to Jewish Refugees (Zagreb)

    The collection's contents are described in one inventory, which is arranged by structure and chronology. Deposited in the collection are documents connected with the activities of the Zagreb HICEM Committee regarding the reception, settling, and transport to third countries of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria. It includes correspondence with HICEM committees in Austria, the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries, and with the Union of Jewish Religious Communities of Yugoslavia, the German Jewish Aid Society, the Jewish religious community of Brody, the JDC, the ...

  14. Parlamentariska undersökningskommittén ang flyktingsärenden och säkerhetstjänst

    • State commission on the treatment of refugees and the intelligence service
    • Sandlerkommissionen
    • Riksarkivet
    • Parlamentariska undersökningskommittén ang. flyktingsärenden och säkerhetstjänst. YK 984.
    • English
    • 1945-1947
    • 57 volumes of textual records.

    The archive contains 57 volumes of archive documents from the commission's assignments during the period 1945-1947. The series Personakter till anmälningsdiariet (F: 2) contains 390 files containing reports and other documents with information about refugee cases reported by aid organizations and private individuals because they were treated incorrectly by the authorities when they tried to come to or stay in Sweden as refugees. Many of these were Jews. There is an index of the files in volume C: 1. A selection of the reported cases is also summarized anonymously in the commission's report ...

  15. Göteborgs stads kurator för statslösa flyktingar

    • City of Gothenburg counselor for stateless refugees
    • Göteborgs kommun. Göteborgs stads kurator för statslösa flyktingar

    The series include 1,529 personal files in 16 volumes. The files contain information about refugees and Holocaust survivors who came to Sweden and stayed in Gothenburg from 1937 to 1947. One volume also contains circular letters and guidelines for the treatment of refugees from the authorities and one volume contains correspondence.

  16. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years Rabbi Eli Munk was the son of Rabbi Azriel Munk, the rabbi of the Adass Yisroel community, the separatist Orthodox congregation in Berlin. In 1938, he emigrated to England and established a community of former German Jews in Golders Green, London, serving as its leader. He was active in Jewish affairs and organized, among other projects, camps for Jewish youth. Along with his brother, Rabbi Yechiel Aryeh Munk, he edited the book, "Faithful Testimony"...

  17. P.20 - Zorach Warhaftig Archive: Documentation of rescue and aid extended to refugees who escaped from Poland and Lithuania to Japan, 1939-1990

    P.20 - Zorach Warhaftig Archive: Documentation of rescue and aid extended to refugees who escaped from Poland and Lithuania to Japan, 1939-1990 Zorach Warhaftig was born in Wolkowisk, White Russia. While still a youth, he was an active member of the Hamizrachi movement. He acquired a traditional Jewish education and a general education, earning his Law degree at Warsaw University. From 1936-1939 he served as Chairman of the Eretz Israel office in Warsaw and a representative at the 17th through the 21st Zionist Congresses. When World War II broke out, he escaped to Lithuania, and there he ai...

  18. P.14 - Archive of Julius (Yitzchak) Stone: Documentation regarding relief to Jewish refugees in Australia and memorialization of the Holocaust in Australia

    P.14 - Archive of Julius (Yitzchak) Stone: Documentation regarding relief to Jewish refugees in Australia and memorialization of the Holocaust in Australia Dr. Julius Stone was a Professor of Law at Sydney University. He was active in Jewish organizations during World War II in an effort to aid European Jewry. In addition, he fought post-war Neo-Nazism in Australia. This record group, his personal archive, contains reports and memos regarding Jewish refugees during World War II, correspondence concerning activities of the organizations on behalf of Jews abroad and information about his post...

  19. Jewish Refugee Alliance in Switzerland / Union of Jewish Refugees in Switzerland Jüdischer Flüchtlingsverband in der Schweiz / Union Jüdischer Flüchtlinge in der Schweiz

    The collection pertains to the activities of the Jewish Refugee Alliance in Switzerland / Union of Jewish Refugees in Switzerland during the immediate postwar period, 1945-1948.

  20. Internationale Vluchtelingen Organisatie [International Refugee Organization IRO] Internationale Vluchtelingen Organisatie

    • Nationaal archief
    • Z21075
    • Dutch
    • 1945-1953
    • 3.90 meter; 203 inventarisnummers.

    Het archief van de Nederlandse Delegatie van het Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees bevat voor de periode 1947-1957 gegevens over diverse aspecten van migratie en opvang. Het betreft stukken over de status van Joodse, Hongaarse en andere vluchtelingen en displaced persons; de opvang van vluchtelingen in Nederland; hulpverlening; rechtsherstel en rechtspositie; emigratiefaciliteiten in Zuid-Amerika, Canada en Nieuw-Zeeland; de regelingen t.a.v. vluchtelingen in de verschillende Duitse bezettingszones; richtlijnen voor de schadeloosstelling van Nazivervolgden; correspondentie en rapporte...