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  1. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s In the file; - Annual reports regarding SIG activities for the years: 1929/1930; 1938; 1939;1940; 1941; 1942/1943; - Various financial statements for the years: 1932; 1933; 1936; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1945. Also in the file: - Draft of an activities report for 1962/1963; - Documentation from VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding treatment of Jewish refugees who rem...

  2. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols for SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) of ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; the Federation of Jewish organizations in Zurich) meetings, 1942-1944

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols for SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) of ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; the Federation of Jewish organizations in Zurich) meetings, 1942-1944 In the file: - Drafts of protocols of ICZ meetings recorded for SIG by B. Sagalowitz; among the representatives: Saly Braunschwieg, David Farbstein, Georg Guggenheim, and Silvain S. Guggenheim; main topics for discussion at the meetings included the problem of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland and harsh criticism of Saly Mayer's approach to the refugees; - Handwritten notes made by B. ...

  3. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols of meetings of ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; Federation of Jewish organizations in Zurich) representatives to SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), 1932-1945

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols of meetings of ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; Federation of Jewish organizations in Zurich) representatives to SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), 1932-1945 In the file: - Protocols from meetings of ICZ representatives to SIG, partially written by B. Sagalowitz, 1933-1945; attached to the protocols are invitations to meetings as well as 08 May 1932 decisions made by the representatives. Among the participants at the meetings: Otto Heim, Saly Braunschweig, David Farbstein, Georg Guggenheim, Silvain S. Guggenheim, Veith Wyler, M...

  6. Selected records from the Départmental Archives of Drôme, France

    Contains materials relating to deportations, internment camps, foreigners resident in Drôme, France, and subject to arrest and deportation, declarations of Jewish heritage, directives concerning treatment of Jews, name lists of persons interned and deported, and movement of refugees. Also contains a brief history of refugee artists in the town of Dieulefit, France.

  7. Henry Flatow papers

    The papers consist of an envelope censored in France sent by Henry Flatow's father Hans Flatow in Italy in March 1945 and two airgraphs (one with envelope) sent to and from Hans and Henry Flatow in Italy and England in May and June 1945.

  9. Sirota family papers

    1. Sirota family collection

    The Sirota family papers, 1939-1947, consists of identification documents, passports, certificates, and vaccination documents relating to the immigration of Johann Sirota, Alice Sirota, and Horst Sirota from Berlin, Germany to Shanghai, China in 1939 and the United States in 1947.

  10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Danish Refugee Administration in Sweden Central Register (Group A-Ø)

    Consits of the alphabetical (phonetic) register of refugees with detailed information about an each refugee, including both Jews and resistance fighters and their families. There are no related files to the register, but the information on the cards is quite unique. This collection contains the most detailed and systematic overview of Danish refugees in Sweden.

  11. Andrew Blau papers

    1. Andrew Blau collection

    The papers consist of a publication and two letters relating to refugees at the Kitchener internment camp in Richborough, England, and an internment camp on the Isle of Man during World War II. In a special camp, Kitchener, in Richborough, Kent, England, some 5,000 people who needed immediate shelter were housed during an eighteen - month period from the end of Jan. 1939. These 5,000 refugees had been released from concentration camps, or their internment had been deferred by the Nazis, who were willing to let them alone on condition that they leave Germany immediately. The Home Office gave...

  12. [DALJEWCIB in correspondence regarding the transit-visa situation with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB correspondence regarding the transit visa situation on the European part of the journey to Manchuria covering up to the Soviet border via Lithuania and Latvia. A limited number of transit visa via Poland exist as well. Also the Soviet refusal of of entry of refugees without a Manchurian transit visa is thematisized, due to the Soviet-Manchurian border stations refusal to grant entry or provide transit visas to European refugees. Finally the correspondence also covers the destitute financial situation of the refugees.

  17. Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger collection

    The Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger collection contains documents created and collected by Dr. Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger, a Romanian rabbi who helped lead the efforts in assisting Jewish refugees escape to Palestine. Documents include budgets, bulletins, and meeting minutes related to the Rescue Committee of Cluj-Kolozsvar (Napoca). Other materials concern Jewish refugees in general, and include copies of articles, lectures, and texts from films documenting the plight of refugees in Romania during World War II. The Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger collection contains items related to the plight of Roman...