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  3. Henry and Rose Basch papers

    1. Henry and Rose Basch collection

    Consists of a collection of documents, letters, and photographs documenting the experiences of Henry and Rose Basch while fleeing Nazi occupied Europe to Shanghai, China as well as post-war documentation. Includes documents regarding refugees in Shanghai and their attempts to assist family members in Europe to immigrate. The refugees were cousins of the donor's wife.

  4. Selected records from the State Archives of the Penza Region related to the evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Contains selected records related to the evacuation and resettlement of the Soviet civilians evacuated to the Penza region during WWII. It includes lists of evacuees and their families, statistical data, information about food and medical supplies provided to the evacuated population by the local government authorities etc.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish Relief Committees

    Woburn House, Bloomsbury, London. Headquarters of the Jewish Relief Committees. Interior, dark, big busy room, older men sitting at tables, women too waiting to be seen, people asking questions. Stock shots of Orientation signs in German on doorways. Refugees in line at desk to receive immediate dispensation of funds from Mr. Nathan (according to MoT card) for needy including women with infants. MS and CU of those waiting and of money and coins on table. 02:33:23 MS Mr. I.B. Davidson of Jewish Aid Committee speaks of enormous cost of helping refugees, thanks non-Jewish friends who have cont...

  6. "Ash Camp" photograph album

    The Ash Camp photograph album is a leather bound photograph album, black with embossed horses, which includes 326 mounted and labeled photographs. The photograph album's owner is unknown but includes photographs of the Gabe family, the Saul family, the Jake family, and the Elais family. In addition to candid family photographs, there are also photographs of life in Shanghai, the "Ash Camp," likely a camp for Jewish refugees in Shanghai in 1945, and the distribution of food delivered by parachutes by “Yanks.”

  7. Selected records related to evacuation from the State Archive of the Republic of Mari El, Russian Federation

    Contains various records and correspondence files created by the Soviet Government and Communist Party authorities related to the evacuation of civilians to the Republic Mari El during WWII. It includes lists of evacuees, statistical data, information about food and medical supplies etc provided by the above-named authorities to the evacuated population.

  8. Kriminalpolisen i Malmö

    • Malmö Criminal Police
    • Stadsarkivet Malmö
    • Kriminalpolisen i Malmö
    • English
    • 1874-1970
    • 240,7 linear meters of textual records

    The archive includes the F7 series, which contains 12 volumes of extensive material on refugees and survivors, including survivors and refugees who arrived in Sweden during and after the Second World War. The documents from 1943-44 contain documents concerning refugees who came to Sweden from Denmark, including those who fled to Sweden in the autumn of 1943. Later documents concern refugees and survivors from other countries. The series also includes lists of survivors who came to Malmö using various boat transports and interrogation protocols. Volume F7: 9 contains the Malmö police's alpha...

  9. Jewish Philanthropic Association : Membership Card Index Asociación Filantropica Israelita : Indice

    Contains membership card index of the Asociación Filantrópica Israelita (AFI), with approximately 20,000 names of Jewish refugees, mostly from Nazi Germany (including Nazi annexed Austria), who emigrated to Argentina between the years 1933 to 1939. Also includes the names and biographical data of a few Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and other countries in Europe. The card index was periodically updated through the 1970s.

  10. Malah (Malach) family photographs

    1. Malah (Malach) family collection

    Consists of 35 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the families of Zigmund (Zishe) Malah (Malach) and Maria (Manya) Adlerfliegel Malah, both originally of Bedzin, Poland. Includes photographs of Zishe Malah while he was serving in the Polish Army as well as portraits of family members who did not survive the war and photographs of Zishe and Maria Malah (and their children) after the war.

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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several lettes, telegrams and one memorandum. Mostly between the Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia, American Jont Distribution Committee and the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation. Topics mentioned in the letters are establishing hostels in Bratislava, religous schools in Slovakia and opening a Kosher Kitchen in Prague for Jews passing through Prague on their way to Western Europe. As it might be a specifically Jewish need for some refugees and essential for their welfare. Also grants have been asked for necessary reconstructions of synago...

  12. [Advice by the Far Eastern Central Information Bureau on the possibilities of emigration to Shanghai and Tientsin]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Advice by the Far Eastern Central Information Bureau on the possibilities of emigration to Shanghai in China and Tientsin in Mandchukuo, the difficulties of obtaining exit-permits and entry visa to Mandchukuo, as well as the overall situation of Jewish refugees in the Far East.

  13. [Documents from the estate of Julius Bloch]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents from Julius Bloch in January 17th 1939 from London to his family (in Frankfurt/Main and New York) and the answer of them about the (preparations for the) migration to New York and the restrictive laws concerning money of Jews in the Third Reich.

  14. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB regarding destitute nature of emigrees from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB regarding destitute nature financial situation of in China arriving Jewish emigrees and refugees from Germany and the restrictions put on Jewish refugees arriving from Austria via the Siberian land route

  15. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany regading living conditions, housing arrangements, work possibilities, exit- and entry permits into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status and obtaining Manchurian visa as well as residency

  16. Correspondence Of The In Harbin Located "DALJEWCIB" Office Regarding Immigration Opportunities And Related Problems

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence the Harbin located "DALJEWCIB, The Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau, regarding overall immigration opportunities for Jewish refugees and related emigration and immigration problems, including advice for organisations and individuals to turn toas well as offering assistance to refugees from Europe fleeing Nazi-Germany and Fascist-Italy and aligned Axis-states File divided into two subfiles, according to geographic location and professions

  17. Jewish refugee children from Belsen in London

    Jewish teenage survivors of Belsen arrive at refugee center in London. Children eating in dining hall, dancing the Hora outside, arriving at Red Cross building, in classes.

  18. Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959

    Report published by the VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding its activities, November 1944-late May 1945 Circulars and reports regarding the Jewish refugees in Switzerland.

  19. Documentation containing protocols and reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, 1944

    1. P.32 - Collection of Hansi and Joel Brand, activists in the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest during World War II

    Documentation containing protocols and reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Hungary, 1944 Deportation of Jews; murder of Jews; underground activities; rescue possibilities; possibilities of aliya to Eretz Israel; situation of refugee Jews in Hungary.