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  1. Press cuttings re the internment of refugees

    Collection of press cuttings regarding the internment of aliens and refugees c1940

  2. Reports re Jewish refugees in Great Britain

  3. League of nations: papers re refugees

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection of documentation deals with the role of the League of Nations, in particular with regard to the problem of Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany, c1938-1939. The papers include minutes, agenda, reports and memoranda of the Refugees Committee of the League of Nations.Documentation on the role of the League of Nations Refugee Committee with particular regard to the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany including the following.Memorandum re treatment of refugees in Great Britain,...

  4. Jewish refugees in Portugal: various papers

    This miscellaneous collection of reports document the situation of German Jewish refugees in Portugal in the 1930s. Reference is made to the Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees and to its founder Augusto d'Esaguy.

  5. Flyktingsektionen

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    • Sections on Refugees
    • Riksarkivet
    • 03/05
    • Swedish
    • 1920-1980
    • 45.6 Hyllmeter.

    Vid årsskiftet 1940/1941 ombildades den sedan 1933 verksamma Hjälpkommittén till ett inom församlingen integrerat organ, Flyktingsektionen, inom församlingens understödsnämnd. Understödsnämndens övriga verksamhet bedrevs av dess allmänna sektion. Flyktingsektionen bestod av församlingens föreståndare och rabbiner samt fyra av församlingen valda ledamöter. Sektionen hade till en början två avdelningar: emigrations- och understödsavdelningen samt barnavdelningen. I början av 1945 tillsatte församlingens fullmäktige en "Kommitté för utlands- och efterkrigshjälp", som i sin tur tillsatte ett ar...

  6. Övriga register över flyktingar

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Register och Liggare
    4. Register över flyktingar i Sverige
    • Other registers of refugees
    • Riksarkivet
    • C
    • Swedish
    • 1944-1948
    • Serien i kortlådor.

    Danska flyktingar på Lidingö; 1946-1948 ankomna flyktingar; Fackarbetare.

  7. Jugoslavenski zbjeg u Italiji

    • Yugoslav Refugees to Italy

  8. Jugoslavenski zbjeg u Egiptu

    • Yugoslav Refugees to Egypt

    Fleeing the German offensive in late 1943 and early 1944, when Germany occupied Dalmatia, a large number of civilians (over 30,000), fearing reprisals, took refuge on the island of Vis. As Vis already housed the General Staff of the Partisan army and the allied British army, it was not able to accept and feed so many people. Therefore it was decided that the non-combatant population of the island be evacuated as refugees to South Italy, first to Bari and then to Taranto. Refugees mostly consisted of people from the Makarska area (around 6000), as well as from Vodice, the islands of Hvar, Vi...

  10. Documentation regarding relief to Jewish refugees in Yugoslavia and to Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia staying in Switzerland, 1944-1946

    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 relief to Jewish refugees in Yugoslavia and to Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia staying in Switzerland, 1944-1946 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Dr. Dragutin Rosenberg, deputy chairman of the Jewish community of Zagreb, regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia who are in Switzerland; - Correspondence between Dr. Rosenberg and Silvain S. Guggenheim, chairman of the VSJF - Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fuersorgen (Association of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Switzerland), regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia who ar...

  11. Police documentation from the Schaffhausen, Switzerland canton (region) pertaining to Jewish refugees and personal files of refugees, 1938-1949

    Police documentation from the Schaffhausen, Switzerland canton (region) pertaining to Jewish refugees and personal files of refugees, 1938-1949 - Files of Jewish refugees; - Police documentation.

  12. Evian Conference about Political Refugees. Memorandum of Certain Jewish Organizations Concerned with the Refugees from Germany and Austria

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A memorandum about the history of the persecution of German Jews since the Nazi Party came to power and the occupation of Austria. There is additional persecution and danger to Jewry in central European countries. The Council for German Jewry was formed to co-ordinate the efforts of the British and American Organizations and to meet the aggravation of the economic distress of German Jewry. The young Jewish generation must be prepared for productive manual occupation in the countries to which emigration must be directed. The memorandum furthers discusses the opportunities for occupation and ...

  13. Switzerland and Jewish refugees: Reports by JUNA and other material

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This collection of material on the fate of Jews and Switzerland during the Nazi era, comprises several deposits, the first three of which share the same provenance, the other two being unrelated. Parts of this archive were used to create the three dossiers in this collection.The three dossiers, all produced in 1955, and apparently emanating from the same source, have been produced in the same format. Namely, an introductory essay on a topic punctuated by references to related transcript documents (Be...

  15. Leather briefcase used to hold family papers by Jewish refugees

    1. Henry and Rose Basch collection

    Briefcase used by Henry and Rose Basch when they lived as refugees in Shanghai, China. They used the valise to store documents related to their efforts to get family members out of Nazi-controlled Europe. Henry and Rose, originally from Poland, fled Germany to escape the antisemitic policies of the Nazi government, probably in the late 1930s.

  16. Bomb damage in Italy; Italian refugees; British troops; German prisoners

    04:08:10 NR-85 Army Pictorial Service - Film Report (Silent) Effects of Bombing by USAAF in Italy, October 6, 1943. VS, Italian refugee women and children in flight, enter town, carrying their small belongings. CU, sign at improvised bridge: George Washington Bridge. LS, US Army truck moves through bomb-wrecked city passing ruined church and much debris. CU, religious statues in church. AV, town showing Reggio Canal, ruined factories and building; bomb craters in parts of the city along the RR yard and in ancient amphitheatre. LS, ruined railroad yard and demolished bridge. 04:12:59 NR-76 A...

  17. Leather and metal box owned by German Jewish refugees

    1. Lewin and Levi family collection

    Leather and metal box presumably brought with Simon and Violet Lewin, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, who fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.

  18. Metal needle case with cap brought with German Jewish refugees

    1. Lewin and Levi family collection

    Metal needle case with removable cap brought with Simon and Violet Lewin, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, who fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.United States.

  19. Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Correspondence regarding refugees and rescuing Jews

    1. P.49- Archive of Leni Yahil, Holocaust Researcher, 1904-2002

    Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Correspondence regarding refugees and rescuing Jews In the file: - Correspondence with people and institutions in the United States and Great Britain, the Red Cross and others regarding Jewish refugees and rescuing Jews.

  20. Lists of Ichud members who are refugees in Switzerland

    1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    Lists of Ichud members who are refugees in Switzerland Also in the file: Addresses of Jewish organizations and personalities and receipts from the Swiss post.