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    1. W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence

    The file contains correspondence relating to Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Germany, Anglo-American relations, shipping convoy losses, Japan, and the possibility of a Japanese attack on Russia. The file also contains significant materials relating to Palestine, including the continuing arrival and internment of Jewish refugees, the defence of Palestine, the League for Jewish-Arab Rapproachment and Cooperation, and a report proposing a post-war settlement of the Jews in the Jordan river valley. The file also contains air raid and home security reports, a re...

  2. Documentation regarding the League of Nations, dated, 1933-1939, from the book titled, "A History of the League of Nations", written by F. P. Walters in 1952

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    Documentation regarding the League of Nations, dated, 1933-1939, from the book titled, "A History of the League of Nations", written by F. P. Walters in 1952 Surveys regarding the League of Nations and the problem of the Jewish refugees, 1933-1939; excerpts from publications by the League of Nations regarding Eretz Israel, the League of Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Evian Conference, 1933-1939.

  3. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Organization of Polish Jews in Sweden, Jozef Bycnowski, regarding support for organization activities and a world conference of Organizations of Polish Jews to be held in Switzerland

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Organization of Polish Jews in Sweden, Jozef Bycnowski, regarding support for organization activities and a world conference of Organizations of Polish Jews to be held in Switzerland Also in the file: - List of refugees from Kielce in Poland; - List of Jews who arrived in Sweden from camps, 1945-1946.

  4. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Warsaw regarding extending relief to various private people

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Warsaw regarding extending relief to various private people Incomplete file of correspondence with the JDC in Warsaw regarding extending relief to various private people Also in the file: - Copies of correspondence of Dr. Chaim Pozner with the JDC in Warsaw regarding relief to refugees in Kowel, April-July 1940; - Announcement of the tragic death of the JDC Chairman, David Guzik, 11 March 1946.

  5. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland Correspondence with Dr. Kopecky, Czechoslovakian representative to the League of Nations in Geneva and Czechoslovakia’s first ambassador to Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Czechoslovakian refugees in Italy, the sending of help to survivors of the ship, "Pentcho" in the Ferramonti Di Tarsia camp and the transfer of mail to England, Spain and Portugal, from March 1945.

  7. Shofar saved by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Gusti and Julius Ackermann collection

    Shofar brought by Julius Ackermann when he emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938. It had been used by his family for years.

  8. Burgundy velvet shofar cover with a floral border and tassels saved by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Gusti and Julius Ackermann collection

    Burgundy velvet shofar cover brought with Gusti Mayer when she and her thirteen year old brother, August, emigrated in June 1937 from Hermeskeil, Germany, to the United States in June 1937.

  9. Leather pouch

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Leather pouch with snap.