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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Survey conducted by M. Turek regarding refugees who escaped from Treblinka, 1943-1946

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Survey conducted by M. Turek regarding refugees who escaped from Treblinka, 1943-1946 - Report regarding life in Treblinka provided by refugees from Warsaw who succeeded in escaping from the camp, July 1943; - The lives of the Jewish inmates from Bialystok, Michalowa, Jalowka, Wolomin, Sokol and elsewhere in Treblinka; - Murder of Jews in gas chambers; - Murder by electricity as retaliation for the escape of Jews from deportation trains near Malkina; - Hospitalization in a Bialystok hospital of a refugee who contracted typhus.

  2. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union in Iran

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union in Iran In the file: -Testimony of Rabbi Hagar regarding treatment of the Jews by Anders Army, 30 September 1942; - Secret report, apparently prepared by someone on the Jewish Agency staff in Iran, regarding refugees and children who arrived with Anders Army, 18 September 1942. Also in the file: - Letter from Mrs. R. Ribovsky from Siberia, 04 June 1942; - Lists of Jews who perished in the Karaganda camp, 23 September 1947.

  3. Correspondence with the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung (Relief Organization for Jewish Refugees) in Zurich, 1942-1944

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

    Correspondence with the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung (Relief Organization for Jewish Refugees) in Zurich, 1942-1944 Correspondence between Hans Klee from RELICO (Relief Committee for the Warstricken Jewish Population) and Robert Faller from the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung regarding food parcels shipments to needy Jews in Europe during the war. Also in the file: Protocol of a meeting of SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) in Berne regarding coordination and cooperation among the Jewish organizations in Switzerland in relief activities on behalf of Jews out...

  4. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Cultural activities of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1938-1944

    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: Cultural activities of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1938-1944 In the file: Documentation regarding cultural activities of Jewish refugee organizations in Switzerland. Among other things in the file: Periodicals from "Sarcis", the YMCA/YWCA relief service to refugee citizens in Switzerland, for leisure time matters, May 1944; - Report submitted by a group of young refugees regarding their trip during Easter vacation, with photographs, April 1944; - Pamphlet regarding Culture Week, 01-07 August 1944, at the Champery refugee camp; - Announcements and newspaper c...

  5. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles in the Swiss press regarding refugees after World War II, 1949-1952

    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: Articles in the Swiss press regarding refugees after World War II, 1949-1952 In the file: - Articles regarding IRO (International Refugee Organization) activities and continuation of help to the refugees after the disbanding of the IRO. Among the articles are reports regarding emigration by the refugees, mainly to Australia; according to the "Tribune de Geneve", among all the countries willing to receive the refugees, Israel is in third place, after the United States and Australia, and before Canada, the South American countries and the European countries, 05 Ju...

  6. List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Romania and Hungary

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Romania and Hungary The list includes a name, place of birth, age, profession and current place of residence; list compiled by the Committee for Relief of the War Stricken Jewish Population [sponsored by] the World Jewish Congress in Geneva.

  7. List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Romania and Hungary

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Romania and Hungary The list is organized alphabetically and includes name, place of birth, age, occupation and current place of residence; list compiled by the Committee for Relief of the War Stricken Jewish Population [sponsored by] the World Jewish Congress in Geneva.

  8. List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Vilna, Hungary and Romania

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    List of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in Vilna, Hungary and Romania The list is organized alphabetically and includes name, place of birth, age, occupation and current place of residence; list compiled by the Committee for Relief of the War Stricken Jewish Population [sponsored by] the World Jewish Congress in Geneva.

  9. List of Jewish refugees from Poland who escaped to Lithuania and Hungary in 1940

    1. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    List of Jewish refugees from Poland who escaped to Lithuania and Hungary in 1940 The list is organized alphabetically and includes name, place of birth, age, occupation and current place of residence; list compiled by the Committee for Relief of the War Stricken Jewish Population [under the sponsorship] of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva.

  13. Surveys and reports regarding the condition of the refugees from Lithuania, 1939-1941

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

    Surveys and reports regarding the condition of the refugees from Lithuania, 1939-1941

  14. Lists from the war period and afterwards, including lists of refugees

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

    Lists from the war period and afterwards, including lists of refugees

  15. Personal files of the Zelikowski family, Jewish refugees from France who arrived in Switzerland, June 1944

    Personal files of the Zelikowski family, Jewish refugees from France who arrived in Switzerland, June 1944

  16. Personal files of Jewish refugees who were deported back across the border in Geneva, 1940-1944

    Personal files of Jewish refugees who were deported back across the border in Geneva, 1940-1944

  17. Collection of Zwitsersche Weg A, including documents regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands, 1940-1944

    Collection of Zwitsersche Weg A, including documents regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands, 1940-1944 Treatment of Jewish refugees who are citizens of the Netherlands, in Belgium, Switzerland and Poland, in the context of the persecution of Dutch Jewry and the anti-German underground in the Netherlands and Belgium, 1940-1944; Included in the collection: Letters from the Joodse Coordinatie Commissie [without indication of the addressees], regarding the collection of data concerning Jewish deportees, including children, May-August 1944; List of 281 Jews, titled, "Istanbul Exchanges" ...

  18. Documentation regarding the fate of Jewish refugees in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1933-1945

    Documentation regarding the fate of Jewish refugees in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1933-1945 - Files of Jewish refugees; - Police documentation.

  19. Documentation regarding refugees from Poland who arrived to Mogilev and Bobruysk, 1940

    Documentation regarding refugees from Poland who arrived to Mogilev and Bobruysk, 1940 Included in the collection are lists and questionnaires of Jewish refugees who arrived from Poland during 1939-1940.

  20. Police documentation from the Graubünden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding Jewish refugees, 1937-1944

    Police documentation from the Graubünden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding Jewish refugees, 1937-1944 - Files of Jewish refugees; - Police documentation.