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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation regarding the Hechalutz movement's activities on behalf of the Jews in Europe, including a Hechalutz booklet about its activities in France, a booklet about the Hechalutz aliya training in England, correspondence between Saly Mayer and Natha

    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 the Hechalutz movement's activities on behalf of the Jews in Europe, including a Hechalutz booklet about its activities in France, a booklet about the Hechalutz aliya training in England, correspondence between Saly Mayer and Nathan Schwalb regarding the transfer of relief, and other matters, 1934-1945 - Booklet (in French) by the Hechalutz movement about its activities in France, in the context of aliya training, October 1934; the booklet includes a summary in English; - Booklet about the [Hechalutz movement's] aliya training in England, 1940 [?]; - Documentation re...

  2. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the 1954 "Rothmund Affair" in Switzerland, and regarding special matters related to the treatment of foreign Jews in Zurich, 1936-1957

    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: Documentation regarding the 1954 "Rothmund Affair" in Switzerland, and regarding special matters related to the treatment of foreign Jews in Zurich, 1936-1957 In the file: - Documentation regarding the "Rothmund Affair": deliberation regarding the parliamentary question submitted by Hans Oprecht, a member of the Nationalrat (Swiss Parliament), to the Swiss government, 08 June 1954, related to the responsibility of Heinrich Rothmund for the entering of the letter "J" in the passports of the German Jews (Parliament session, 16 June 1954); newspaper clippings regar...

  3. Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10440674
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Application Correspondence List of healthcare workers List of Jewish residents List of livestock owners List of residents List of skilled professionals Official documentation

    Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944 The Mogilev and Vitebsk regions, a large part of the Gomel region, the eastern districts of the Minsk region and part of Polesye belonged to the outlying area under the control of the Heeresgruppe Mitte (Army Group Centre). The occupying regime established local administrations in the city as auxiliary power. Included in the documentation from the district administration of Bobruysk are directives from the District Director on the following subjects: funding for Bobruysk municipal institutions; commerce arrangements in the c...

  4. 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)

    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) The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II. Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in various ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received info...

  5. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, נובמבר (ב) 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in Eastern Europe after the war; - Excerpt from a letter written by a refugee in Shanghai, October 1945; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female survivor from Kaunas, May 1945; - A survey of the Chelmno camp; - Information from a survivor regarding the...

  6. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, December 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, דצמבר 1945

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, December 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in a DP camp in Germany, and the situation of the Jews in Berlin; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female refugee from Poland living in Sweden, October 1945; - A survey of Theresienstadt.

  7. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, February 1946

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, פברואר 1946

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, February 1946 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Report regarding the DP camps in Italy, late December 1945; - Excerpt from a letter sent by a survivor in Warsaw, December 1945; - Testimony of a female survivor regarding deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 27 May 1944, and camp life there; - Testimony of Zvi Vakblatt, 15, who made aliya to Eretz Israel...

  8. Bulletin issued by the Joint Rescue Committee for Aid to the Jews in Poland in Jerusalem containing testimony from Rabbi Y. Y. K. from Warsaw, who escaped to Eretz Israel, regarding the persecution and murder of the Jews in the cities and towns in the vic

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

    Bulletin issued by the Joint Rescue Committee for Aid to the Jews in Poland in Jerusalem containing testimony from Rabbi Y. Y. K. from Warsaw, who escaped to Eretz Israel, regarding the persecution and murder of the Jews in the cities and towns in the vicinity of Warsaw during the period of the first German occupation, August 1940 The bulletin also contains testimony of Yehuda Auerbach who was in Poland, in Lemberg, and other places until April 1940

  9. Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Testimony of Hannah (Loewy) Peleg, born in Vienna, Austria, 1924, regarding her experience in Vienna and Great Britain Life in Vienna; attends a non-Jewish elementary school; coping with displays of antisemitism; attends a Jewish high school, until 1938; Anschluss; Kristallnacht; move of Hannah, her brother Issaschar Dov (Bernhard) and her sister Lisa (Ilse) to Great Britain, in the context of the Kindertransport; Life in Great Britain as a young Jewish refugee girl in non-Jewish surroundings; joins aliya training in Brosgrove, following activities in the Bachad youth movement; marriage to ...

  10. Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Calendar for 5704 (1943-1944), 5705 (1944-1945) and 5706 (1945-1946) prepared by an unknown person in Siberia, 1943 In the calendar there are also dates entered for the most important events in the history of the Jewish people, starting with the creation of the world according to the Jewish calendar, 1944-1946. Notes from Alvin Weiss who submitted the material: The calendar was given as a present to Mordechai Weiss, born in Lancut, Poland, 1902, when he was a refugee in the Soviet Union in 1943. To the best of Mordechai Weiss' knowledge, the person who wrote the calendar perished.

  11. Soviet passport of Reizel Veksler, born in Berdichev, Ukraine, 1905, issued in Berdichev, 20 December 1936, and documentation of Yelizaveta Veksler (the daughter of Reizel Veksler), regarding the family's experiences during the war

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Soviet passport of Reizel Veksler, born in Berdichev, Ukraine, 1905, issued in Berdichev, 20 December 1936, and documentation of Yelizaveta Veksler (the daughter of Reizel Veksler), regarding the family's experiences during the war Evacuation of the family from Berdichev, at the outbreak of the war (Reizel's husband stays in Berdichev in order to help organize the evacuation, and he is drafted into the Red Army); escape of Reizel Veksler to Rovenki, with her daughter and family members; escape to Razdorskaya; escape to Karabutak; death of Reizel Veksler in Karabutak, 24 January 1942; death ...

  12. Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file:...

  13. Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Samuel Kohn, born in Paris, France, 1901, known as Moulou: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities including rescuing children; arrest at the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943. Also in the file: - Deposition by Marguerite Kohn at the police station taken from documents presented at the trial of Klaus Barbie, 23 February 1983; - Last letters from Samuel Kohn to his wife.

  14. Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Dr. Abraham Bantchewsky, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1890, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physician; evacuation from Paris with his family, June 1940; escape to Marseilles; life in Marseilles; maintains contact with the local resistance movement and the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest in Marseilles with his son, Victor, 1943; deportation to the Compiegne camp with his son; transfer to Drancy with his son; transfer to Sobibor; murdered in the gas chamber in Sobibor with his son. In the file: - Photog...

  15. Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Michel Dreyfus, born in Montmorency, France, 1922, known as Pierre Durand; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities from 1942; transfer to La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF activities; responsibility for rescuing children in Limoges; activities using the name Pierre Durand; arrest in Marseilles following a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices; deportation to Drancy. In the file: - Photograph; - Letters; - Excerpts from a testimony.

  16. Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Madeleine Schick, born in Colmar, France, 1920; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) in Lyons as a social worker; detention during a raid on the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to the Beaune La Rolande camp; transfer to Sobibor; death in Sobibor. In the file: _ Portraits of Madeleine Schick; - Testimonies.

  17. Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  18. Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Rabbi Robert Meyers, born in Paris, France, 1898; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life as the Rabbi in Neuilly, 1928. Outbreak of the war; Aumonerie des Hopitaux Militaire (Military Hospital Chaplaincy) activities; appointment as Rabbi for the Savoie region and the Haute Savoie region after 1940; activities on behalf of refugees with his wife; thwarting arrests and deportations of Jews; help from the local church in thwarting arrests and deportations; arranges for the transfer of families to Switzerland; arrest in Annemasse while illegal...

  19. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural pro

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and additional organizations regarding assistance to Jewish communities in the British Occupied Zone in Germany and in Berlin and activities for restoring cultural property belonging to the communities, 1947-1950 Also in the file: - Letters from 10, 16, 26 and 29 October 1948 pertaining to Dr. Baeck's visit to Germany; - Report regarding Berlin, 10 February 1949; - Letter from A. Scheyer regarding Jewish refugees from Germany who returned to Berlin from the Soviet Union, 05 March 1947; - Letter from Ms. ...

  20. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Reports of Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad meetings and reports regarding the visit of the heads of the Committee in DP camps in Germany and Austria Also in the file: - Reports regarding Committee activities in the Netherlands; - Various surveys regarding the Bergen-Belsen DP camp; - Survey prepared by Jane Leverson regarding Jews in Belgium; - Survey regarding Morris Feinmann, of Blessed Memory, a Committee activist; - Reports regarding the condition of the Jews in Italy, Austria and Greece; - Excerpts from a report sent by Earl Harrison, the US representati...