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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Report issued by the Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) regarding the International Conference held in Hanover regarding the refugees, 1951

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

    Report issued by the Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) regarding the International Conference held in Hanover regarding the refugees, 1951 Also in the file: - Official documentation with declarations made by the United States government regarding the establishment of the War Refugee Board (WRB); - A call for revenge on Nazi criminals, granting of a haven for refugee children from France in Switzerland, official Red Cross documentation regarding refugees and prisoners of war, and more; - Declaration made by the International Red Cross regarding the protecti...

  2. Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with institutions and personalities in Switzerland regarding assistance to Jewish refugees from France in Switzerland and to Jews of Polish origin in France

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

    Correspondence (arranged in alphabetical order) with institutions and personalities in Switzerland regarding assistance to Jewish refugees from France in Switzerland and to Jews of Polish origin in France There are five volumes in the file: Volume I: A-F Also in the file: - Correspondence with Joseph Croustillon in Madrid and Angelo Donati. Volume II: G-L Also in the file: - Correspondence with Swiss authorities and the Polish and Czechoslovakian legations in Switzerland, mainly regarding assistance to Jewish refugees and children from France; - Correspondence with Nahum Goldmann, Yitzchak ...

  3. Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children

    1. P.3 -Isaac Weissman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon

    Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children Also in the file: - History of the Unitarian Service Committee, the Unitarian Church in America and Unitarians throughout the world; three surveys regarding the activities of the Unitarian Church; - Copy of a report submitted by N. Schwalb regarding assistance and rescue activities by Hechalutz, 26 November 1943; - List of 171 passengers of the ship "Nyassa" who departed from Lisbon to Haifa, 25 January 1944.

  4. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945

    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 various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945 Also in the file: - Reports regarding Agudat Israel activities; - Reports regarding the situation in various communities in Germany, including Assen, Duesseldorf, Berlin and Cologne.

  5. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944

    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 prominent people and various relief organizations regarding assistance to refugees and appropriate representation of Agudat Israel in refugee organizations, 1940-1944 Also in the file: Lists of names of refugees some of whom are in camps and some of whom have emigrated including the country to which they emigrated.

  6. Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava,, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain Born in Ostrava. Escape to Poland, 1939; assistance to Jewish refugees in Krakow organized by Czechoslovakian Zionists, 1939; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Poland, role of Herman Field; participation of Czechoslovakian Jews; cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Consulate; classification applications for British visas; escape to Britain, 1939; Communist influence; cooperation with HICEM (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ...

  7. Documentation regarding the activities of the Red Cross organization on behalf of persecuted Jews and Jewish refugees in France, 1942-1944

    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 activities of the Red Cross organization on behalf of persecuted Jews and Jewish refugees in France, 1942-1944 - Report by the Red Cross organization regarding a visit in the French Free Zone, including information about the Red Cross organization [apparently in the Free Zone] and about the situation in the camps, 10-26 March 1942; - [Letter] written by Dr. Joseph Weill, the medical advisor of the OSE organization, including a note to the Commission Mixte (Mixed Committee) of the Red Cross organization, regarding the situation in the detention camps in France, Fe...

  8. Documentation regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, and a lawsuit against the JDC organization by Israel Polak, a Jewish refugee from the Netherlands, 1943-1949

    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 Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, and a lawsuit against the JDC organization by Israel Polak, a Jewish refugee from the Netherlands, 1943-1949 Documentation regarding Jewish refugees from the Netherlands in Switzerland, 1943-1947: - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Dutch Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of relief to Jewish refugees from the Netherlands who arrived to Switzerland as stateless citizens; - Letter sent by the Dutch Legation regarding relief expenses for the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including a list of names of t...

  9. Seven diaries by Saly Mayer, including handwritten lists, regarding mainly economics data related to relief to Jewish refugees in Europe and Shanghai, June 1939-May 1944

    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)

    Seven diaries by Saly Mayer, including handwritten lists, regarding mainly economics data related to relief to Jewish refugees in Europe and Shanghai, June 1939-May 1944 - Diary 1: Documentation regarding the care of refugees in various countries, including much data concerning economics, bills, a budget for 1940, and other documents, 1939-1940; - Diary 2: Documentation including economics data, 1941; - Diary 3: Documentation including economics data and a chart of the expenses and income for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1933-1942; - Diary 4: Documentation including econo...

  10. Five diaries including handwritten lists by Saly Mayer, regarding mainly the transfer of relief to the Jewish refugees in Europe; diaries written, January 1945-May 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)

    Five diaries including handwritten lists by Saly Mayer, regarding mainly the transfer of relief to the Jewish refugees in Europe; diaries written, January 1945-May 1946 - Diary no. 1: Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to refugees in Europe at the end of the war and documentation regarding Israel Kasztner and the "ARBA" [?] negotiations, including information about the project to supply tractors to Germany in the context of the "Goods for Blood" deal; diary written, January-March 1945; - Diary no. 2: Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to the Jews who remained alive [...

  11. Report written by B. Teichholtz, head of the Committee of Jewish Refugees from Poland in Hungary, regarding actions taken in order to rescue Jews in Hungary, 1942-1945

    1. P.54 - Archive of Dr. Israel Kasztner, one of the leaders of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, and Collection of Dov Dinur, Kasztner's Biographer
    • Bericht von B. Teichholtz, Leiter des polnisch-jüdischen Flüchtlingscomités in Ungarn über die Arbeit in den Jahren 1942-1945

    Report written by B. Teichholtz, head of the Committee of Jewish Refugees from Poland in Hungary, regarding actions taken in order to rescue Jews in Hungary, 1942-1945

  12. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-33) regarding the situation of the Jews, labor camps for refugees in Southern France, Drancy and deportations

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Reports and surveys (Numbers 1-33) regarding the situation of the Jews, labor camps for refugees in Southern France, Drancy and deportations Also in the file: - Survey regarding the situation of the refugees in Morocco, 17 September 1940; - Report submitted by the Committee for the Elderly and the Children of the Comite de Coordination des Oeuvres Israelites de Bienfaisance (Coordinating Committee of Jewish Welfare Societies) regarding the condition of the children and the elderly in the camps, 10 December 1940; - Announcement by Marshal Petain following hi...

  13. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Federation of Polish Jews in Italy, Dr. Leon Bauminger, regarding relief to Jewish refugees from Poland in Italy

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Federation of Polish Jews in Italy, Dr. Leon Bauminger, regarding relief to Jewish refugees from Poland in Italy Also in the file: - Correspondence with Dr. Israele (sic) and E. Dr. Zeidel from Milan regarding the condition of the refugees.

  14. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the administrators of the Caux Sur Montreux camps and the refusal of the refugees to be transferred to Algeria

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the administrators of the Caux Sur Montreux refugee camps and the refusal of the refugees to be transferred to Algeria Also in the file: - List of 1,362 refugees in Caux, 26 December 1944; - Letter of Maxim Glancz from Engelberg regarding help to members of a youth group from Bergen-Belsen now in Switzerland, 07 September 1945.

  15. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Yugoslavian legation in Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Yugoslavian refugees in Italy

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with the Yugoslavian legation in Switzerland regarding the issuing of passports to Yugoslavian refugees in Italy Also in the file: - Correspondence regarding the issuing of a Yugoslavian entry visa to Dr. Abraham Silberschein, 1947; - Letter regarding the fate of Dr. Silberschein's brother in Zagreb, 10 December 1947.

  16. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Francois Honti, Hungarian Consul General in Geneva, regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees from Poland in Hungary

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Francois Honti, Hungarian Consul General in Geneva, regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees from Poland in Hungary

  17. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence of Wilhelm Fisher in Bucharest regarding the situation of the Jews in Romania, help to refugees from Poland and to deportees in Transnistria

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence of Wilhelm Fisher in Bucharest regarding the situation of the Jews in Romania, help to refugees from Poland and to deportees in Transnistria In the file: - Letters from Dr. Filderman regarding the rescue of 5,000 orphans in Transnistria, 11 January 1943; - Copy of a letter written by Wilhelm Fischer to Saly Mayer regarding his meeeting with von Steiger, the Chairman of the International Red Cross Organization (CICR), 07 August 1943.

  18. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters from Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania regarding the murder of Jews in various places and appeals for help

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Letters from Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania regarding the murder of Jews in various places and appeals for help Letters from Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania regarding the murder of Jews in Sniatyn, Kolomyja, Lwow, Lodz, the Szczebrzeszyn camp and other places, and appeals for help by the survivors. Also in the file: - Letter from the Relief Committee in Bucharest over the signature of Egozi (Nussbaum) regarding help for the refugees, 07 January 1943; - Letter regarding an organization headed by Dr. Vincenz whose purpose is to transfer refugee...

  19. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Benzion Teichholz, Chairman of the International Committee for Jewish refugees and Former Inmates of Concentration Camps in Austria

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Benzion Teichholz, Chairman of the International Committee for Jewish Refugees and Former Inmates of Concentration Camps in Austria Correspondence with Benzion Teichholz, Chairman of the International Committee for Jewish Refugees and Former Inmates of Concentration Camps in Austria regarding relief and arranging of escape to Eretz Israel, as well as reports regarding the committee's activities: Report 1: 21 August 1945-24 April 1946; Report 2: 01 May-30 December 1946; Report 3: 02 January 1947-18 December 1947; Report 4: 05 January 1948...

  20. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Yaakov Bardach in Prague regarding searching for relatives and organizing relief for survivors and Jewish refugees from Poland in Czechoslovakia

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

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with Dr. Yaakov Bardach in Prague regarding searching for relatives and organizing relief for survivors and Jewish refugees from Poland in Czechoslovakia Two volumes: 1. 08 October 1945 - 16 December 1947; 2. 01 January 1948 - 04 November 1951. Also in the file: - Two reports regarding the condition of the refugees from the Carpathian Ruthenia area now in Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1946; - Letter regarding collaborators from the Lodz Ghetto, 21 September 1946; - Letter regarding emigration of Jews from Poland via Italy, 17 June 1946; - Reso...