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Holding Institution: Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust, Tel Aviv University/ספריית וינר לחקר התקופה הנאצית והשואה, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב

  1. Bericht über die Lage der Juden in Ostgalizien

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report about the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia, published by the 'World Jewish Congress. Executive committe' in 1940. The report is based on the narration of a witness. It discribes the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia from the beginning of the occupation by the Soviet Union on the 17th of September 1939 till December 1939. When the Red Army invated Poland the Jews were impute to welcome the invasion. But infact they saw the invasion by the Soviet Union as the lesser evil, as beeing occupied by the Nazis. But as the report tries to show, the Jewish population ...

  2. [Correspondence between British and Czech Jewish relief organisations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters concerning assistance for Jews in Czechoslovakia. Returning from concentration camps there is a need for clothing and food supplies. Also grants are needed for restoration of Jewish communal properties. The Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia is asking besides for grants to establish a home for 200 young and for 150 old people in Prague. Furthermore grants have been needed for supporting students in Czechoslovakia. The Central British Fund and the American Joint Distribution Committee want to cooperate in financing certain activities in Cze...

  3. Letter to Moses Beckelman, Vilno, 1940

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Letter from the "Committee for collecting material about the destruction of the Jews in Poland, 1939" to the Director General of the "American Joint Distribution" Moses Beckelman, outlining their work. The committee, consisting of 60 polish-jewish writers and journalists, was gathering information about what happened to Jews since the outbreak of the war, including information about Jews suffering in Concentration camps. The letter describes the efforts that the committee was undertaking to collect material, namely, to organize staff, to interview refugees, and to type down everything so it...

  4. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Translated correspondence of DALJEWCIB with potential and recent emigrants from Germany regading living conditions, housing arrangements, work possibilities, exit- and entry permits into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, how to obtain permanent resident status and Manchurian-/Japanese entry-/residence visa

  5. The Alien Pioneer Corps (an MSS)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file consists of two parts. The first by an unknown author from before 1938 is an outline for propaganda movies for British soldiers, giving them an overview of their "Allies" in countries surrounding Germany to highlight what they are fighting for and who else is fighting against the Nazis. The purpose is to give an overview of the allied country which should be appealing, interesting, and of high quality. It gives an outline of the production (text, photos, music). The second part is an overview of the Pioneer Corps comprising of soldiers who are refugees from Nazi-occupied countries....

  6. The Problem of Italian Jewry

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Jewish community in Italy has not been prepared for the installment of anti-Semitic legislation in 1938. The legislation closely followed its German inspiration, for example in the exclusion of Jews from public and economic life. Also citizenships have been revoked and the people exiled from Italy fall into distinct categories. Italian Jews have been forced to search for a new home overseas, the US, Palestine and South America, due to the many restrictions the Italian government has put on them. Various committees for the relief of refugees exist all over Italy and who are helping the J...

  7. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains 18 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt), ranging between April and July 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1127, no. 1126, no. 1125, no. 1124, no. 1121, no. 1120, no. 1118, no. 1114, no. 1112, no. 1110, no. 1106, no. 1104, no. 1099, no. 1098, no. 1097, no. 1096, no. 1093, and no. 1092. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations, and cases of claims for professional disadvantages following the Nazi persecution (“Berufsscha...

  8. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany regading living conditions, housing arrangements, work possibilities, exit- and entry permits into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status and obtaining Manchurian visa as well as residency Part II of III

  9. The Onchan Pioneer

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains informations about the newspaper 'The Onchan Pioneer' which was published in Onchan Internment Camp, on the the Isle of Man (self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). 'The Onchan Pioneer' was a weekly camp journal, published from July 1940 till July 1941, that reflected upon internee activities and campaigned for release. Informations about the situation in Germany are given, as well as parodies of Hitler and his policy. Furthermore programs of cultural events planed in the camp are given. Besides articles of inmate...

  10. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany regading living conditions, housing arrangements, work possibilities, exit- and entry permits into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status and obtaining Manchurian visa as well as residency Part I of III

  11. Eine Stadt im Dritten Reich

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication is an account of a German refugee describing the tragedy that has beset Germany in 1933. The fate of one city among 98 in Germany with a population of 50,000 or more is described. The harassment, abuse of its citizens and destruction or confiscation of property of social democrats and their facilities (printing shops, community houses, welfare institutions, libraries, and kindergartens) is described in harrowing details.

  12. Dr. Georg Goldschmidt

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    This online document contains information about a Wiener library's envelope about Dr. Georg Goldschmidt, former head of department of the refugee ministry of the German Federal Republic. The envelope contains two abstracts of German newspaper articles (Die Zeit and Rheinischer Merkur).

  13. ITS Monthly Report for the month of December, 1952, and Annual Report for Year 1952

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The report contains information gives an outline of the work done by the ITS in 1952 with emphasis on Mail distribution and central files, general information, documentation and administrative service.

  14. Monthly Report for the Month of September 1953

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Report about incoming inquiries and outgoing reports and certificates in high numbers. Furthermore, ITS internal such as a rewarding program for the staff. Also, a request to establish a witness index with records from camp leaders, block leaders and prominent inmates for archival and historical reasons.

  15. [Jewish migration from Germany and Austria and the Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Professor Cohen was upset about a memorandum sent to him by Mr. Stephany and claims that it has done its best to solve the refugee problem.

  16. [List of] Jews in England

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    List of various Jewish Italian individuals in England and English Jewish individuals in Italy.

  17. Lists of Hungarian Jews in Belgium

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    An asortement of lists compilled by either the Royal Hungarian Consulate or the Sicheheitsdienst of the SS in Belgium, regarding Hungarian Jews under protection from the Hungarian government and to be released from custody in concentration camps in Belgium.

  18. [List of displaced German scholars]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file consists of 294 cards listing the names of exiled scholars in alphabetical order and one duplicate. Each card lists the date of birth, profession and biographical information as well as the area of expertise. Some entries include a third copy with updates. Most professions are in the humanities.

  19. [National Refugee Service]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Message of the President William Rosenwald to the Members of the Board of directors of the National Refugee Service from 1943. Report of the Executive Director Albert Abrahamson to the Members and Bord of Directors of the National Refugee Service from 1942 dealing among others with the Enemy Alien Messure

  20. Die Judenbrücke I

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the first part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medical staff.