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  1. [Exchange of letters to and among several British officials]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Exchange of letters between several British officials regarding the question of immigration of German Jewish refugees and the resolution adopted at the Evian Conference on 14th of July 1938.

  2. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland:Statement No2]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Aaron Berg, a 26 year old radio-mechanic from the town Kolumna near Łódź testifies abut his experiences during the invasion of the Nazis in Poland between the 1st to 14th of September 1939. He depticts the changes of behavior of christian Poles towards their jewish neighbours, heavy bombardments from the Nazis and the suffering of strong hunger. His protocol is an extract from a volume of protocols provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugees. The statement is presumably a translation from Yiddish, but the original is missing. Statement No 2

  3. [Liste des Israélites libérés de camps de concentration d'Allemagne at arrivés en Belgique]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains two lists of liberated Jews from German concentration camps. One list gives informations about former Jewish citizens of Belgium, who immigrated back to Belgium from the 31st of March till the 31st of July 1946. An other list shows Jewish transits who passed through Belgium to an other destination. This list shows transits also from the 31st of March till the 31st of July 1946. Both lists include first and last names, informations about the native town, birthday and their nationality if they had one.

  4. The Kitchener Camp Review

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains two examples of the journal the 'Kitchener Camp' for refugees, a monthly Camp newspaper on the Isle of Man (self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). Kitchener Camp was taken over by the Central British Fund of the Council for German Jewry (CBF) at the beginning of 1939 to rescue threatened Jews from Germany and Austria. Conditions for admission were that inmates must be aged between 18 and 40 and that they have a definite prospect of emigration overseas. The newspaper of the camp reports about the activities in the...

  5. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Protocol No. 10 is an extract from a volume of protocols provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugees. In 1939 they formed a comittee to collect evidence about the condition of the Jews in Poland under Nazi Germany occupation. Protocol No 10 is in Yiddish and given by Shlomo Ferkal (24 yrs., living in Vilnuius / Lithuania). In it he describes how in September 1939 his town Mezhirichi was bombed by the Nazis and how he was fled towards Kovel. He is depicts the bombardements of civilians/ refugees, the life of the refugees and the treatment of Jews by non-jewish citizens.

  6. The Refugees and Immigration

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A memorandum discussing the size of the refugee problem as well as arguments pro and against immigration. It further discusses the finance and retraining possibilities of refugees.Discribes the immigration policy and situation of Jewish immigrants in France and Palestine.

  7. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB regading a variety of topics related to the living conditions, including housing, work arrangements, exit- and entry permits of Jewish emigrees into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status, danger of deportation and difficulties with an intransigent Manchurian bureaucracy]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB regading a variety of topics related to the living conditions, including housing, work arrangements, exit- and entry permits of Jewish emigrees into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status, danger of deportation and difficulties with an intransigent Manchurian bureaucracy. The File also contains reports from and to DALJEWCIB and Jewish Relief and Aid organisations in Europe, as well as personal correspondence detailing said topics in detail.

  8. Das Laterndl

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations about the 'Laterndl, Wiener Kleinkunstbühne' (the Lantern). The material which is attached includes programms, announcements of performances and social events, texts and drafts of satirical pieces, documentary photographs of performances and rehearsals. The Lantern was a small theater, founded and run by Austrian exiles in London during World War II. It was connected to the 'Austrian center', the 'Free Austrian Movement' and the 'Interniertenfond'. Opened on June 21st, 1939, it was active throughout the war years, with a break between summer 1940 and 1...

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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several lettes, telegrams and one memorandum. Mostly between the Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia, American Jont Distribution Committee and the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation. Topics mentioned in the letters are establishing hostels in Bratislava, religous schools in Slovakia and opening a Kosher Kitchen in Prague for Jews passing through Prague on their way to Western Europe. As it might be a specifically Jewish need for some refugees and essential for their welfare. Also grants have been asked for necessary reconstructions of synago...

  10. [Advice by the Far Eastern Central Information Bureau on the possibilities of emigration to Shanghai and Tientsin]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Advice by the Far Eastern Central Information Bureau on the possibilities of emigration to Shanghai in China and Tientsin in Mandchukuo, the difficulties of obtaining exit-permits and entry visa to Mandchukuo, as well as the overall situation of Jewish refugees in the Far East.

  11. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Avraham Mlotek, 31 year old from Warsaw. He describes leaving Warsaw with two friends on September 7th. He describes bombardments and destruction, and Jews fleeing from towns. He made his way through Wawer, Międzyrzec Podlaski and Biala, where heavy bombardments resulted in destruction, fear and injuries, and onto a passenger train which was shot on by the Red Army at the border. Protocol No. 20 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee...

  12. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of D. K.. 25 year old yeshiva student in the Kleck yeshiva, resident of Brisk. He describes the heavy bombardment of the German planes, and the incendiaries which destroyed parts of the city, and led to multiple casualties. The Germans occupied Brisk and conscripted both Jews and Poles to forced labor, forced Jews to open stores on the Sabbath, and looted Jewish businesses. They detained many in the city but the detainees were freed when the Russians were about to take over the city. The Russians in their turn detained ethnic Germans in a camp and shot several as spies for the Ger...

  13. Judenbewegung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and aryanizations are given. The confiscation of emigrant property in Nantes were arranged by the Verwaltungsstab-Verwaltungsabteilung of the Militärverwaltungsbezirk B. Documents relating to buying permits and the regulations regarding wholesale and retail prices are attached. Precise instructions for the management of the confiscated objects can also be seen. The Amt Rosenberg is responsible for...

  14. [British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slavakia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Conditions for entering Great Britain are shown in the notification which the files contain. Where to apply and which kind of rights or duties the applicants have are mentioned. If the conditions have been fulfilled the permits can be obtained through the committe for refugees from Czecho-Slovakia.

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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters, telegrams and one memorandum. The correspondence is between members of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation, the American Joint Distribution Committee, the Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia and the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia. Several grants have been given by the Central British Fund for establishing an old aged home, busaries for international jewish students in Prague, as well as for text books and scientific instruments. Furthermore subventions for a Kosher Kitchen in Prague and for the Jewis...

  16. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Rachel B., 43 year old woman from Rozan. She describes the conquest of the city by the Germans and the beginning of atrocities committed against Jews in her town and the surrounding area. These include arbitrary shootings targeted at children and the elderly, and burning of Jews in synagogues. She and her two children left to Goworowo, where all jews were ordered into the synagogue with the market on fire, and men were taken out and shot. On officer stopped the mass burning because there were too many Jews, but much of the Jewish neighbourhood burned with many casualties. She d...

  17. [Circular letters regarding the labor camps administrations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains scans of several circular letters, sent to the leaders of immigrants labor camps in Switzerland. Beside a compulsory english course for the inmates or holiday entitlements, the correspondence deals with the camps supply of food, toiletries or clothings as well as instructions for the handeling of several insurances and further bureaucracy. The instructions were given out by the Central Labor Camp Administration in Zurich and were mostly signed by the head of the Central Administration Otto Zaugg.

  18. Menschenfracht nach Palästina

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is an unpublished account by Werner Bukofzer about his illegal immigration to Palestine from Germany via the Danube and then on board of the "Hilda" to Haifa. He describes the hardships on board of the ship during an especially harsh winter 39/40, the uncertainty, and the dangers through onboard fire, storms and imminent shipwrecking. After days in the port of Haifa the passengers are taken prisoners by the British and interned in the Atlit camp. What follows is the monotony of prison life. Individual characters and events are described through anecdotes. After Purim 1940 a hungers...

  19. Reglement für die Lagerführung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains scans of several instructions given to the leaders of immigrants labor camps in Switzerland. The instructions mostly relate to the rules of daily life and the working conditions for the camps staff and leaders. Further instructions relate to the bureaucracy which was necessary to provide smooth processes in the camps. The orders were given out by the Central Labor Camp Administration in Zurich(Zentralleitung der Arbeitslager, Zürich) and were mostly signed by the head of the Central Administration Otto Zaugg.

  20. [Correspondence with the League of Nations Union]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a correspondence between the 'League of Nation Union', the 'Council of the Central British Fund for Jewish relief and rehabilitation', the 'Board of Deputies of British Jews' and the 'German Jewish Aid Committee'. The correspondence is concerning two conferences reagarding the refugee question. One conference is called the 'Evian ' conference concernig the coordination and cooperation to assist the German and Austrian refugees. A memorandum has been prepared by the 'League of Nation Union' based on political and pratical grounds. The idea of the 'Evian' conference should b...