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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow

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

    "Destruction of Radzilow": Overview written by Szymon Datner regarding the fate of the Jews of Radzilow Occupation of Radzilow by the German Army, 23 June 1941; attitude of the Poles towards the German Army; handing over of Soviet Army soldiers who did not have time to escape [by the Poles] to the Germans; names of Polish collaborators; abuse and murder of Jews by Poles; robbery of property; desecration of religious objects including the burning of Torah scrolls; attitude of the Poles towards the Jews; incitement of the Poles against the Jews; establishment of a local Polish authority in Ra...

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

    M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951 Born in 1882, in Lwow, Poland, Dr. Abraham Silberschein was an attorney who dedicated himself to public service. He was one of the outstanding leaders of the Labor Zionist movement in Poland, and in 1922, he was elected by the movement to serve in the Polish Sejm as the Labor Zionist representative . In 1930 he arrived in Geneva as a representative to the Zionist Congress. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Dr. Silberschein did not return to Poland, but he remained in Switzerla...

  4. American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs reports, 1940-1944

    1. O.91 - Mordechai Friedman Collection

    American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs reports, 1940-1944 The fate of European Jewry; the "Struma" Affair; granting of visas to refugees; rescue in exchange for merchandise; statements in anticipation of the American Jewish Conference held in 1943.

  5. American State Department correspondence regarding refugees and the rescue of Jews, 1942-1944

    1. O.91 - Mordechai Friedman Collection

    American State Department correspondence regarding refugees and the rescue of Jews, 1942-1944

  6. An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Krakow, Poland, age 20, regarding her experiences in Stryj and Hungary Life in Stryj during the German occupation; attitude of the Germans towards the Jews; establishment of the Judenrat by Dr.Huttener; unsuccessful escape attempt to Hungary with his mother and younger sister; crosses the border; life as a refugee; receives information about the murder of Jews in Stanislawow. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  7. An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    An anonymous testimony of a young man, born in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 1928, age 15-1/2, regarding his experiences in Tarnobrzeg, Russia, Iran, and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Tarnobrzeg including deportation of Jews to Zans and Radomishl; deportation beyond the Russian border; life as a refugee in the Soviet Union; escape to Teheran, 1943; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  8. 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

    in the Collection there are 4,500 pages of original documentation, mostly regarding the following subjects: A. The history of the Jews of Hungary during the Holocaust;B. Efforts of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Hungary in whose framework Dr. Israel Kasztner was active, 1942-1944; C. The role of the Jewish institutions that were active in the Free World countries working to rescue Jews;D. Documentation regarding the Nuremberg Trial at which Dr. Kasztner testified on behalf of Kurt Becher; E. Documentation regarding the Kasztner Affair in Israel, 1952-1958;F. Documentation regarding the ...

  9. The Attorney Jean Brunschvig Personal Archive: Certificates from the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, 1942-1944

    The collection is composed of documents signed by Mantello certifying that the bearer of the document is a San Salvadorian citizen.

  10. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969 The estate of Benjamin Sagalowitz was submitted to Yad Vashem by B. Froehlich, the executor of the estate in 1972; it was transferred to Israel by Herbert Rosenkranz. In the Record Group: - Drafts and galley proofs of Benjamin Sagalowitz's book, "The Way to Majdanek"; - Documentation regarding the Jewish communities in Switzerland, 1929-1956; - Documentation regarding JUNA, 1935-1964; - Documentation regarding the attitude of the Swiss authorities towards the Jewish ...

  11. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s

    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: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s In the file; - Annual reports regarding SIG activities for the years: 1929/1930; 1938; 1939;1940; 1941; 1942/1943; - Various financial statements for the years: 1932; 1933; 1936; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1945. Also in the file: - Draft of an activities report for 1962/1963; - Documentation from VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding treatment of Jewish refugees who rem...

  12. 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...

  13. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles regarding emigration destinations of Jews escaping from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939

    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 regarding emigration destinations of Jews escaping from Nazi Germany, 1938-1939 In the file: - "The Jews of Germany Should Be Saved", article which appeared in the French journal, "Correspondance Juive", which was published under the auspices of the WJC (World Jewish Congress) in Geneva (pp. 2-8), 13 December 1938; - Clippings from Swiss newspapers; - Reports regarding the treatment of the Jews in Shanghai, England, Cuba, Bombay and Norway; - Report regarding Jewish life in Shanghai.

  14. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the policy towards Jewish refugees, 1939-1963

    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 that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the policy towards Jewish refugees, 1939-1963 In the file: Articles written during the war years and afterwards dealing with the question whether, and if so, under what conditions, Switzerland should take in Jewish refugees seeking asylum from the Nazis; the articles appeared in the following newspapers and journals: - "Grenzbote", published in Schaffhausen, of 15 April 1939 (p. 4); - "Der Beobachter", September 1957 (pp. 8-85); - "Der Aufbau", 08 May 1942 (pp. 86-93); 05 November 1943 (pp. 144-151); 12 March 1...

  15. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Clippings from Swiss newspapers regarding treatment of the Jews, especially the Jewish refugees who sought asylum in Switzerland from the Nazis, 1933-1955

    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: Clippings from Swiss newspapers regarding treatment of the Jews, especially the Jewish refugees who sought asylum in Switzerland from the Nazis, 1933-1955 In the file: - Photocopies of pro-Nazi Swiss newspaper clippings, 1933-1943 (pp. 2-47); - Photocopies of postwar Swiss newspaper clippings, 1947-1955 (pp. 48-57); - Clippings from anti-Nazi Swiss newspapers, 1933-1945 (pp. 58-195), including a photocopy of the front page of "Goniec Obozowya", the Polish language paper, 10 September 1944 (p. 189); - Clippings from various Swiss newspapers published 1941-1948, d...

  16. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence between the local SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) Executive Committee in Zurich with Swiss authorities, 1933-1938

    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: Correspondence between the local SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) Executive Committee in Zurich with Swiss authorities, 1933-1938 In the file: - Correspondence between the local SIG Executive Committee in Zurich with various Swiss authorities, especially the Zurich police, regarding violent acts perpetrated against the Jews in Zurich, and correspondence with the Zurich Canton Alien Police regarding German consulate activities against Jewish refugees in Switzerland; - Correspondence with various canton authorities regarding the dissemination of Na...

  17. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence of the local office of SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) in Zurich, mainly regarding antisemitism, 1935-1944

    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: Correspondence of the local office of SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) in Zurich, mainly regarding antisemitism, 1935-1944 Correspondence between the local SIG office in Zurich with various correspondents including Armand Brunschvig and Saly Mayer; correspondence includes a letter from Haim Pozner to A. Brunschvig, dated 19 July 1940, regarding the business activities of Itzchak Erlanger, Pozner's father-in-law; correspondence is mainly regarding displays of antisemitism within the context of many disagreements between Jews and shop owners or var...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the establishment of ORT (World Union for the Vocational Training of Jews) in Switzerland and its activities on behalf of the Jewish refugees, 1943-1945

    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 establishment of ORT (World Union for the Vocational Training of Jews) in Switzerland and its activities on behalf of the Jewish refugees, 1943-1945 In the file: - Draft of the announcement regarding the founding meeting of ORT-Switzerland in Zurich, 21 November 1943; - List of members of the ORT-Switzerland Central Comite (Central Committee), late 1943; - ORT work plans, 1943-1944, and activity plans in Switzerland, 3 September 1943; - Agenda for the founding meeting of the Ort-Switzerland Central Comite, 21 November 1943; - Report o...