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Country: Israel

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

    M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959 There are 220 files in the record group, which includes various publications, such as bulletins, reports, letters and surveys, containing information regarding the condition of the Jews in occupied Europe during World War II. The information was gathered, collated and distributed by Jewish organizations in Eretz Israel, Turkey (Istanbul) and Switzerland during the war and the early postwar years. Some of the communications were intended for distribution solely among the members of the or...

  2. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951 J. Mecker was one of the editors of the "Forverts" newspaper published (in Yiddish) in New York. Between 1945 and 1951 Mecker collected letters and written testimonies sent to the newspaper by Holocaust survivors. Some of this documentation appeared in the newspaper. Newspaper clippings as well as manuscripts of letters and testimonies that were not published in the newspapers were submitted to Yad Vashem by Ms. Rachel Auerbach in 195...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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...

  5. M.16 - Collection of the Joodsche Coordinatie Commissie (Jewish Coordination Committee-JCC) of Dutch Jewry in Geneva, 1943-1960

    M.16 - Collection of the Joodsche Coordinatie Commissie (JCC-Jewish Coordination Committee) of Dutch Jewry in Geneva, 1943-1945 The Coordination Committee for the Jews of the Netherlands in Switzerland was established in 1943 at the initiative of several of the Dutch refugees in Switzerland, including Mr. M. Gans. The owner of a jewelry and antiquities business in Amsterdam, Gans had escaped from the Netherlands to Switzerland with his wife in the summer of 1942. The Committee mainly dealt with offering assistance (by sending parcels of food and medicine) to deportees from the Netherlands i...

  6. The anti-Nazi forum

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication is a compilation of articles on the propaganda and threats emanating from Nazi Germany. Frank J. Hogan, President of the American Bar Association provides an overview of the stance of the Catholic church towards Nazi ideology and dismisses the prejudice that Jews financed the Russian revolution and are overrepresented in the communist party. The creation of boycotts by individual companies and movements is discussed in the following chapters. The contribution of Judaism to progress and the contrast of Democracy vs. Nazism are discussed next. W. Burckhandt recounts a meeting ...

  7. 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.

  9. Der Leidensweg von Zensl Mühsam

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication focuses on the hardships in the life of Zensl Mühsam. She was the wife of Erich Mühsam who had been murdered by the Nazis in 1934. Zensl first fled to Czechoslovakia and then to Russia, where she was arrested and sent to a camp in Siberia. Many of her letters to the author describing the abuse and torture of her husband and her desperation are reprinted. After her arrest she disappeared, and the author tried for many years to learn her fate. In 1949 he still searches for any sign of life of Zensl.

  10. THE HERSH SEGAL COLLECTION

    The collection contains the following materials: 1. 85 questioners with testimonies of children. In each questionnaire the children were required to write down their names, place and year of birth and also share their experiences during the war. Because the children were deported to different places in Transnistria it is possible to form a comprehensive picture of the camps and ghettos in Transnistria. (85 testimonies, handwritten original in Yiddish [with Hebrew translation]). 2. Two Booklets with a selection of 25 testimonies in Yiddish [Written in Hebrew letters]. (120 pages, Handwritten...

  11. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains eight circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between February and April 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1217, no. 1219, no. 1218, no. 1215, no. 1211, no. 1209, no. 1208, and no. 1207. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, professional damages following Nazi persecution, the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“Vertriebene”), and on damage to the personal freedom. The topics include: „Beru...

  12. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from August and September 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1161, no. 1160, no. 1159, no. 1158, no. 1155. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, various definitions of the term “Flüchtling” (refugee) and regulations regarding questions of citizenship, and finally professional damages following Nazi persecution. The topics include: „ Berufsschaden, Rentenwahl “, „Staatenlose und...

  13. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains 27 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from September and December 1962. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1057, no. 1056, no. 1054, no. 1053, no. 1052, no. 1051, no. 1048, no. 1047, no. 1046, no. 1045, no. 1044, no. 1043, no. 1042, no. 1040, no. 1039, no. 1038, no. 1036, no. 1034, no. 1030, no. 1029, no. 1027, no. 1025, no. 1021, no. 1022, no. 1020, and no. 1019. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations and the definition ...

  14. 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...

  15. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains 20 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from September/October 1961 and April/May 1962. The circulars include the following issues: no. 945, no. 944, no. 943, no. 942, no. 941, no. 938, no. 935, no. 934, no. 933, no. 932, no. 931, no. 836, no. 835, no. 833, no. 832, no. 831, no. 828, no. 825, no. 826, and no. 824. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding cases of professional disadvantages following the Nazi persecution (“Berufsschaden”), juridical definitions of terms like “Fl...

  16. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains ten circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between July and October 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1279, no. 1270, no. 1268, no. 1267, no. 1266, no. 1265, no. 1264, no. 1263, no. 1261, and no. 1255. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, damages to life, the definition of the term “Flüchtling” (refugee), health damages following Nazi persecution, widow’s pension, damages to the property, and the conditions of ...

  17. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from November 1965 and February 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1384, no. 1383, no. 1382, no. 1371, no. 1369, and no. 1367. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, damages to the professional career following Nazi persecution, damage to the property, and the definition of the term “refugee” (“Flüchtling”). The topics include: “ Wiedereinstieg in den vorigen Stand“, „Berufsschad...

  18. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between April and June 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1417, no. 1408, no. 1407, no. 1405, no. 1404, and no. 1402. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations, medical examinations following Nazi persecution, and damage to life. The topics include: “Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofes“, „Revisionsbeschwerde oder Neuantrag nach BEG-Schlußgesetz“, “ Vertriebenen-Eigenschaft“, “ Medizinische Begut...

  19. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains ten circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from January and February 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1198, no. 1197, no. 1196, no. 1195, no. 1194, no. 1193, no. 1192, no. 1188, no. 1186, and no. 1184. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures in Austria, professional damages following Nazi persecution, information regarding the subsistence level in Israel, and the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“...

  20. United Restitution Organization (URO)

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

    The file contains 20 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from August/September 1961. The circulars include the following issues: no. 822, no. 821, no. 820, no. 819, no. 817, no. 818, no. 816, no. 815, no. 813, no. 811, no. 812, no. 810, no. 809, no. 808, no. 807, no. 806, no. 805, no. 804, no. 803, and no. 800. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding cases of professional disadvantages following the Nazi persecution (“Berufsschaden”), juridical definitions of terms like “Vertriebener”, and cla...