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Photo Collection.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- USA / AJDC / Photo Collection
- English
- Over 120,000 photographs.
- Updated 4 weeks ago
The Photo Collection of the JDC contains a couple of hundred of images relevant to the history of the Jewish communities of Belgium. Searching the Photographs database on keywords such as ‘Belgium’, ‘Brussels’ and ‘Antwerp’ nets over 370 results at the time of writing. These images especially depict scenes in the children’s homes, supported by the JDC, including many portraits of children and home personnel, children’s activities, etc. Apart from daily life in the homes (at the end of the 1940s), we also note some photos of refugees, of the MS St. Louis, of the refugee camp in Merksplas, …
Records of the New York office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1933-1944.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- NY AR193344
- English
- 1933-1944
- 1141 files (ca. 33,6 l.m.).
- Updated 4 weeks ago
Files nr. 117 and 118 (ca. 1944-1947) contain minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the JDC Advisory and Consultative Group and minutes of its Sub-committee on Reconstruction. This organ was established in early 1944, to deal with the needs of the devastated Jewish communities of Europe. Jewish leaders from twelve nations – including Belgium – were asked to organise national groups; collectively they formed the JDC group. The file “Belgium: Administration, General 1933-1940” (nr. 450) contains correspondence and various reports on the assistance to and status of Jewish refug...
Records of the New York office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- NY AR194554
- English
- 1945-1954
- 2510 files.
- Updated 4 weeks ago
This fonds is of crucial importance for the history of the reconstruction of the Jewish community in Belgium after the Second World War. In Subcollection Countries & Regions, Record Group: Belgium we firstly note the files (containing correspondence, memos, reports etc.) on the financial administration of JDC aid, fundraising and the transfer of funds to Belgium; see the files nrs. 152, 153, 154, 155 and 160 for the period 1945-1954. Nr. 149 (years 1944-1954) contains general correspondence and reports on JDC aid to Belgium, the treatment and legal status of Jewish refugees in Belgium, ...
AJDC Photographs.
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- USA / YIVO / RG 335.9
- English
- ?
- Updated 6 years ago
This part of the records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee consists of pictures of the activities of this organisations all around the world. The fonds should contain pictures on JDC work in Belgium. At the time of writing, the relevant folder appeared to be missing.
Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Landsmanshaftn Department.
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- USA / YIVO / RG 335.7
- English
- ca. 4,5 l.m.
- Updated 6 years ago
In subseries 4 (“correspondence about countries and with the regional JDC offices”), we find a file on “JDC Belgium” (years 1947-1948) - see box 18, folder nr. 534.
Saly Mayer Archives.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- USA / AJDC / Saly Mayer Archives
- English
- 1939-1950
- 68 files.
- Updated 6 years ago
This fonds contains archival material produced by Saly Mayer, who was the principal liaison between the JDC and the Jewish communities in Nazi-occupied Europe – including Belgium. Nr. 29 contains a file titled “Belgium, 1943-1945”, in which we find correspondence and reports on the activities of the Comité National de Défense des Juifs en Belgique, financed by Saly Mayer and the JDC.

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Photo Collection.

Records of the New York office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1933-1944.

Records of the New York office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954.

AJDC Photographs.

Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Landsmanshaftn Department.

Saly Mayer Archives.