Countries collection: Austria files, 1919-1945.

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Countries collection: Austria files, 1919-1945.

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, printed material, clippings, and other materials concerning social, political, and economic conditions among Jews in Austria, and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) activities. Covers economic crisis, 1921-1923, 1929; anti-Semitism in 1920s; and Anschluss (unification of Austria with Nazi Germany), 1938. JDC activites include aid to child care, educational, and cultural and religious organizations; relief to refugees from Eastern Europe following World War I, and Germany following Nazi takeover; and emigration aid following the Anschluss. Organizations represented include American Relief Administration, Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, Council for German Jewry (London), HICEM, Hebraisches Pedagogium, Theologisches Lehr-Anstalt, Chajes Realgymnasium, and Youth Aliyah (preparation for movement to Palestine).

1.6 cubic ft.

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Hebraisches Pedagogium (Vienna, Austria)

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Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

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American Relief Administration.

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American relief agency operating in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385039 American relief agency operating in Europe from 1919 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration European operational records, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385037 ...

Chajes Realgymnasium (Vienna, Austria)

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Theologisches Lehr-Anstalt (Vienna, Austria)

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Central Council for Jewish Refugees (Great Britain)

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Jewish Agency for Palestine. Youth Aliyah Dept.

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien.

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