Countries collection: China files, 1919-1983, 1922-1964 (bulk)

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Countries collection: China files, 1919-1983, 1922-1964 (bulk)

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, printed matter, and other material concerning American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) activities in the Jewish community in China, especially Shanghai and Harbin. Subjects include repatriation of prisoners of war following World War I, 1919-1921; aid to refugees before, during, and after World War II, including aid to Christian refugees, 1946-1953; care for the aged, 1946-1954; community and youth center, 1947-1949; cultural and religious organizations, 1944-1960; emigration, 1941-1964; housing, 1938-1948; medical aid, 1945-1950; and vocational training, 1946-1949. Organizations represented include Central Information Bureau for Jewish War Sufferers, Harbin; Jewish People's Bank of Harbin; Committee for the Assistance of European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai; Shanghai Ashkenazi Collaborating Relief Association; Council for German Jewry; Council of Jewish Communities of Shanghai; International Relief Organization; Church World Service; and National Catholic Welfare Conference. Among correspondents in China are JDC representatives Adolph Glassgold, Horace Kadoorie, Laura Margolis, and Manuel Siegel.

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Siegel, Manuel.

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Central Information Bureau for Jewish War Sufferers (Harbin, China)

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International Refugee Organization.

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The International Refugee Organisation (IRO) was a non-permanent specialised agency of the United Nations. It came into being on 20 Aug 1948. Its functions were previously carried out by a Preparatory Commission (PCIRO), which assumed on 1 Jul 1947 functions formerly exercised by its predecessor organisations: The League of Nations; the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees; the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the allied armies. The IRO was ...

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...

Committee for the Assistance of European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai.

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Kadoorie, Horace, 1902-

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National Catholic Welfare Conference

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Central Council for Jewish Refugees (Great Britain)

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Jarblum, Laura Margolis.

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Council of Jewish Communities of Shanghai.

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Glassgold, Adolph.

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Jewish People's Bank of Harbin.

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Shanghai Ashkenazi Collaborating Relief Association.

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