Countries collection: Germany files, 1919-1945.

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Countries collection: Germany files, 1919-1945.

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, printed matter, and other material concerning aid to Russian Jewish prisoners of war, 1919-1921; refugees from Poland and elsewhere, 1919-1930; child care, cultural and religious organizations; and Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. Material from Nazi period includes reports on Jewish situation and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee activity, including files on Kristallnacht, 1938-1939; transfer of funds, including "Haavara" arrangements to transfer funds to Palestine, 1935-1941; aid to canteens, including Juedische Heimspeisung, Berlin; importation of kosher meat, 1936-1938; emigration, including Trans-Siberian route, Palestine, 1933-1935, including illegal and Youth Aliyah (preparation for moving to Palestine) and hachsharah (agricultural training in preparation for moving to Palestine); loan funds, 1934-1939; and German refugees abroad, 1933-1942. Organizations represented include Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland; Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden (later Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland, Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland), 1933-1943; Zentral Ausschuss der deutschen Juden fuer Hilfe und Aufbau, 1933-1938; and HICEM, 1934-1942. Also, includes correspondence with Dr. Leo Baeck and others.

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Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden

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Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956

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20th century German-Polish-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. On 27 Jan. 1943, he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. He became the "honorary head" of the Council of Elders (Judenrat) in Theresienstadt. As such, he was protected from transports and with his protection list, could also save his relatives from transports, among others his grand-niece Ruth (b. 1925). Moreover, Baeck became "prominent", which meant that he had better accommodation, better ...

Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland

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The Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland (Jewish Aid in Germany) was an organisation established by German Jews in 1901 to engage in social welfare and educational activities among needy Jews. It remained in operation until 1941, and during the Nazi period it assisted German Jews trying to emigrate. After World War One, the Hilfsverein concentrated its efforts on Jewish refugees from eastern Europe who were stranded in Germany while trying to emigrate overseas. ...

Velikai︠a︡ Sibirskai︠a︡ magistral.́

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Jewish Agency for Palestine. Youth Aliyah Dept.

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Juedische Heimseisung (Berlin, Germany)

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Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland

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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...

Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden fuer Hilfe und Aufbau.

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