Countries collection: Switzerland files, 1916-1974, 1933-1964 (bulk)

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Countries collection: Switzerland files, 1916-1974, 1933-1964 (bulk)

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other material concerning American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) activity in Switzerland, especially with Russian-Jewish students and emigrants during and after World War I, and refugees from Germany and elsewhere before, during, and after World War II. Subjects include child care, including Internationale Vereinigung fuer Kinderhilfe, 1942-1944, and Schweizer Hilfewerk fuer Emigrantenkinder, 1933-1948; tuberculosis sanatoria, including Alpenruhe Heim, Saanen, 1948-1950, Association Israelite "Pro-Leysin," 1939-1950, Bella Zvi Sanatorium, 1947-1950, Juedische Heilstaette "Etania," 1939-1949, Mon Repos Sanatorium, 1946-1951, and Union OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants), 1945-1963, 1968, 1972; refugee and emigration aid, including Comite International pour le Placement de Intellectuels Refugies, 1939-1950, International Refugee Organization, 1947-1952, Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund, 1938-1974 (1938-1950, bulk), Verband Schweizerischer Israelitischer Fluechtlingshilfen, 1938-1958, Comite International de la Croix-Rouge, International Student Service, 1939-1948, and Union of Jewish Students in Switzerland, 1946-1951, 1958; and reparations, 1945-1957. Also, contains files on Hans (also known as Heinrich) Rothmund, police official accused of proposing German marking of Jewish passports, 1954; and summaries and notes of telephone conversations between JDC representative Saly Mayer, and offices in Paris, Milan, and New York, 1945-1950.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Alpenruhe Heim (Saanenmöser, Switzerland)

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Bella Zvi Sanatorium.

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Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fluechtlingshilfen.

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Union of Jewish Students in Switzerland.

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Comité international pour le placement des intellectuels refugiés.

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International Student Service

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Begun in 1919 as European Student Relief, it later changed its name to International Student Service. The United States Committee of ISS was represented by the National Student Federation. Activities included cultural cooperation and university research, but material aid to students in need was the most important function of the organization. From the description of Collection, 1936-1943. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28452043 ...

Association israélite "Pro-Leysin".

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Schweizer Hilfeswerk fuer Emigrantenkinder.

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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...

Union O.S.E.

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Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund.

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Internationale Vereinigung fuer Kinderhilfe.

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Rothmund, Heinrich, 1888-1961

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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 ...

Mayer, Saly, 1882-1950

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Representative of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Switzerland, 1940-1949. Mayer served as link with Jews in Nazi-occupied and axis Europe during World War II. From the description of Papers, 1938-1977, 1938-1950 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155467838 ...

International Committee of the Red Cross

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Located in Central China. From the description of Records of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1937-1938, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702131710 ...

Juedische Heilstaette "Etania".

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Mons Repos Sanatorium.

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