Overseas administration collection, 1914-1946.

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Overseas administration collection, 1914-1946.

Material relating to administration of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) operations overseas, particularly in Europe. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other material concerning American Relief Administration commission in Warsaw, 1919; Vienna Conference of Regional Directors and Representatives of JDC in Europe, 1920; JDC commissions in Poland and Ukraine, ca.1919-ca.1921; and local branches and local representatives of JDC in Europe and elsewhere, 1914-1919. Correspondence concerning formulation of European Executive Committee (Eurexco), 1920-1921; minutes of Eurexco, 1921-1923, 1938-1939; and Eurexco reports, 1938-1939. Records concerning staffing and employment of overseas offices, 1921-1944; and memoranda and records of telephone conversations between New York and overseas offices, 1939-1942. Financial records including correspondence and financial reports of European offices, 1919-1939; German Emergency Relief in Europe, 1933-1934, 1939; and files on payments and aid to refugees, 1939-1946.

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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 ...

German Emergency Relief in Europe.

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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. European Executive Offices

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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...