Papers, 1938-1977, 1938-1950 (bulk)

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Papers, 1938-1977, 1938-1950 (bulk)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155467838

Papers contain administrative records, including correspondence with JDC regarding nationality certificates for refugees, 1944-1945; financial aid for Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund for refugee relief, 1938-1945; notes and reports on telephone conversations with JDC officials in Lisbon and New York, 1940-1948; and notebooks and calendars regarding appointments, finances, and other matters, 1940-1949. Also, contains files on secret discussions with Nazis to ransom Jews of Hungary, including correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, minutes, and reports to JDC, War Refugee Board, Vaad Hatzala, and others, concerning meetings with Nazi Col. Kurt Becher, and Hungarian Jewish leader, Dr. Rudolf Kastner, 1944-1945. Also, includes material on Kastner-Gruenwald libel trial in Israel, 1955-1956, and papers on affair by Yehuda Bauer, 1977; and material on other negotiations, including Joel Brand and Isaac Sternbuch-Jean-Marie Musy affairs. Organizational files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes regarding United States government agencies, especially War Refugee Board, 1944-1945; Agudat Israel, 1942-1945; Comite International de la Croix-Rouge, 1944-1948; Weltzentrale des Hechaluz, 1941-1945; and Union OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants), 1942-1945. Also, contains files on JDC work in a number of European countries, 1939-1950.

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Gruenwald, Malkiel.

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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 ...

Brand, Joël 1906-1964

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Sternbuch, Isaac.

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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...

United States. War Refugee Board

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The Board was established on January 29, 1944 to provide rescue, transportation, maintenance, and relief of victims of enemy oppression. Its directors were John W. Pehle and Brig. Gen. William O'Dwyer. From the description of Records, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525209 ...

Becher, Kurt-Peter 1961-

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Kastner, Rezsö Rudolf, 1906-1957.

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Union O.S.E.

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Vaad Hatzala (New York, N.Y.)

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Founded 1939 by Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada as Emergency Committee for War-Torn Yeshivot, later known as Emergency Committee for Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. From the description of Records, 1940-1963, 1942-1949 (bulk) 1940 (Yeshiva University). WorldCat record id: 58973310 ...

Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund.

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Agudat Israel.

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Agudat Israel held its founding convention in Kattowitz in 1912. It is a Jewish organization which seeks to preserve Orthodoxy by adherence to halakhah as the principle governing Jewish life and society. Poʻale Agudat Yiśraʼel was founded in 1922 as a religious labor movement dedicated to building the Land of Israel according to the Torah. It was originally an offshoot of Agudat Israel, but became an independent organization in 1960. From the description of Poster and printed epheme...

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 ...

Brand, Yehuda.

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Musy, Jean-Marie, 1876-1952

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Hechalutz (Organization)

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