Papers, 1940-1964.

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Papers, 1940-1964.

1940-1964

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Papers concern Tress' activities as Chairman of Agudath Israel Youth Council, and Administrative President of Agudath Israel of America, primarily relating to rescue and relief work during and after World War II. Includes correspondence concerning relief and rescue operations for European rabbis, 1940-1941; visa cases from France and Hungary; allied rescue and immigration proposals; assistance to Jewish servicemen; Oswego Emergency Refugee Shelter, 1944-1945; Agudah branches in American Zone of Germany, France, Belgium, Rumania, Switzerland, China, Poland, 1946-1949; work with displaced persons, 1944-1947; immigration to the United States and Israel, 1945-1950; Polish Relief Fund, 1958; report of Agudath Israel World Organization, London Branch on conditions of European Jews, 1941-1944; and financial statements and files on immigration cases and visas. Correspondents include J.W. Pehle of the War Refugee Board, Isaac Sternbuch, Yeshiva students in Kobe, Japan, others.

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Agudath Israel of America. Orthodox Jewish Archives

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