Records, 1940-1963, 1942-1949 (bulk) 1940

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Records, 1940-1963, 1942-1949 (bulk) 1940

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Minutes of Executive Committee and other committees, 1944-1950; correspondence of board members and staff, 1943-1963, concerning administration, refugee relief, immigration, conferences, fund raising, and relations with organizations such as Jewish Labor Committee and Rescue Children, Inc.; financial documents, 1940-1949; press releases, 1945-1948, posters and pamphlets, 1945-1946, and clippings, 1942-1945; correspondence, lists, invoices, and receipts concerning relief shipments, 1943-1949; correspondence, reports, affidavits, lists of visas, and ID papers, 1940-1951, concerning immigration and rehabilitation, searches for missing relatives, relations with United States government and other agencies including Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of State, War Refugee Board, and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; and correspondence, lists, reports, and clippings concerning work of Vaad Hatzala representatives in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Palestine, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, and Switzerland 1940-1950, concerning relief shipments, attainment of visas, relations with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, World Jewish Congress, Agudat Israel, and other matters, as well as files on work in other countries including the Soviet Union. Also, files concerning relations with other organizations including Agudat Harabanim (Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada), 1940-1951, Rescue Children, Inc., 1946-1948, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America (HIAS), International Refugee Organization, Red Cross International Committee, and Yeshiva University, as well as individuals including Representatives Sol Bloom and Emanuel Celler, Henry Morgenthau II, William O'Dwyer, and Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum.

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Yeshiva University

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Yeshiva University

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