Overview
- Description
- This collection includes approximately 12,000 personal case files containing information on Jews trying to immigrate to Australia as well as family search files from the Archives of the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (AJWRS) (now Jewish Care) between 1946 and 1954. Also included is correspondence with Jewish organizations, such as HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and the Joint (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee), as well as with the Federal Immigration Department, and included are 3,036 AJWRS registration cards, a collection of scrapbooks including newspaper articles, circulars kept by the United Jewish Overseas Relief Fund and the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society.
- Date
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inclusive:
1946-1954
- Collection Creator
- Jewish Care, Inc.
- Biography
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On March 18, 1936, the German Jewish Refugee’s Fund was established which would later become the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Jewish Community Services, and today Jewish Care.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Case files.
- Extent
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11,079 digital images : PDF ; 2,39 GB.
20 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
6 CD-ROMs ; 4 3/4.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No publication without the written consent of the Jewish Care Sydney. Use for the commercial purpose may require the payment of the license fees.
- Copyright Holder
- Jewish Care, Inc.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Jews--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Political and social conditions. Immigrants--Australia--Sources. Jews--Australia--History. Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Geographic Name
- Australia--Ethnic relations--Sources. Australia
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Jewish Care, Inc.
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- On March 18, 1936, the German Jewish Refugee’s Fund was established which would later become the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Jewish Community Services and today Jewish Care who currently administers the records.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division received the microfilmed collection from Jewish Care Incorporated in August 2005. The collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in August 2005.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-09 08:37:48
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