Overview
- Description
- The collection contains financial records of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Kaunas and its branch offices across Lithuania.
- Date
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creation:
1923-1940
- Credit Line
- Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania
- Collection Creator
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Biography
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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. The JDC was founded in 1914 to assist Jewish persons in Palestine during World War I. The Holocaust and World War II caused the JDC to ramp up its relief efforts. With the end of the war in 1945, Jewish survivors were placed into hastily created displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Along with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the JDC helped administer these camps and provide supplies. The JDC has aided millions of Jews in more than 85 countries.
Physical Details
- Language
- Yiddish Lithuanian Russian German
- Genre/Form
- Financial records.
- Extent
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267 digital images : JPEG ; 1.18 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital files. Arranged in one series: 1. Financial records.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction and publication of documents require permission of the Lithuanian Central State Archives.
- Copyright Holder
- Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Anykščiai (Lithuania) Jonava (Lithuania) Kauno apskritis (Lithuania) Kėdainiai (Lithuania) Merkinė (Lithuania) Seirijai (Lithuania) Šeduva (Lithuania) Utenos apskritis (Lithuania) Zarasų rajonas (Lithuania) Žiežmariai (Lithuania) Lithuania--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1236. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:46:44
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn105819
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