Records of the Jewish Relief Committee (Fond 505, Opis 1)
Loading
Overview
- Description
- This collection includes bylaws, minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee and its subcommittees, reports and statistical information, correspondence with Polish government offices and agencies, Jewish organizations (Joint, Jewish Colonization Society, Central offices of the Jewish communities in Warsaw), commercial shipping companies regarding transportation for immigrants leaving for Argentina, Northern America and Africa, as well as financial reports of the charitable (Gmilat Hesed) and coop organizations. The third and largest part of this collection consists of the records of the local branches of the committee (the committee had 14 local offices) related to the relief activities in Eastern Galicia, their correspondence files and various financial and statistical reports (organized in alphabetical order of localities). The Jewish Relief Committee (JRC) was established to provide immediate assistance to the victims of the Jewish pogroms in Lwów and the Eastern Galicia region during the political unrest of November 1918. Later, in the early 1920s, the Relief Committee widened its activities by providing general relief and assistance to the entire Jewish population of the region. The Committee's activities included financial, legal and housing assistance for poor and low-income members of the Jewish community as well as assistance in organizing soup kitchens, orphanages and in conducting emigration. In the late 1920s, the Relief Committee focused much of its efforts towards economic rehabilitation of the impoverished Jewish communities in Eastern Galicia by providing credits to small Jewish businesses and by organizing vocational and agricultural training.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1918-1931
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Physical Details
- Extent
-
22,370 digital images : JPEG ; 13.4 GB.
35 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
- Copyright Holder
- T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees, Jewish--Poland. Refugees, Jewish--South Africa. Jews, European--South Africa. Jews, European--Argentina. Jews, European--United States. Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Argentina--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. South Africa--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. L'viv (Ukraine)
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi (State Central Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv), Fond 505, opis 1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Central Historical Archives of Ukraine via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in September 2008.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:46:49
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36136
Additional Resources
Download & Licensing
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
