Overview
- Description
- Contains personal papers of Hélène Benatar regarding her activities concerning Jewish refugees in Northern Africa (mostly in Morocco). The collection also contains interviews with Hélène Benatar and articles related to her.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1953
- Collection Creator
- Hélène Benatar
- Biography
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Hélène (Nelly) Cazes-Benatar (1898-1979) was a Moroccan-born female lawyer, Zionist, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee representative in Northern Africa during the Second World War. In this function, she oversaw the Joint's aid activities for Jewish refugees from Nazi occupied Europe in Northern Africa. A complete biographical summary and inventory to this collection can be found (in French) on the CAHJP's website at http://sites.huji.ac.il/cahjp/. Hélène Benatar is also known as Hélène Ben-Atar or variations thereof.
- Reference
- Philippe Boukara, " Une dirigeante pour temps de guerre et d'alyah ", Communauté Nouvelle n° 103, 1999, p. 51.
Serge Lapidus, Nelly Cazes-Benathar, une femme de tête, de cœur et de courage, chez l'auteur, s.d..
Joseph Tolédano, " Hélène Cazes-Benattar ", dans Une histoire de famille. Les noms de famille des Juif d'Afrique du Nord, Jérusalem, éd. Ramtol, 1998, pp. 299-300.
Physical Details
- Extent
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17,639 digital images : JPEG ; 46.7 GB .
18 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- Fair use only. Publication and reproduction of records for commercial purposes for third parties require the written permission of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Africa, North. Refugees, Jewish--History--20th century--Africa, North. Refugees, Jewish--History--20th century--Morocco. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Morocco--History--20th century.
- Geographic Name
- Africa, North--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Morocco--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Africa, North
- Personal Name
- Cazes-Benatar, Hélène, 1898-1979.
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Israel, archival signature P 129. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives recieved the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Program in January, 2010
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:46:48
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