Overview
- Description
- Contains records of the immediate post-war period of the Youth Aliyah. These records include correspondence regarding orphanages in Italy and France, records from the orphanages “Cambous” and “Rocquefort La Bedoule,” correspondence with the Youth Aliyah offices in Geneva, Marseille, Paris and Jerusalem, personal files, and other material. Also includes correspondence with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. and the World Zionist Organization. Types of documents include lists of children, questionnaires, and various certificates (health reports, exit and entrance visas, employment, immigration, residence permits, etc.).
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1955
- Collection Creator
- Youth Aliyah
Physical Details
- Extent
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135,489 digital images : PNG ; 10.9 GB.
125 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
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
- Publication of documents and duplication of microfilm reels/copies of digital images for third parties require the written permission of the Central Zionist Archives, which may require payment of a license fee for commercial use.
- Copyright Holder
- World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees, Jewish--Europe--Registers.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Central Zionist Archives, Israel, RG L58; records created by the Youth Aliyah. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Central Zionist Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in May 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:53
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