Overview
- Description
- Contains various records and correspondence on the situation of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe and on Jewish refugees in Palestine. Includes reports prepared by envoys in Istanbul, correspondence concerning Australian, Argentinean, South African, Iraqi and other Jewish communities, search requests for missing relatives, aid requests from individuals in Palestine and abroad, requests for the release of prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, correspondence regarding compensation, assistance to children and youth, and the situation of Jewish refugees after the Holocaust. Contains testimonies of Holocaust survivors; fundraising appeals; secret reports from Nazi-occupied territories in Europe; lists of names of candidates for immigration to Palestine; lectures on the situation of the Jews in the Nazi-occupied territories; interviews and speeches; records pertaining to German compensation payments; telegrams sent by Yitzhak Gruenbaum regarding the rescue of Jews in Europe; newspaper clippings regarding Jewish refugees; pamphlets published by rescue and aid committees; lists of Polish refugees in Hungary, Romania, and Russia; protocols of meetings of the rescue committee; testimonies regarding Jewish underground resistance; and more.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1948
Physical Details
- Extent
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109 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Refugees, Jewish--Europe--Registers. Jewish refugees--Hungary--Registers. Jewish refugees--Romania--Registers. Jewish refugees--Russia--Registers. Jewish refugees--Turkey. Holocaust survivors--Registers.
- Geographic Name
- Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- World Zionist Organization
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, Record Group S26. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 09:15:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43691
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