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Association of Immigrants from Poland, Tel Aviv (J20)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.121 | RG Number: RG-68.140M

Overview

Description: Contains records of the Association of Immigrants from Poland that was active in Israel, 1942-1961. Includes meeting protocols, various name lists, questionnaires, and newspaper clippings relating to assistance to Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors by giving out loans, finding work, and reuniting families after the war. In addition, the organization created name lists of Holocaust survivors still remaining in Europe, and of those who immigrated to Palestine/Israel.
Date: inclusive: 1940-1959

Physical Details

Language: Hebrew English Polish
Genre/Form: Questionnaires. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Protocols.
Extent: 11,367 digital images : TIFF ; 798 MB.
11 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: World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Refugees, Jewish--Europe--Registers. Jewish refugees--Israel--Registers.
Geographic Name: Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Corporate Name: World Zionist Organization

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Central Zionist Archives, Israel, Record Group J20, records created by the Association of Immigrants from Poland, Tel Aviv. 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 July 2011.

Record last modified:: 2023-08-28 09:15:25
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