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Holocaust-era records of the Jewish Labor Committee

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.7 | RG Number: RG-67.003M

Overview

Description: The collection consists of records of the Displaced Persons and Refugee Card files (Sub-series of the Holocaust-Era Records of the Jewish Labor Committee). The thousands of cards provide biographical information on refugees, most of them in DP camps in Germany. The files are divided in several series, and each series is arranged alphabetically.
Subtitle: Displaced and refugee card files
Date: inclusive: 1945-1952
Collection Creator: Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.). Anti-Discrimination Department

Physical Details

Language: English Yiddish
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Organized in the following order: Reels 1-7: Displaced and Refugee Card Files; Reel 1: Immigration aid, A-R; Reel 2: Immigration aid, S-Z; Relative search by name, A-K; Reel 3: Relative search by name: K-P; Reel 4: Relative search by name, R-S; Reel 5: Relative search by name, T-W; Jewish Labor Committee Post-War Aid to Refugees (France); Reel 6: Jewish Labor Committee Post-War Aid to Refugees (Germany); Relative search by town name, A-D; Reel 7: Jewish Labor Committee Relative search by town name, E-R

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
Conditions on Use: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the: Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. See agreement between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Robert Wagner Labor Archives
Copyright Holder: Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Charities--Germany. Jews--Charities--Europe. Refugees, Jewish--History--20th century. Refugees, Jewish--Registers. Jews--Migrations. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
Corporate Name: Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) records were donated to the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, through an agreement by JLC Executive Director Martin Lapan, in 1984. The first shipment of records came to the archives in early 1985. A number of additions to the collection have been made by the JLC over the years. Some printed material was transferred to the Library after microfilming, and deteriorated clippings scrapbooks were not retained after filming. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivors Registry acquired the selected records from the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives in 2000. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer in Dec. 2000.

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