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Documentation regarding monetary relief transferred by the JDC organization, with the help of other organizations, for the benefit of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland and the Soviet Union, on behalf of the negotiations with SS representatives, and on behalf of the Holocaust survivors in the Soviet Union and Germany; documentation dated, 1939-1945

Documentation regarding monetary relief transferred by the JDC organization, with the help of other organizations, for the benefit of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland and the Soviet Union, on behalf of the negotiations with SS representatives, and on behalf of the Holocaust survivors in the Soviet Union and Germany; documentation dated, 1939-1945 - Announcement by the JDC to the Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund - SIG (Association of Jewish Communities of Switzerland) regarding the cutback of two million dollars for the 1940 year, 30 January 1940; - Protocol from a meeting held in the Swiss Parliament building between representatives of the SIG, the JDC and the Swiss government, regarding the Jewish refugees, 11 February 1940; at the meeting, Morris C. Troper, the JDC director in Europe, praised Heinrich Rothmund, the Chief of the Federal Police, for his decency and compassion; - Correspondence between Morris Troper and Heinrich Rothmund, regarding the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, July-August 1941; according to a telephone discussion between Saly Mayer and the JDC organization's center in Lisbon, Troper resigned and was replaced by Joseph Schwartz, February 1942; - Documentation regarding the difficulties in the transfer of monies from the United States to Europe, due to the financial embargo imposed by the United States on the Axis countries, 1943; - Data regarding relief given by the JDC to persecuted Jews [Jewish refugees] in Switzerland; - Letter sent by the War Refugee Board to the JDC organization's center in the United States, on behalf of the JDC organization's center in Europe, regarding the negotiations with SS representatives concerning the fate of the Jews in Hungary, 04 July 1944; - Data regarding the JDC organization's expenses on behalf of the Jewish Holocaust survivors in the Soviet Union, 17 July 1944; - Letter sent by the JDC organization to Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Ambassador to the United States, regarding the situation of the Jews in his country, and the possibilities in which relief may be given to the Jews in the Soviet Union, 03 August 1944; - Documentation regarding the negotiations between Jewish representatives in Hungary and SS representatives (ARBA) [?] and Israel Kasztner, and the approval given by the US government for the transfer of 20 million Swiss francs to Saly Mayer by the JDC organization, on behalf of the continuation of the negotiations with the Nazis, 07 January 1944; - Correspondence between the JDC organization and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration - UNRRA, regarding cooperation between the organizations on behalf of the Holocaust survivors [residing] in Germany after the war, May-June 1945; - Chart with a summary of the JDC and other relief organizations' expenses on behalf of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1937-1945.
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3684540
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Correspondence
Official documentation
Protocol
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להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
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English
German
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P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive from the Joint Archives in New York
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23/03/1939
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27/03/1946
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NO
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510
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1
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AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: NEW-YORK
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P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)