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Documentation regarding the JDC organization's allocations for relief activities for Jews in Switzerland, including correspondence by the JDC with the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland and balance reports by the Association of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Switzerland, 1943-1945

Documentation regarding the JDC organization's allocations for relief activities for Jews in Switzerland, including correspondence by the JDC with the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland and balance reports by the Association of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Switzerland, 1943-1945 - Pamphlet by Silvain S. Guggenheim, chairman of the Verband Schweizerischer Israelitischer Armenpflegen - VSIA, including a report regarding the relief activities for refugees in Switzerland, 1933-1945; the pamphlet includes a chronological summary of the situation of world refugees and refugees in Switzerland, information about activities on behalf of the refugees, and economics and statistical data; - Correspondence between the JDC organization and various banks and the Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund - SIG organization, regarding the JDC's relief activities for refugees in Switzerland; - Accountant's report regarding the economics balance of the VSIA organization, 1942; - Activities report of the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1943; - Report by Silvain S. Guggenheim regarding the VSIA activities, 1943, submitted to a meeting of representatives of the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland in Bern, 23 January 1944; - Documentation regarding the increase in the flow of refugees escaping to Switzerland following the events in France and Italy, 1942-1943; - Documentation regarding the establishment of detention and reception camps (Quarantaevelager, Auffanglager), including a reception camp for religious Jews established on the Swiss border by the Swiss Army, 1942; - Accountant's report regarding the economics balance of the Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fuersorgen - VSJF, the new name of the VSIA organization, 1943; - Activities report of the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland for 1944 and 1945, including statistical data regarding refugees according to their countries of origin; - Accountant's report regarding the budget of the Association of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Switzerland, 1944; - Economics data regarding relief to refugees in Switzerland and various countries, 1937-1945.
item Id
3684542
Type of material
Official documentation
Survey report
Telegram
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
English
German
Record Group
P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive from the Joint Archives in New York
Date of Creation - earliest
08/01/1943
Date of Creation - latest
31/10/1945
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
510
Archival Signature
3
Location of Originals
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: NEW-YORK
Connected to Item
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)