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Diary written by Saly Mayer including documentation regarding his visits in Geneva and meetings with various people, including Israel Kasztner and Isaac Sternbuch, and a meeting in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations and other matters, 1944

Diary written by Saly Mayer including documentation regarding his visits in Geneva and meetings with various people, including Israel Kasztner and Isaac Sternbuch, and a meeting in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations and other matters, 1944 Diary [apparently titled], "Agenda 1944", written by Saly Mayer, 1944, including: - Documentation regarding Saly Mayer's visits in Geneva and his meetings with various people regarding Jewish refugees and the persecuted Jews in Europe; - Notes regarding Israel Kasztner and Isaac Sternbuch (the representative in Switzerland of the Rescue Committee of United States Orthodox Rabbis); - Documentation regarding a meeting in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations held in Sankt Margrethen between Saly Mayer and a delegation from Hungary, including SS representatives Kurt Becher, Hermann Krumey and Max Grueson, accompanied by Israel Kasztner, 21 August 1944; - Notes regarding the first 318 Jews in the Kasztner train who were transferred from Bergen-Belsen camp to Switzerland; - Documentation regarding upcoming meetings, 03-05 September 1944 and 29 September1944 [?]; - Notes regarding the arrival of Israel Kasztner and Dr. Wilhelm Billitz to Switzerland, 29 October 1944; Dr. Billitz participated in a meeting in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations, after the first meeting; Kurt Becher and Herbert Kettlitz, Krumey's replacement, also arrived to Switzerland, on 02 November 1944; - Documentation regarding the discussions held between Saly Mayer, Israel Kasztner and Nathan Schwalb, the Hechalutz movement representative in Switzerland, and Joseph Schwarz, the JDC director in Europe, December 1944.
item Id
3684559
Type of material
Diary
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
German
Record Group
P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive from the Joint Archives in New York
Date of Creation - earliest
19/01/1944
Date of Creation - latest
12/1944
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
863
Archival Signature
12d
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)