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Documentation regarding the transfer of help to the Jews in Europe by the JDC, the Red Cross organization and the War Refugee Board, 1942-1948

Documentation regarding the transfer of help to the Jews in Europe by the JDC, the Red Cross organization and the War Refugee Board, 1942-1948 - Correspondence [apparently by Saly Mayer] with Robert Guggenheim - Agudat Israel chairman in Switzerland, in Lucerne, regarding the transfer of help to religious Jews, 1942-1945; - Issue of the "Ha-Magid" publication; - Documentation regarding Jewish refugee children staying with non-Jewish families; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Max Huber - chairman of the Red Cross organization, regarding Mayer's request to appoint a permanent representation in Bratislava and Budapest, March 1945; - Documentation regarding the one million dollars that the War Refugee Board permitted the JDC to donate to the Red Cross organization for the benefit of the Jews in Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Theresienstadt, February 1944; - Documentation regarding a meeting set by the Red Cross organization on the subject of the Jewish refugees in Geneva, 10 August 1944; - Documentation regarding the financing of the relief activities for the benefit of the Jews in France, August 1944; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the transfer of relief to the Jewish inmates in Bergen-Belsen camp, October 1944; - Documentation regarding the "ARBA" [?] negotiations with the SS representatives in relation to Kasztner [?], November 1944; - Letter sent by the Red Cross organization to Joseph Schwartz - director of the JDC in Europe, including a report about the relief activities to Jews in various countries, 18 February 1944; - Announcements/ news ("News") of the JDC about cooperation with the Red Cross organization, 16 February 1945; - General report by the Red Cross organization regarding the use of the monies of the War Refugee Board, 25 March 1944-12 July 1948.
item Id
3684648
Type of material
Correspondence
Official documentation
Survey report
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
French
English
German
Record Group
P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive from the Joint Archives in New York
Date of Creation - earliest
04/05/1942
Date of Creation - latest
28/12/1948
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
732
Archival Signature
23
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)