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Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the administration of the Belmont refugee camp, letters by refugees in Les Avants camp, bills and receipts for the JDC organization's expenses, and other matters, 1942-1947

Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland, including correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the administration of the Belmont refugee camp, letters by refugees in Les Avants camp, bills and receipts for the JDC organization's expenses, and other matters, 1942-1947 - Documentation regarding the Jewish refugees who arrived to Switzerland from Bergen-Belsen camp in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations with SS representatives, August 1944; - Lists of names of refugees and the JDC organization's expenses on behalf of the refugees; - Bills and receipts for the JDC organization's expenses on behalf of the refugees; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Theodor Fischer, head of the refugees committee in Belmont camp in Montreux, regarding the administration of the camp and support of the refugees; - Documentation regarding the process of the negotiation with the SS representatives; - Letter of thanks sent to the Swiss government by the refugees committee in Bergen-Belsen camp, 08 October 1944; - Letters written to Saly Mayer by several Hungarian refugees in Les Avants camp in the Montreux area, including personal requests; - Documentation regarding the return home of Hungarian refugees in Switzerland after the war, July 1945; - List of refugees who intend to return to Hungary; Included in the file: - Correspondence [apparently by Saly Mayer] with Josef Blum, a former JDC organization representative in Budapest, who was transferred to Switzerland with the group from Bergen-Belsen camp; - Documentation regarding the release [of Josef Blum] from the refugee camp in Caux sur Montreux, December 1944-August 1945.
item Id
3684668
Type of material
List of persecuted persons
Official documentation
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
25/10/1942
Date of Creation - latest
03/01/1947
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
611
Archival Signature
40
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)