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Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944

Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944 1) Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in the Generalgouvernement in Poland, mainly with the help of the Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe - JSS (Jewish Social Self-help) organization in Krakow, 1940-1942, and with the help of the JUS-Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle fuer das GG (Jewish welfare office in the Generalgouvernement) in Krakow, 1943-1944: - List prepared by Avraham Zilberstein - chairman of the RELICO Committee to help Jewish victims of war, of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva, to help Jews in Poland who are entitled to support, 26 May 1942; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the sending of food goods, medicine and clothing to Poland, 1942-1944, and regarding the OSE organization; - Correspondence between the JUS Jewish welfare office and the Generalgouvernement and the RELICO Committee to help Jewish victims of war, of the World Jewish Congress, regarding the sending of packages to Jews in Poland, 1943; - Reports prepared by the JUS to the Generalgouvernement regarding its activities, 1943-1944; - Correspondence between the JUS and the Generalgouvernement and the OSE organization, regarding the sending of medicine to Poland; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Julius Kuehl, secretary of the Polish Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of relief to Jews in Poland and to refugees in Switzerland, 1941-1944; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Polnisches Hilfskomitee Fuer Kriegsbeschädigte organization in Bern, regarding the support of the organization's activities, 1941-1942; - Documentation regarding a meeting between R. Lichtheim - representative of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, and G. Riegner - representative of the World Jewish Congress, and a Church representative in Bern, regarding the situation of the Jews in Europe, March 1942; - List of payments transferred with the help of the Polish Legation, to the Polish Jewish refugees staying in Switzerland, 1942; 2) Financial report regarding the JDC's expenses for the benefit of Jewish refugees from Poland who are in the Soviet Union, 17 July 1944.
item Id
3684680
Type of material
Correspondence
List of persecuted persons
Official documentation
Survey report
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
English
German
Yiddish
Record Group
P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive from the Joint Archives in New York
Date of Creation - earliest
22/09/1940
Date of Creation - latest
28/11/1944
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
651
Archival Signature
51
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)