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Documentation regarding donations to the Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fuersorgen (VSJF - Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) for the Jewish refugees made by the Communauté Israélite de Lausanne (Lausanne Jewish Community), 1938-1956 - Fundraising appeals on behalf of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland and beyond it, mainly after the war; - Lists with the sums of money granted to the Jewish refugees in Lausanne (including their names).

File Number : 52

Type of Material : Names, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

General correspondence of the Communauté Israélite de Lausanne (Lausanne Jewish Community), 1941-1946

General correspondence of the Communauté Israélite de Lausanne (Lausanne Jewish Community), 1941-1946 The correspondence includes much documentation regarding assistance to Jewish refugees.

File Number : 47

Type of Material : Survey Report, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Names, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the refugees in Switzerland; personal documents belonging to the Weissenberg family from Berlin, 1927-1949

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the refugees in Switzerland; personal documents belonging to the Weissenberg family from Berlin, 1927-1949 In the file: - Various documents collected by Armand Brunschvig, head of the Geneva Jewish community, regarding the return of Jewish refugees from Switzerland including names and testimonies, and regarding treatment of the refugees in the absorption camps in Geneva, as well as in other cantons; the documents mention many instances of antisemitism on the part of those responsible for the absorption of the refugees; - Various documents regarding the...

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, List of Names, Survey Report, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”) correspondence with various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, 1945-1965

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten”) correspondence with various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, 1945-1965 In the file: - Correspondence between Benjamin Sagalowitz and various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, in Switzerland and around the world, regarding the condition of the Jews of Europe after the war, the struggle against antisemitism, the trials of Nazi war criminals in Germany and other subjects, including correspondence with the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) office in Geneva regarding German reparations paid for Holocaust victims in different countries. There...

File Number : 80

Type of Material : Survey Report, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence between JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten” press agency and SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) authorities, 1945-1949

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence between JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten” press agency and SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) authorities, 1945-1949 In the file: - Correspondence between JUNA and SIG regarding administrative matters connected mainly to JUNA activities against antisemitism; correspondence was with the following people: Georges Brunschvig, SIG chairman; Georg Guggenheim, ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; Federation of Jewish Organizations in Zurich) chairman; Paul Guggenheim from the Central Committee; Otto Heim, head of VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish...

File Number : 78

Type of Material : Announcement, Newspaper Clippings, Placards, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) announcements in Jewish newspapers in Switzerland regarding the activities of the central SIG institutions, 1946-1963 In the file: - JUNA announcements in Jewish newspapers in Switzerland regarding activities of the SIG Central Committee and Geschaeftsleitung (admistration), as well as drafts of the notices; clippings from newspapers in which the notices were published, such as "Israelitisches Wochenblatt" from Zurich and "Juedische Rundschau-Maccabi" from Basel. Also in the...

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols of meetings of ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; Federation of Jewish organizations in Zurich) representatives to SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), 1932-1945 In the file: - Protocols from meetings of ICZ representatives to SIG, partially written by B. Sagalowitz, 1933-1945; attached to the protocols are invitations to meetings as well as 08 May 1932 decisions made by the representatives. Among the participants at the meetings: Otto Heim, Saly Braunschweig, David Farbstein, Georg Guggenheim, Silvain S. Guggenheim, Veith Wyler, Martin Bloch,...

File Number : 67

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols and documentation of the local SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) Executive Committee in Zurich, 1933-1940

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Protocols and documentation of the local SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) Executive Committee in Zurich, 1933-1940 In the file: - Protocols of the local SIG Executive Committee meetings in Zurich; the participants are Georg Guggenheim, Saly Braunschwig, Otto Heim, J. Zucker, David Farbstein and others; - Report by B. Sagalowitz regarding the activities of the local Executive Committee in Zurich, September 1939-January 1940; the report deals mainly with defense against antisemitism in Switzerland, but it also relates to the issue of Jews with Polish passports...

File Number : 64

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Protocol

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation related to the post-war debate regarding the rescue of the Jews of Hungary, 1956-1964

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation related to the post-war debate regarding the rescue of the Jews of Hungary, 1956-1964 In the file: - Documentation regarding the struggle to rescue the Jews of Hungary in 1944, mainly as related to Joel Brand, Israel Kasztner, Joseph Mandel and Saly Mayer; - Clippings from Swiss newspapers regarding the publication of the book by Joel Brand and his activities, 1957; - Correspondence related to the publication of articles by B. Sagalowitz dealing with Saly Mayer's role in the negotiations with the Nazis to rescue the remaining Hungarian Jews; among the...

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Article, Official Documentation

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Drafts of various articles, 1943-1958

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Drafts of various articles, 1943-1958 In the file: - Articles by B. Sagalowitz regarding, among other things, the book "The Final Solution" by Gerald Reitlinger, and the participation of the Krupp plant in the confiscation of Jewish property. Also in the file: - Articles and notes written by Saly Braunschweig, Nelly Sutro, Georges Bloch and Otto Heim regarding the fate of the refugees in Switzerland during the war, especially the children of the refugees cared for by SHEK (the Association for Help to Children of Refugees in Switzerland); - Versions of the articles in...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Research Article

Language : French, German