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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Telegrams from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests for help from the Vatican, 1944-1945

Telegrams from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests for help from the Vatican, 1944-1945 Page 1: Telegram from the WRB to McClelland in the US Embassy in Bern regarding involvement of the Vatican in the struggle against the deportation of the Jews from Hungary, 31 July 1944; Page 2: Telegram from the US Embassy in London to the State Department in Washington announcing that the Vatican is not involved with the problem of the refugees from northern Italy. It is the problem of the Fascist government and the Pope is taking a neutral stand on this matter, 18 September 1944; Pages...

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006

Research study about the Jews of Csorna, Hungary, in 1938–1944 by Károly Kovács, 2006 - census of Hungarian Jewry, carried out by the Central Council of the Jews of Hungary at the behest of the German authorities; - German occupation of Hungary commences on March 19, 1944; - life from the onset of the occupation to the beginning of the deportations on May 15, 1944; - deportation of the Jews of Csorna to the Sopron and Sárvár ghettos on June 20–21, 1944; - racial laws in Hungary from 1938 onward (the first in 1938, the second in 1939, and the third in 1941); - from 1939 to 1944, some 6,000 Jews emigrated...

File Number : 490

Type of Material : Research Paper

Language : Hebrew, German, Hungarian