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Aid to Jewish Refugees - Switzerland
Assistance to Jews
Attitude of the Local Population
Attitude of the Ukrainian Population
Bunker
Assistance to Jews By Jews
Attitude of the Camp Commandants
Camps - Interaction Between the Inmates
Clinics
Aid to Refugees
Certificate
Hechalutz
Icrc - International Committee of the Red Cross
Attitude of the Swiss Population
Children
Emigrants
Illegal Border Crossings (during the War)
Activists in Jewish Political Organizations
Aliya
Assistance and Rescue
Jdc - Joint Distribution Committee
Jewish Organizations in Switzerland
Sig - Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund
Deportation to Camps
Families
Hunger
Birth Certificates
Claims for Compensation
Confirmation of a Clean Record
