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Collection of the Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1941-1959

Collection of the Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1941-1959 The Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) was established in 1941 following anti-Jewish legislation in the Netherlands; financing of the institute came from the dissolution of the factory of B. van Leer, a Jewish industrialist who emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States; the anti-Jewish legislation, whose implementation in the Netherlands was appointed to H. A. Rauter, isolated the Jews from the cultural life in the Netherlands as of 15/09/1941; the Van Leer Institute provided a response, on one...

Type of Material : Financial Accounts, Protocol, Reports, Announcement, Correspondence, Notebook

Language : Dutch

Official documentation regarding Jewish emigration from Czechoslovakia to Eretz Israel, 1939-1942

Official documentation regarding Jewish emigration from Czechoslovakia to Eretz Israel, 1939-1942 - Letter from the Czechoslovakian Ministry of the Treasury to Attorney F. Friedman in Prague regarding the transfer of ₤500,000 to the Jewish Agency in order to the support the aliya of Czech Jews to Eretz Israel, 13 January 1939; - Letters sent by the Treasury Chambers to Leo Hermann from the Jewish Agency regarding financial aid from a British government fund and money from the National Bank of Czechoslovakia intended for the aliya of Czech Jews to Eretz Israel and the Jewish Agency for their absorption, 20...

File Number : 423

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Czech, English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding relief for Jews, also following liberation, primarily in Hungary, and rescue attempts, 1944 Included in the file: Volume 1 (pages 1-105): Pages 1-2: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department in Washington, notifying of the illegal entry into Hungary of thousands of Jews from the neighboring countries, 23 December 1943; Pages 3-7: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department including the testimony of a Polish...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Correspondence from the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington regarding issues concerning the IGCR (Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees), 1944

Correspondence from the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington regarding issues concerning the IGCR (Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees), 1944 The file contains: Pages 1-2: Report by the US Embassy in Bern regarding the possibility of removing Jews from Hungary, particularly children under the age of 10, 26 July 1944; Pages 3-4: Confirmation by the US Government regarding the allotment of five million dollars to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR), 28 January 1944; Pages 5-6: Telegram from the US Embassy in London, transmitting to Herbert Emerson (Director of the IGCR) comments...

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation, Survey Report, Financial Accounts

Language : English

Correspondence by Hans Lammers, the director of the Reichskanzlei (Reichs Chancellor's office), regarding the allocation of funds for Freiherr von Neurath's home and administration, 1941-1945

Correspondence by Hans Lammers, the director of the Reichskanzlei (Reichs Chancellor's office), regarding the allocation of funds for Freiherr von Neurath's home and administration, 1941-1945 Letters [by Hans Lammers] regarding approvals for the administrative expenses of Freiherr von Neurath, who served as the Geheime Kabinettsrat (Head of the Secret Cabinet), and the expenses related to his home in Berlin; plan for the construction of an air-raid shelter, 1941; announcement regarding von Neurath's move to Württemberg, following the destruction [of his home] during an attack in August 1943, dated,...

File Number : 80

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Correspondence and exchange of telegrams with various emissaries in Europe, primarily regarding finances, 1944-1948

Correspondence and exchange of telegrams with various emissaries in Europe, primarily regarding finances, 1944-1948 Pages 1-19: Exchange of telegrams and letters with Paris, Bratislava, Vienna and additional locations, primarily regarding money transfers, 1945-1948. The file also contains: Pages 20-21: Letter from Gerhart M. Riegner from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to Dr. Pazner regarding Jewish refugees in Innsbruck in the Tyrol region and the possible ways of helping them, 10 August 1945; Pages 22-26: Letter from the Vaadat Ezra VaHazalah (Help and Rescue Committee) in Budapest to Eliezer...

File Number : 62

Type of Material : List of Survivors, Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, English, German

Contacts with Jews in Nazi occupied countries and reports on events there, by country: Romania, 1941-1944

Contacts with Jews in Nazi occupied countries and reports on events there, by country: Romania, 1941-1944 Pages 1-10: Report regarding the persecution of Romanian Jews, including the slaughter of Jews and Communists by Germans and Romanians in Iasi, murders in Bessarabia and especially in Kiszenew, deportations in Bessarabia and Bukovina, anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge and economic persecution in the rest of the country (especially in Czernowitz), 25 October 1944; Pages 11-12: Report by Jacques Rozenzweig regarding the activities of the Ichud in Bucharest, 21 May 1943; Pages 13-14: Report...

File Number : 55

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Annual reports and financial statements regarding SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) activities in the 1930s and early 1940s In the file; - Annual reports regarding SIG activities for the years: 1929/1930; 1938; 1939;1940; 1941; 1942/1943; - Various financial statements for the years: 1932; 1933; 1936; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1945. Also in the file: - Draft of an activities report for 1962/1963; - Documentation from VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding treatment of Jewish refugees who remained...

File Number : 70

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : German

Protocols of the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Nord, Financial Committee's meetings regarding the budget and financing of UGIF activities, 1942-1944 The material was created by: UGIF, Zone Nord Group 2 Service 16 Financial Committee In the file: Protocols of the UGIF Financial Committee meetings regarding the budget and financing of UGIF activities Also in the file: - Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants (OSE) financial report that was presented to the Financial Committee, 10 April 1942; - Letter from Georges Edinger to Raymond Kahn regarding the...

File Number : 82

Type of Material : Survey Report, Stamp, Names, Official Documentation, Financial Accounts, Protocol

Language : French

Correspondence between the administration of Edineti camp, and the regional Police in Cernauti and the Romanian government in the Bukovina region, regarding the transfer of money to Edineti camp, 11-12/1942

File Number : 39

Type of Material : Correspondence, Official Documentation

Language : Romanian

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