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Documentation regarding the Ilewicki family, including letters and postcards sent to Benjamin Ilewicki in the United States by his wife and children in Baranowice, and personal documentation, newspaper clippings and other documents, 1923-1987 - Letters and postcards sent to Benjamin Ilewicki in the United States by his wife and children in Baranowice, 1940-1941; - Personal documents of Benjamin Ilewicki Lewis and his family members; - Letters received by Benjamin Ilewicki Lewis from various places, before and after the war; - Correspondence by George Lewis (Benjamin's brother) with official...

File Number : 1685

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Telegram, Personal Documents, Questionnaire

Language : Belarusian, Polish, English, Russian, Yiddish

Letters from Jews in Rosylna to relatives in the United States, photograph of a check and correspondence of Jews with the US Embassy in Poland regarding transferring aid to the relatives in Poland, 1937-1938 - Letters written by Jews in Rosylna to relatives in the United States asking them to help and send money, in Yiddish; - Photograph of a check for 25 dollars, dated 04 October 1937; - Correspondence of Jews [apparently from the United States] with the US Embassy in Poland, regarding the transfer of aid to relatives in Poland, 1938.

File Number : 1449

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation

Language : English, Yiddish

Report prepared by the US Embassy in Warsaw, regarding the mass deportation of Jews of Polish origin from Germany, 05/11/1938

Report prepared by the US Embassy in Warsaw, regarding the mass deportation of Jews of Polish origin from Germany, 05/11/1938 Background to the deportation of Polish Jews from Germany; publication of an order by the Minister of the Interior of Poland on 15 October [1938], regarding the revocation of the Polish citizenship of Jews who left Germany; start of the deportation by the Germans before the order took effect; deportation of approximately 15,000 Jews from Germany, across the Polish border, on 28-29 October; arrest of 1,000 Germans residing in Poland by the Government of Poland in response; halt of the...

File Number : 294

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English

Reports sent to the US State Department by US diplomatic delegations in Germany, regarding the Boycott of 01 April 1933 against Jewish businesses, and regarding the Kristallnacht riots, 1933-1938

Reports sent to the US State Department by US diplomatic delegations in Germany, regarding the Boycott of 01 April 1933 against Jewish businesses, and regarding the Kristallnacht riots, 1933-1938 Reports regarding the Boycott of 01 April 1933: - Report by the US Embassy in Berlin, 03/04/1933: Description of the background and aims of the boycott; Nazi Party propaganda; establishment of the "Central Committee for the Struggle against the Propaganda of Terror and for the Jewish Boycott" in Munich, and the local committee for the implementation of the boycott; regulations published regarding the...

File Number : 277

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Lists of Businesses and Skilled Workers, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : English, German

Correspondence and reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests to receive and transfer funds from organizations in the United States for rescue purposes, May-November 1944

Correspondence and reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests to receive and transfer funds from organizations in the United States for rescue purposes, May-November 1944 Pages 1-3: Requests from Norweb in Lisbon to the WRB to transfer funds to Saly Mayer and to the Jewish Agency in Switzerland, May 1942; Pages 4-5: Report regarding the sums of money that the WRB can transfer to Sweden and to Norway, for support of Jewish Christians, among others, June 1944; Page 6: Report from the Jewish Distribution Committee (JDC) to the US Embassy in Lisbon, sent via the WRB;...

File Number : 99

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the transfer of refugees from Europe to Eretz Israel, May-September 1944

War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington correspondence regarding the transfer of refugees from Europe to Eretz Israel, May-September 1944 Pages 1-2: - Memorandum sent from London to the United States Foreign Ministry regarding conversations held by the correspondent (apparently the US Ambassador) with Chaim Weizmann, A. L. Easterman and Dr. Barou from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the refugee problem, the White Paper and the obligations of the British government, 09 May 1944; Pages 3-4: - Telegram to the WRB regarding refugees waiting in southern Italy for certificates (for legal aliya to...

File Number : 98

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944 Page 1: Telegram from Steinhardt in Ankara to the WRB that the Bulgarian ship "Maritza", which left Constanza port with 316 refugees on board, has asked for the second time, to moor, even though the passengers do not have visas for Turkey nor do they have certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel]. The ship received permission to moor, the permit to transfer them to Eretz Israel was given by the British representative in Turkey, 19 May 1944; Pages...

File Number : 97

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Hungarian Jews and the efforts to rescue them, May-December 1944

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Hungarian Jews and the efforts to rescue them, May-December 1944 Page 1: - Report from Harrison in Bern to the WRB regarding a proposal by the Hungarian authorities to exchange Jews for Hungarians captured by the Soviet Union, 27 May 1944; Pages 2-4: - Report by Pinkerton, the US Consul in Jerusalem, regarding deterioration of the situation of the Jews in Hungary and Romania, and the detention of Zionist leaders in these countries, 26 May 1944; Pages 5-6: - Telegram from Steinhardt in Ankara...

File Number : 95

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English, German

Official documentation from US diplomatic representations in Europe and from the Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee of United States Orthodox Rabbis) in New York to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation and extermination of Lithuanian Jews, June-November 1944 Pages 1-7: Report from the US legation in Stockholm including an English translation of an article published in Sweden regarding the situation of Lithuanian Jews under Soviet rule and in independent Lithuania, and their extermination by the German Army, 29 June 1944; Page 8: Request, in the name of Rabbi Isaac Sternbuch in...

File Number : 90

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

Language : English

Reports by US diplomatic representations in Europe to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding relief and rescue operations for the Jews of Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria, May-October 1944 - Page 1: Report that was sent from the US legation in Bern, Switzerland, to the WRB regarding the supply of food to Jews from Croatia who are interned in camps in Serbia, 13 May 1944; - Pages 3-6: Report from the US legation in Bern regarding extrication of children and other rescue activities of Romanian Jews and refugees in Romania with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross...

File Number : 89

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

Language : English

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