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List of applicants for certificates, Budapest, July 1944

List of applicants for certificates, Budapest, July 1944 The file contains a list of veteran Zionists and their families in Budapest, sent by Chaim Pazner from Geneva to Chaim Barlas in Istanbul in order to obtain certificates. The list includes names, dates and places of birth, and addresses in Budapest. The list is in Yad Vashem Archives file P.12/30, Vol. 1, pp. 147-148. The page numbers do not necessarily correspond with the frame numbers in the scan.

File Number : 30

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Request for 61 certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for children from the Netherlands

Request for 61 certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for children from the Netherlands Included in the file is a list of 61 children from the Netherlands for whom a request was made for child certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel]; names and birth dates are included in the list. The page numbers correspond with the frame numbers in the scan. The list can be found in Yad Vashem Archives file P.12/22, pp. 160-161; - Pages 157-159: Correspondence of Chaim Pazner and Chaim Barlas with the Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Amsterdam Jewish Council) regarding a request to receive 61...

File Number : 22

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, List of Jewish Survivors, Official Documentation

Language : German

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 : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report

Language : English, German

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 : Survey Report, Statistical Data, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in Romania and Hungary (also after the war) and rescue attempts, May 1944-January 1945 Pages 1-6: Report transmitted from the US Legation in Bern regarding rescue activities in Romania and a plan to take 5,000 children out of Romania (French original, English translation), a cover letter from the US Legation in Stockholm regarding the treatment of Jews by various Romanian personalities, May 1944; Pages 7-12: Document of the War Refugee...

File Number : 87

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

Language : English

Situation of the Jews of Bulgaria and requests for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] on their behalf, 1943-1945

Situation of the Jews of Bulgaria and requests for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] on their behalf, 1943-1945 Pages 1-33: Correspondence between Chaim Pazner in Geneva and Chaim Barlas in Istanbul regarding the requests of Bulgarian Jews for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel], February 1943-June 1945; Page 34: Letter from the Jews of Plovdiv,on behalf of representatives of Zionist-Socialist organizations, requesting a more just distributions of the certificates, 31 March 1943; Pages 35-36: Report regarding the situation of Bulgarian Jews given by a new immigrant from...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

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 : Telegram, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Statistical Data

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe on various issues related to rescue attempts, and testimonies regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944 The file includes copies of documents found in other files in the records group. Volume 1: Pages 1-16: Summary from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC - Red Cross) in Geneva regarding the activities of its delegates concerning the question of emigration of Balkan Jews, March 1942-April 1943, including details of their connections with the Jewish Agency for...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Diagram, Survey Report, Telegram, Official Documentation, Maps, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : English, German

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies on matters relating to Switzerland, 1944

Telegrams and correspondence of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington and various US Embassies on matters relating to Switzerland, 1944 The file contains: Pages 1-3: Report from Julius C. Jensen via the US Consulate in Zurich, regarding the Jewish refugee problem in Switzerland, ways of financing them and possibilities for work, housing them in camps and hostels and the burden on the Swiss Government, 21 February 1944; Pages 4-5: Telegram from the War Refugee Board (WRB) to Harrison and McClelland in Bern regarding the proposal by John W. Pehle for joint discussions between the United States and...

File Number : 106

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

Language : English

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding help from the Turkish government for rescue activities, 1944

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding help from the Turkish government for rescue activities, 1944 Pages 1-2: Telegram from the US Embassy in Ankara to the War Refugee Board (WRB) regarding the transfer of French Jews with Turkish citizenship to Turkey, 16 May 1944; Pages 3-4: Telegram from the WRB to the US Embassy in Ankara regarding the safeguarding of the rights of Jews in France holding Turkish citizenship; mention made that the United States is requesting from Spain as well to become involved in the efforts for Jews with Spanish citizenship being detained in Greece; a...

File Number : 104

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

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