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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, Survey Report, Telegram

Language : English, German

Correspondence and reports by the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the Nazi occupation of Hungary, deportation of the Jews and rescue efforts, 1943-1944 Page 1: Message from the US State Department to the US Consul in Istanbul with a summary of what was said by the Hungarian Minister of the Interior, Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, during a discussion in the Hungarian Parliament regarding the illegal infiltration of Jews into Hungary, December 1943; Pages 2-4: Memorandum by H. W. Emerson from the US Embassy in London summarizing a...

File Number : 83

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : 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

Testimony of Elisheva Ellis Lehman, born in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, 1924, regarding her experiences in hiding places and hidden by Christians

Testimony

Testimony of Elisheva Ellis Lehman, born in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, 1924, regarding her experiences in hiding places and hidden by Christians From a Zionist family; her parents work in the performing arts. German occupation and her father's offer to help his children commit suicide; her position as Chairwoman of the Student Council despite opposition from the Dutch Nazi students, until 1941,; Red Cross letters informing of the deaths of Jews sent to labor in Germany and Poland; attack by an SS man and help from a Dutch physician; help from neighbors; her father's employer finds the family places to...

File Number : 9642

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence conducted between the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, with various organizations and institutions around the world and with clergy, on behalf of Jews during World War II and on behalf of survivors after the war - Letters, telegrams and other documentation related to the contacts between Rabbi Herzog and various clergy people, from 1935 and until after the Holocaust (original material and copies), including: --- Letter regarding contacts with clergy on behalf of the struggle against antisemitism, sent to Rabbi Herzog (the Chief Rabbi of Ireland) by J. H. Hertz in London (the...

File Number : 3515

Type of Material : Speech, Letter, Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Protocol

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German