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Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944 Pages 22, 24 (?): Incomplete dispatch (No. 7454) from the US Legation, Bern, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the proposed program of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the relief of Jewish refugees and other persecuted groups in enemy territory, 02 March 1944; Page 2: Enclosure No. 1 to dispatch No. 7454 from the US Legation, Bern, to the President of the ICRC, Geneva, regarding the provision of food and medicines for Jews and other...

File Number : 93

Type of Material : Letter(s), Financial Accounts, Telegram, Official Documentation, Note, Correspondence, Memorandum

Language : French, English

Testimony of Anina Vohrazik Korty, born in 1921 in Prague, about illegal immigration to Eretz Israel in 1940 and deportation to Mauritius until 1945

Offspring of a Zionist family; membership in the Young Maccabi movement; parents support refugees from Germany, 1930s; movement training in Moravia, 1938; paying a ransom before immigration to Eretz Israel, 1939; illegal immigration vessels stuck in the Danube; brother taken to Sweden for survival; illegal immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Atlantic; S.S. Milos Atlantic and Pacific detained; the Patria is blown up and sinks; deporation to Mauritius, December 1940–August 1945; temporary correspondence with parents via the Red Cross; exiles volunteer for service in the Allied armies; back to Eretz Israel in...

File Number : 13573

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters

M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters Established under the terms of the Public Record Office Act of 1838, the Public Record Office (PRO) was the official archive of the government of Great Britain. Court documents were originally stored at the archive, however, from the middle of the 19th century, government documents were transferred there, and the law was adapted accordingly. The archive was located in the Rolls Building in the center of London from 1854. In 2003, the PRO was combined with a number of other bodies, and today it is known as The National Archives...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English

Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal, born in Bublitz, Germany, 1889, regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945

Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal, born in Bublitz, Germany, 1889, regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945 In the file: - Covering report submitted by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal concerning his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945 (p. 2), 28 April 1961; - Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945, including among other things, a description of...

File Number : 290

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Max Zimels, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1911, regarding his experiences as a shaliach (emissary) of the Hechalutz Youth Movement in Berlin, 1938-1939

Testimony of Max Zimels, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1911, regarding his experiences as a shaliach (emissary) of the Hechalutz Youth Movement in Berlin, 1938-1939 In the file: - Covering report by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the testimony of Max Zimels (p. 2), April 1961; - Testimony of Max Zimels regarding his experiences as a shaliach (emissary) of the Hechalutz Youth Movement in Berlin, 1938-1939, focusing on the arrangements for legal and illegal aliya to Eretz Israel (pp. 3-12), 20 October 1960; - Yad Vashem file card regarding the testimony of Max Zimels (pp. 13-14).

File Number : 263

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Documents collected by Dr. Hans Friedenthal, former Chairman of the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland (ZVfD -Zionist Federation of Germany), 1933-1943

Documents collected by Dr. Hans Friedenthal, former Chairman of the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland (ZVfD -Zionist Federation of Germany), 1933-1943 In the file: - Remarks prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the material from the years 1933-1943 provided by Dr. Hans Friedenthal (pp. 2-3), August 1958; - Confirmation from the Reichsausschuss Juedischer Jugendverbaende (Reich Committee for Jewish Youth Organizations) permitting Dr. Hans Friedenthal to assume his position as leader of the sports department (p. 4), 06 December 1933; - Confirmation by the Auswaertiges Amt (German...

File Number : 225

Type of Material : Testimony, Correspondence, Official Documentation, Letter(s)

Language : English, German

Postwar documentation regarding the history of the Jewish refugees deported by the British Mandate authorities from Haifa to Mauritius, late1940, and kept in detention there until the end of World War II In the file: - Note prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding an interview with Dr. Aaron Zwergbaum, born in Bruenn, Czechoslovakia, 1913, in particular regarding his article concerning the history of the Jewish refugees deported by the British Mandate authorities to Mauritius, 1940, and kept in detention there until the end of World War II (pp. 2-3), 27 February 1958; - "Exile in Mauritius, To the...

File Number : 213

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Lists of Zionist veterans, rabbis, and others, from Holland

Lists of Zionist veterans, rabbis, and others, from Holland Ten lists of Zionist veterans, rabbis, and others from Holland, sent by the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the High Commissioner for Palestine to the British Colonial Office, for inclusion in the authorised quota for Europe for admission to Palestine. The list are numbered no. 1 to no. 11, list no. 2 is missing.

File Number : 196

Type of Material : List of Jews

Language : English

Xeroxes of documents in the Public Record Office of the British War Cabinet on various problems of Jewish immigration to Palestine

Xeroxes of documents in the Public Record Office (PRO) of the British War Cabinet on various problems of Jewish immigration to Palestine

File Number : 220

Type of Material : Correspondence, Reports, Administrative Documentation, Maps

Language : English

Correspondence between Jewish organizations and British and US authorities, and various other documents concerning Jewish immigration to Palestine 1931-1939

Correspondence between Jewish organizations and British and US authorities, and various other documents concerning Jewish immigration to Palestine 1931-1939 Documents on a lease agreement with Emir Abdallah.

File Number : 175

Type of Material : Letter(s), Reports, Administrative Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, Russian

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