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Reports from various Judenrats submitted to the Joint Distribution Committee regarding the administration of funds and relief assistance in various places in Poland, 1940

Reports from various Judenrats submitted to the Joint Distribution Committee regarding the administration of funds and relief assistance in various places in Poland, 1940 - Detailed administrative reports regarding relief assistance (income and expenses); sources external and internal to the budget are mentioned and itemization of the expenses; TOZ, AJDC, ZSS and CENTOS are among the external bodies mentioned; - Statistical data reports regarding the number of Jews in the community, the number of people requesting assistance, statistics concerning the activities of the public kitchens and assistance in...

File Number : JM/2733

Type of Material : Statistical Reports

Language : Polish

Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943

Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943 The Jewish Self Aid organization (in Polish: Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna [ZSS]; in German: Juedische Soziale Selbshilfe) was set up in Krakow in 1940; it went by this name until July 1942. After that date, the organization's welfare activities were cut back by order of the German authorities, and they mainly consisted of the transferring of medicines to Jews in labor camps until this activity, too, was discontinued in mid-1944. ZSS documentation includes correspondence between the administration of the...

Type of Material : Lists, Statistical Report, Financial Accounts, List of Jews, Report, List of Names, Correspondence, Balance Sheet, Administrative Documentation, Statistical Data, Application, Reports, Survey Report

O.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942

M.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding the organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942 The documentation includes the welfare and assistance activities of the AJDC to the Jews of Poland; it consists of four main parts: 1. AJDC correspondence with the German administration authorities in occupied Poland; 2. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations in Poland; 3. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations outside of Poland; 4. Survey reports, charts and statistical data. 1. Correspondence...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Berta Lichtig, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Mielec following the German occupation including "Aktions", deportations to labor camps and deportations to extermination

Testimony of Berta Lichtig, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Mielec following the German occupation including "Aktions", deportations to labor camps and deportations to extermination German occupation of Mielec before Rosh Hashana, 10 September 1939; the synagogue is set on fire; closure of the Jews who were in the bathhouse and the poultry slaughterhouse, where they are burned alive; mass escape of Jewish youth and men to the Soviet side, following two days of murder; arrival of Poles who were deported from Poznan (the city and the region), and they take control over the homes of Jews and key...

File Number : 453

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Felicja Czerniakow, born in 1883, regarding her experience in the Warsaw ghetto and the death of her husband, Adam Czerniakow

Testimony of Felicja Czerniakow, born in 1883, regarding her experience in the Warsaw ghetto and the death of her husband, Adam Czerniakow Felicja Czerniakow (née Zwayer), Ph.D., born on June 1, 1883 in Warsaw, testified before the Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland on July 10, 1948, Warsaw. Adam Chirniakow was appointed as chairman of the Jewish community by the Warsaw mayor on September 9, 1939, and remained in that position until his death. Felicja stayed with her husband in the Warsaw ghetto; took care of children, cooperating with CENTOS (Central Society for the Care of...

File Number : 3491

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Documentation regarding the activities of the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization, 1940-1947

Documentation regarding the activities of the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization, 1940-1947 - Balance sheets of the expenses and income of the ZSS, sent by the ZSS [administration] to the JDC in Geneva and Lisbon; details regarding the amount of sums according the the areas of the ZSS activities, including the care of refugees, care of children by Centos, employees' salaries, professional training, lists of medicines and various goods that were received from overseas, and other subjects; - Correspondence with the International Red Cross organization regarding Jewish inmates in Europe; - Article...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Letter, Correspondence, Balance Sheet, Application, Testimony, Article, Red Cross Letter, Circular, Document, Survey Report, Reports

Language : Polish, French, English, German, Yiddish

Correspondence between the administration of the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and other organizations, regarding welfare and social self-help for the Jews in Poland, 14 January 1940-19 August 1942 - Distribution of monies, food and heating materials; - Help received from the JDC by the administration of the ZSS in Krakow for distribution in the local branches of the social self-help organization; - Certificates and transit passes given to representatives of welfare organizations by the German occupation authorities, by means of the ZSS organization in Krakow; - Frameworks for...

File Number : 17

Type of Material : Certification, Statistical Reports, Lists, Statistical Data, Letter, Report, Correspondence, Application, Survey Report

Language : Polish, German

Letter to Chaim Rumkowski, the Chairman of the Lodz Judenrat, from the administration of the printing press in the Lodz Ghetto; calling cards of Chaim Rumkowski

Letter to Chaim Rumkowski, the Chairman of the Lodz Judenrat, from the administration of the printing press in the Lodz Ghetto; calling cards of Chaim Rumkowski - The accomplishments of the printing house are presented in the letter, with a request for appreciation, 07 April 1943; - On Chaim Rumkowski's prewar calling card in Hebrew, his status as one of the founders of the Children's Shelter, a member of the Lodz Jewish Community Committee and a member of the Committee of the Centos organization in Warsaw are mentioned; - On Rumkowski's calling card from the war period in German only his role as...

File Number : 1670

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Records

Language : German, Yiddish

Correspondence between the Radom Judenrat and the Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) administration in Krakow regarding welfare, treatment of refugees, medical treatment and the transfer of aid to the needy, 01 May 1940-07 June 1941 - Work report regarding aid and welfare in the Radom Region in the Radom, Kielce, Jedrzejow, Radomsko, Czestochowa, Starachowice, Piotrkow, Busko, Tomaszow, Konskie and Opatow Districts; - Letter from the Zydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ZSS-Jewish Social Self-Help) administration in Krakow to the Judenrat in the Radom Region regarding covering...

File Number : 431

Type of Material : Letter, Investigation Report, Reports

Language : Polish, German

Correspondence of the Lublin Judenrat, 18 December 1939-31 October 1942

Correspondence of the Lublin Judenrat, 18 December 1939-31 October 1942 Judenrat correspondence with various bodies and institutions, and personal appeals. Among the subjects: - Leasing of equipment, structures or materials from business owners for Judenrat activities; - Judenrat summonses for forced labor; - Sending of Judenrat members to labor camps as Judenrat representatives on the camp committees; - Personal appeals regarding release from forced labor; - Letters regarding the ordering of equipment and various materials; - Demands for payment for work, materials, equipment and various...

File Number : 395

Type of Material : Letter, Telegram

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

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