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Children
Councils for Aid to Polish Jews
Deportation of German Jews
Deportation to Poland
Deportees From Germany
Information Concerning Extermination
Jewish Agency
Jewish Organizations
Jewish Organizations in Palestine
Children and Youth
House Committees
Hunger
Refugees During the War
ישוב
Aliya
Centos – Federation of Associations for the Care of Orphans in Poland
Children and Adults
Concern Over Relatives and Friends
Activists in Jewish Relief, Charity and Rescue Organizations
Aid to Refugees
Bergson Group
Rescue & Aid Efforts
German
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English
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List
Lists
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"She’erith Hapletah"
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Jewish children
Family relations
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Typhus
Information regarding relatives and friends