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Letter sent by Rachel (Zeitlin) Danenberg from Pohost Zahorodny to her sister Rivka Rubinstein in Eretz Israel, with a request to receive an aliya certificate, early 1930s

Letter sent by Rachel (Zeitlin) Danenberg from Pohost Zahorodny to her sister Rivka Rubinstein in Eretz Israel, with a request to receive an aliya certificate, early 1930s Note (according to the testimony of Pnina and Chaya, the daughters of Rivka Rubinstein): Unsuccessful attempt by Rivka Rubinstein to obtain an aliya certificate for her sister; work as a seamstress; she would go to the Jewish Agency offices in Jerusalem on Fridays, for many years; she receives a reply from Mr. Dobkin, the person responsible for the distribution of aliya certificates, that her sister's fate will be the same fate as all...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 2108

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter

results.listIds.lang : Yiddish

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944 Page 3: Telegram from the US Consulate, Jerusalem, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the already implemented deportation of 400,000 Hungarian Jews to Poland; the imminent deportation of the 350,000 remaining Jews and the required measures for intervention, 29 June 1944; Page 4: Telegram from Cordell Hull, State Department, Washington, to the US Consulate General, Istanbul, regarding efforts by the Jewish Agency to rescue 2,600 refugees, 04 July 1944; Pages 5-8: Letters from the US Embassy,...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 135

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Letter(s), Note, Telegram, Memorandum, Official Documentation, Correspondence

results.listIds.lang : English

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944 Pages 4-9: Memorandum of John W. Pehle, War Refugee Board (WRB), to Mr. Stettinius, to be used as a basis for negotiations with the British Government, 10 March 1944; - Seeking cooperation with the British Government in order to rescue Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime, - Emphasis on the sincerity of the agency and discussions regarding relations with the Intergovernmental Committee; - Attitude towards the Eretz Israel issue, no intention of taking a position in support of establishing a Jewish national state...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 134

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Correspondence, Memorandum, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Telegram, Letter(s)

results.listIds.lang : English

Documentation regarding rescue efforts of Jewish organizations during the war, testimonies of Holocaust survivors, emigration attempts and the postwar handling of Holocaust survivors and the Holocaust in general, 1943-1973 Pages 101-122: Notes of a member of the Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council in Amsterdam) regarding the situation in the Netherlands, most probably 1943: - Initial anti-Jewish decrees, 1940, including the ban on ritual slaughter, 31 July 1940; - Dismissal of Jewish officials, November 1940; - Anti-Jewish propaganda, early 1941; - Brawls between the Nationaal-Socialistische...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 132

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony, Reports, Lists, Telegram, Official Documentation, Letter(s), Correspondence

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, French, English, German

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944 Page 4: Letter from Chaim Pazner, Geneva, to Zionist organization member Kubo, [most probably A. L. Kubowitzki], partly in code, 07 January 1944, regarding: - Veteran certificates for Isaac-Leon Elbaum and his family; - A veterans list, containing 69 families or individuals, sent by the Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, transmitted by the Foreign Office, London, via the Protecting Power, Bern, to the responsible authorities in Germany; - Registration for the exchange; -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 131

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Copy, Telegram, Correspondence, Testimony, Letter(s), Official Documentation, Reports

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German, Yiddish

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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 83

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : English

Contacts with Jews in the Nazi occupied countries and reports regarding what is being done there according to countries: Occupied and Free France

Contacts with Jews in the Nazi occupied countries and reports regarding what is being done there according to countries: Occupied and Free France Pages 1-4 - Collection of letters from France describing the situation, September 1943; Pages 5-11: - Copies of reports sent from Geneva: Reports regarding the situation of Jewish refugees in France, 10 March 1943; - Report regarding transports and labor camps for French Jews including statistical data and details regarding the situation of the Jews in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Vienna, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, 15 April 1943; Pages 12-13: -...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 57

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : List of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, Statistical Data, Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : 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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 112

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Telegram, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Statistical Data

results.listIds.lang : English

Correspondence from the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington regarding issues concerning the IGCR (Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees), 1944

Correspondence from the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington regarding issues concerning the IGCR (Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees), 1944 The file contains: Pages 1-2: Report by the US Embassy in Bern regarding the possibility of removing Jews from Hungary, particularly children under the age of 10, 26 July 1944; Pages 3-4: Confirmation by the US Government regarding the allotment of five million dollars to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR), 28 January 1944; Pages 5-6: Telegram from the US Embassy in London, transmitting to Herbert Emerson (Director of the IGCR) comments...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 100

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Financial Accounts, Telegram, Official Documentation, Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : English

Correspondence of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, including criticisms regarding the lack of cooperation between the staff of the Geneva and Istanbul Offices as well as among themselves, and ongoing requests for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel], 1943-1945 The file contains: Pages 1-9: Correspondence, particularly regarding the dispute between Chaim Barlas in Istanbul and Richard Lichtheim in Geneva, 1943; Pages 10-60: Correspondence, particularly between Richard Lichtheim and Nathan Schwalb, Chaim Pazner, Melech Neustadt, Chaim Barlas, Itzhak Gruenbaum, Eliahu Dobkin, 1944; Page...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 45

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Telegram, Official Documentation, Survey Report

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, English, German

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