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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence between JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten” press agency and SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) authorities, 1945-1949

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Correspondence between JUNA (“Juedische Nachrichten” press agency and SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) authorities, 1945-1949 In the file: - Correspondence between JUNA and SIG regarding administrative matters connected mainly to JUNA activities against antisemitism; correspondence was with the following people: Georges Brunschvig, SIG chairman; Georg Guggenheim, ICZ (Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zuerich; Federation of Jewish Organizations in Zurich) chairman; Paul Guggenheim from the Central Committee; Otto Heim, head of VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish...

File Number : 78

Type of Material : Announcement, Newspaper Clippings, Placards, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence with Jewish communities in Switzerland, 1935-1964

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence with Jewish communities in Switzerland, 1935-1964 In the file: - JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence with Jewish communities in Switzerland, such as Zurich, Lucerne, Lausanne, Kreuzlingen, Geneva, Bern and Basel, including correspondence with Swiss Jewish personalities such as Alfred Goetschel, Pierre Bigar, Armand Brunschvig, Paul Guggenheim, Robert Wieler, and Simon Erlanger; correspondence...

File Number : 77

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding Swiss Jewry, 1929-1961

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding Swiss Jewry, 1929-1961 In the file: - Ordinances of the cultural organization of the Jews of Switzerland, with a list of members, 01 January 1863; - Essay by Professor Paul Guggenheim regarding the history of Swiss Jewry, 1934; - Ordinances of the WZO (World Zionist Organization), 1938; - Two newsletters published by the Hechalutz office in Geneva (Youth Aliyah Department), written by Nathan Schwalb, April 1943; - Survey prepared by S. Lippmann, the Basel physician, for the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) youth department...

File Number : 74

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, List of Names, Research Article, Charter

Language : German

Testimony of Georg Weissmann regarding the enforcement of the minority rights of the Upper Silesian Jews, 1933-1937

Testimony of Georg Weissmann regarding the enforcement of the minority rights of the Upper Silesian Jews, 1933-1937 The Bernheim Petition was based on the German-Polish agreement regarding eastern Silesia (the Geneva Agreement), in which the protection of minorities was guaranteed, 15 May 1922. Pages 2-60; copy of testimony pp. 61-119: - Complaint filed by Franz Bernheim, who had been dismissed from his position as a clerk on 04 January 1933, as a result of the boycott; filing of the Bernheim Petition by the Comite des Delegation Juive (Committee of Jewish Delegations) to the League of Nations in...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German