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Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944 Page 1: Telegram from Steinhardt in Ankara to the WRB that the Bulgarian ship "Maritza", which left Constanza port with 316 refugees on board, has asked for the second time, to moor, even though the passengers do not have visas for Turkey nor do they have certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel]. The ship received permission to moor, the permit to transfer them to Eretz Israel was given by the British representative in Turkey, 19 May 1944; Pages...

File Number : 97

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding rescue attempts and the obtaining of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for Hungarian Jews, May-December 1944 Pages 1-2: - Letter from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to Yitzchak Gruenbaum at the Jewish Agency (sent via the WRB and the US Consulate in Jerusalem) dealing with the US government's position concerning the issuing of certificates and population exchanges, 06 July 1944; Page 3: - Telegram from London regarding the position of the British government regarding the exchanging of Jews holding...

File Number : 96

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in Romania and Hungary (also after the war) and rescue attempts, May 1944-January 1945 Pages 1-6: Report transmitted from the US Legation in Bern regarding rescue activities in Romania and a plan to take 5,000 children out of Romania (French original, English translation), a cover letter from the US Legation in Stockholm regarding the treatment of Jews by various Romanian personalities, May 1944; Pages 7-12: Document of the War Refugee...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data, Record of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

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...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding help from the Turkish government for rescue activities, 1944

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding help from the Turkish government for rescue activities, 1944 Pages 1-2: Telegram from the US Embassy in Ankara to the War Refugee Board (WRB) regarding the transfer of French Jews with Turkish citizenship to Turkey, 16 May 1944; Pages 3-4: Telegram from the WRB to the US Embassy in Ankara regarding the safeguarding of the rights of Jews in France holding Turkish citizenship; mention made that the United States is requesting from Spain as well to become involved in the efforts for Jews with Spanish citizenship being detained in Greece; a...

File Number : 104

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding rescue and relief activities for Jewish refugees, 1944

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding rescue and relief activities for Jewish refugees, 1944 The file contains: Page1: Newspaper clipping from the "Neue Zuercher Zeitung", ("New Zurich Paper") dealing with US policy towards the refugees; Page 2: Memorandum from the US Government (apparently from one of the Divisions of the State Department) regarding US Government policy towards refugees, 17 May 1944; Pages 3-4: Bilateral declaration by the US Government (the Embassy next to the Polish...

File Number : 82

Type of Material : Telegram, Record of Persecuted Persons, Article, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Correspondence conducted between the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, with various organizations and institutions around the world and with clergy, on behalf of Jews during World War II and on behalf of survivors after the war - Letters, telegrams and other documentation related to the contacts between Rabbi Herzog and various clergy people, from 1935 and until after the Holocaust (original material and copies), including: --- Letter regarding contacts with clergy on behalf of the struggle against antisemitism, sent to Rabbi Herzog (the Chief Rabbi of Ireland) by J. H. Hertz in London (the...

File Number : 3515

Type of Material : Speech, Letter, Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Protocol

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German