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Testimony of Zigmund Vaksman, born in Dresden, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in Katowice, Warsaw and Argentina

Testimony

Testimony of Zigmund Vaksman, born in Dresden, Germany, 1921, regarding his experiences in Katowice, Warsaw and Argentina Life before the war; attends a German school; plans of the family to emigrate to Argentina as part of the Jewish Colonization Association (JCA); aliya training in Neudorf; emigration of his father, April 1938; delay in leaving due to not receiving a visa. Outbreak of the war; deportation to Katowice; escape of the family to Warsaw; receives a visa; escape via Germany, Belgium and France; emigration on the ship, "Jamaica", from Le Havre with help from the JCA; life in Argentina; end of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Personal documents belonging to Dr. Leo Landau from Vienna: receipts for donations to charity and contributions to Jewish and Zionist institutions

Personal documents belonging to Dr. Leo Landau from Vienna: receipts for donations to charity and contributions to Jewish and Zionist institutions - List of 19 Jewish relief organizations with branches in Zurich, Paris, London and Basel; - 13 receipts for contributions and charity donations given to Synagogen Verein "Beth Israel" in Vienna; - Talmud Torah (Bibelschule) "Beth Israel"; - "Oseh Chesed" ("Humanitas") synagogue in Vienna; - "Liwias Chen" synagogue in Vienna; - Keren Hajessod (United Israel Appeal); - Jewish National Fund; - "Golden Shekel" issued by the Zionist Federation in...

File Number : 115

Type of Material : Personal Documents, List of Names, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Correspondence by Stephen Wise with various organizations regarding refugees before and after the war, and the immigration laws in the United States

Correspondence by Stephen Wise with various organizations regarding refugees before and after the war, and the immigration laws in the United States - Correspondence regarding the settlement of refugees from Europe in Alaska (1937-1938); - Correspondence regarding displays of antisemitism in Austria, and help for the emigration of Jews (1938); - Correspondence regarding the struggle to change the immigration laws in the United States, regarding restrictions on immigration, regarding deportation, and proposals for the amendment of the immigration laws of 1924, presented to the US House of...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Reports

Language : French, English, German, Yiddish

Correspondence of Stephen Wise with various organizations in the United States regarding emigration and refugees in Europe

Correspondence of Stephen Wise with various organizations in the United States regarding emigration and refugees in Europe - Correspondence with the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, regarding the imposition of pressure on Britain to permit entry into Eretz Israel, a petition sent to President Roosevelt with a request to assist Jews in Europe (1943); - Correspondence with the JDC regarding relief to Eretz Israel (1925), report regarding the Jews in Eastern Europe arranged according to places and including [mention of] hunger, relief by foreign organizations, relief by the...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Reports, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Correspondence regarding the activities of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) and the World Jewish Congress (WJC)

Correspondence regarding the activities of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) Part One: Correspondence regarding emigration and Jewish refugees before the war (1922-1925); Part Two: - Correspondence regarding Jewish refugees and emigrants after the war; - Correspondence of Stephen Wise with his cousins regarding their hardships in Slovakia (?) after the war (1946); - Report regarding Jewish refugees in Shanghai, return to their country of origin, and requests to emigrate (1946); Part One: Correspondence regarding emigration before the war; refugees...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Correspondence with Jewish press professionals, continuation of Part One

Correspondence with Jewish press professionals, continuation of Part One - Correspondence with "The Jewish Criterion" regarding the isolationism of Polish Jewry and antisemitism (1922-1926), Judaism in the United States and antisemitism (1927-1934); - Correspondence with the "Jewish Daily News" regarding Judaism in the United States (1916-1924) and antisemitism in Romania (1924-1933); - Correspondence with the "Jewish Correspondence Bureau" and the "Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)" regarding the Jewish press (1923-1924) and the organization's activities in the United States and Europe, correspondence...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Testimonies of Dr. Erwin Lichtenstein, former counsel of the Synagogengemeinde (Jewish community) of Danzig, regarding the final year of community life in Danzig and the emigration of almost the entire community, 1933-1939 - Danzig's status as a free town according to international law; the makeup of the Jews of Danzig; - Bare majority for the Nazis in the elections in Danzig , May 1933; coalition of the Nazi Party, the German National People's Party and the Center party; on a governmental level, no measures against Jews, but increasing pressure against the Jews by the National Socialists; gradually...

File Number : 72

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German