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Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department and other authorities, regarding matters concerning welfare work, social help, and JSS activity reports, 1940-1942 Letters by the JSS organization, written in most cases by Dr. Michael Weichert, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, regarding: - Request for permission to buy goods for the manufacture of clothing,...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter(s), Official Documentation, Correspondence, Copy

Language : Polish, German

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) organization and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, regarding the appropriation of funds and charitable gifts, 1940-1944 Letter from the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, to Dr. Michael Weichert, of the Jewish Social Self Help (JSS), regarding the dispatch of charitable gifts from the Jewish communities of Budapest and Romania for the Jewish population in the...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Index, Charter, Official Documentation, Copy, Letter(s), Correspondence

Language : Polish, German

Reports regarding activities of the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) organization, later, the Jewish Aid Office ("Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle", JUS) in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, prepared for the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, 1941-1944 Activity reports prepared by the JSS, for the months of January until June 1941, 05/03/1941-15/07/1941: - Report regarding the increased impoverishment of the Jewish population due to the exclusion of Jews from the economic life and the ghettoization;...

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Lists, Correspondence, Reports

Language : German

Correspondence between the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and local branches of the ZSS, other welfare and relief organizations, and the German occupation authorities, 1942

Correspondence between the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and local branches of the ZSS, other welfare and relief organizations, and the German occupation authorities, 1942 - Activities by the municipal welfare committees (Komitety Opieki Miejskiej), including the operation of soup kitchens and care of children; - Help in the training of workers on agricultural farms in various areas in Poland; - Care of Jewish refugees and people lacking means who were released from labor camps; - Research by Ludwik Hirschfeld regarding outbreaks of typhus; - Correspondence with Jozef...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Survey Report, Administrative Documentation, Circular, Statistical Data, Correspondence, Survey, Letter, Protocol, Reports

Language : Polish, German

Correspondence between the administration of the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and other organizations, regarding welfare and social self-help for the Jews in Poland, 14 January 1940-19 August 1942 - Distribution of monies, food and heating materials; - Help received from the JDC by the administration of the ZSS in Krakow for distribution in the local branches of the social self-help organization; - Certificates and transit passes given to representatives of welfare organizations by the German occupation authorities, by means of the ZSS organization in Krakow; - Frameworks for...

File Number : 17

Type of Material : Statistical Reports, Certification, Report, Correspondence, Letter, Lists, Statistical Data, Application, Survey Report

Language : Polish, German

Correspondence between the Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe (JSS - Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and the Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge (Population and Welfare) department, the German Red Cross and other institutions regarding welfare allowances, 1939-1944 The Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe (JSS) organization was later known as the Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle (JUS - Jewish Aid Office); File 16 (I): Documents in Polish; File 16 (II): Letters by Dr. Michael Weichert, of the Jewish Social Self-Help (JSS), to the office of the Generalgouvernement, "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge"...

File Number : 16

Type of Material : Lists, Correspondence, Letter(s)

Language : Polish, German

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) organization in Krakow and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department in Krakow, and other institutions, regarding Jewish social welfare work in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1940-1942 Included in file no. 15 (I) are: - Letters of the Jewish Social Self-help (JSS), written in most part by Dr. Michael Weichert, chairman of the JSS, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" department; - Request for an...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Protocol, Lists, Correspondence, Circular, Letter(s), Statistical Report, Reports

Language : Polish, German

Documentation regarding the activities of the office of the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1939-1945

Documentation regarding the activities of the office of the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1939-1945 Letter by the head of the security police (Sicherheitspolizei, Sipo) in Berlin, to the leaders of the task forces, regarding the measures planned for the Jews in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 21/09/1939: transfer of the Jews from the rural areas to the larger cities and the establishment of points of concentration; establishment of the Jewish Council of Elders ("Juedischer Aeltestenrat"), as the liaison organization between the German civil administration and the local responsible military agency, in order...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Reports, Protocol, Letter, Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Letter(s), Lists

Language : Polish, German

Testimony of Leon Pomorski, born in Slomnik, Poland, regarding his experiences in Plaszow and Skarzysko-Kamienna

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Pomorski, born in Slomnik, Poland, regarding his experiences in Plaszow and Skarzysko-Kamienna Deportation to Plaszow, June 1942; camp life including distribution of essential items received from JUS, a Jewish self-help organization; meets Dr. Michal Weichert; transfer to Skarzysko-Kamienna, November 1943.

File Number : 612

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jacob Perlman regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and contacts with Dr. Michael Weichert

Testimony

Testimony of Jacob Perlman regarding his experiences in the Krakow Ghetto and contacts with Dr. Michael Weichert Contact with Dr. Michael Weichert; receives permission to live in the ghetto with Dr. Weichert's help; deportation of Jews to Belzec; Dr. Weichert's injury; termination of JSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) activities; JUS (Jewish Assistance Office) activities; deportation of Jews to Belzec by the Germans, October 1942; rescue of JUS administrative personnel from deportation; termination of JUS activities, November 1944; Dr. Weichert's help in rescuing children outside the ghetto; Dr. Weichert's...

File Number : 610

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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