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Testimony of Chaim Pazner regarding his activities in Geneva, from 1971

Testimony of Chaim Pazner regarding his activities in Geneva, from 1971 The file contains a printed copy of an interview with Dr. Chaim Pazner conducted in the framework of the Oral History Section of the Contemporary Jewry Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Interviewed by Eliyahu Sasson. Pages 1-9: Interview no. 1: The circumstances of the arrival of Chaim Pazner in Switzerland and the beginning of his activities in the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva. Most of his activity consists of the utilization of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] and the transfer of refugees and...

File Number : 113

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence and documentation regarding the activity of Chaim Pazner in the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva during the war and following it, in the Jewish community in Geneva, and personal documents, 1933-1956 Page 1: Three banknotes from the Theresienstadt Ghetto that make up a receipt for the amount stated: a five Deutsche Mark bill, 1940, five and ten Danish Krones, 1943; Page 2: Letter (inside an envelope) from the F. Bieryneza family, from the city of Zamosc, Poland, to the Jewish Agency in Geneva (Polish and German), undated; Page 3: A letter from the Supporters of Tyskland Jews non-profit...

File Number : 114

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Money, Personal Documents, Letter, Article, Financial Accounts, Telegram, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, Swedish, German, Yiddish

Correspondence between rescue activists in Jerusalem, Istanbul and Geneva regarding helping Jews in Europe and their emigration, 1942-1946

Correspondence between rescue activists in Jerusalem, Istanbul and Geneva regarding helping Jews in Europe and their emigration, 1942-1946 The material is organized in chronological order: Pages 1 - 8: 1942; Pages 9-16: 1943; Pages 17-45: 1944; Pages 46-57: 1945: Pages 58-59: 1946. Among the addressees are: Chaim Pazner, Chaim Barlas, Richard Lichtheim, Israel Lauterbach, Nathan Schwalb, Samuel Scheps and others. The material was photocopied from files in the Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. The page numbers do not necessarily correspond with the frame numbers in the scan.

File Number : 77

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

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Correspondence of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva with various persons and organizations regarding aliya, certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] and payments, 1945-1949

Correspondence of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva with various persons and organizations regarding aliya, certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] and payments, 1945-1949 Pages 1-29: Correspondence of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva with various persons and organizations regarding aliya and certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel], including correspondence with or regarding Abraham Silberschein, Richard Lichtheim, Nathan Schwalb and a report regarding Hachshara in Bregenz (p.17), 1944-1947; Pages 30-38: Correspondence of Eretz Israel Office in Geneva with the Swiss Zionist periodical,...

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Letter, Official Documentation, Telegram, Administrative Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Financial matters, and specifically, the exchange of telegrams with members of Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee) in Istanbul regarding the financing of relief operations for the Jews of France, Hungary and Slovakia, 1943-1945 The file contains: Pages 1-2: Transfer of funds from "Kibbuz" [kibbutz?] (via Richard Lichtheim and Venja Hadari) to Chaim Pazner in Geneva, May 1943; Page 3: Financial report regarding relief operations sent to Goldin in Istanbul, apparently from Geneva, undated; Pages 4-49: Exchange of letters, primarily telegrams, between Chaim Pazner and the [Eretz Israeli] Office in...

File Number : 60

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

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...

File Number : 45

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Relief and rescue activities: Correspondence regarding the obtaining of aliya certificates, relief for refugees, the situation in the camps and more, 1943-1945

Relief and rescue activities: Correspondence regarding the obtaining of aliya certificates, relief for refugees, the situation in the camps and more, 1943-1945 Pages 2-6: Letters sent by Dr. M. Kahany to Samuel Scheps in Geneva regarding the obtaining of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for Dutch Jews, January 1944; Pages 7-19: Correspondence between Chaim Pazner and Richard Lichtheim regarding the obtaining of permits for Jews in the Netherlands, May 1944-January 1945; Pages 19-27: Correspondence between the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva and the Vaad Hahatzala (Rescue Committee of...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Negative, Letter

Language : French, English, German

Documentation regarding claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948

Documentation regarding claims submitted by various bodies regarding money that was used for relief to Jews in Hungary and Slovakia; documents dated, 1943-1948 - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by L. Kertesz [apparently to the JDC], including a letter sent to Saly Mayer by the JDC regarding the claim by L. Kertesz, 24 September 1946; - Documentation regarding the claim submitted by the "Shomrey Hachomot" Kollel [apparently to the JDC], including correspondence between Saly Mayer and Richard Lichtheim, a member of the Zionist Organization administration and a Jewish Agency representative in...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding the JDC organization's support of a group of Jewish refugees in Kladovo, aside the frozen Danube River; documentation dated, 1939-1950

Documentation regarding the JDC organization's support of a group of Jewish refugees in Kladovo, aside the frozen Danube River; documentation dated, 1939-1950 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Moshe Averbuch Agami, an Aliya Bet activist in Geneva, regarding relief to Jewish refugees who stayed in Kladovo due to the frozen Danube River, winter 1939-1940; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Richard Lichtheim, the head of the Jewish Agency in Geneva [regarding the Jewish refugees in Kladovo]; - [Documentation titled] "Ein Brief Von der Donau-Auswanderer - Palaestina", including a description of...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Correspondence, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English, German