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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, Telegram, Survey Report

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, Survey Report, Statistical Data, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe on various issues related to rescue attempts, and testimonies regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944 The file includes copies of documents found in other files in the records group. Volume 1: Pages 1-16: Summary from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC - Red Cross) in Geneva regarding the activities of its delegates concerning the question of emigration of Balkan Jews, March 1942-April 1943, including details of their connections with the Jewish Agency for...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Maps, Diagram, Record of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding sending parcels with food, clothing and medicines to detainees in camps and to refugees, 1944-1945

Telegrams of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding sending parcels with food, clothing and medicines to detainees in camps and to refugees, 1944-1945 Page 1: Telegram from the US Embassy in Lisbon to the War Refugee Board (WRB) with information for the JDC, including personal matters and a request not to publicize the Parcel Program from Turkey or from any other location, 22 May 1944; Page 2: Telegram from the US Embassy in London to the World Jewish Congress (WJC) transmitting information (by request of the WRB) given by a Czechoslovakian representative in London regarding the transfer of...

File Number : 102

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Statistical Data, Financial Accounts, Telegram

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

Language : English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the roles of Swiss citizens Carl Lutz, Saly Mayer and Curt Truempy in the negotiations with the Nazis to rescue the Jews of Hungary, 1944-1961

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the roles of Swiss citizens Carl Lutz, Saly Mayer and Curt Truempy in the negotiations with the Nazis to rescue the Jews of Hungary, 1944-1961 Among the items in the file: - Correspondence between Roswell McClelland, WRB (War Refugee Board) representative in Switzerland, and Saly Mayer, JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) representative in Switzerland, regarding the negotiations with the Nazis to rescue the Jews of Hungary; a report by McClelland is attached to the correspondence; - Excepts from memoirs of Carl Truempy regarding the negotiations between...

File Number : 147

Type of Material : Memoirs, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : English, German

Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945

Correspondence between Saly Mayer and various relief organizations, a report by the American Friends Service Committee, and reports regarding the deportation of Hungary's Jews, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and relief organizations: Geneva-American Friends Service Committee, Zuerich Schweizerisches Hilfskomitee Fuer die Juden in Ungarn, Unitarian Service Committee Geneva, and the Geneva World Alliance of YMCAs; - Report prepared by the American Friends Service Committee, Geneva Office - Research and Information Department, regarding the transfer of relief (the representative of the...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Survey Report, Correspondence, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding the establishment of the War Refugee Board, the negotiations with SS representatives regarding the rescue of the Jews in Hungary and the Baltic States, financing of the JDC's relief activities, and other matters, 1943-1945 - Discussions between Saly Mayer and Daniel J. Reagan in the United States Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of monies from the United States to Switzerland, with the aim of giving help to the Jewish refugees (see files 1-4); - Documentation regarding the financing of relief activities in France; - Announcement by the US State Department regarding the...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Documentation including a report by Israel Kasztner regarding his activities in the context of the negotiations held by the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest with SS representatives, newspaper clippings about the Kasztner Trial, correspondence by Saly Mayer regarding the Kasztner Report, and other documents, 1945-1955 - Report by Israel Kasztner, titled "Der Berichtoes Juedischen Rettungskomitees Aus Budapest 1942-1945", regarding his activities in the context of the "ARBA" [?] negotiations held by the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest with SS representatives; - Newspaper clippings from...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding the negotiations between Saly Mayer and SS representatives concerning the rescue of the remnant of the Jews in Europe and, in particular, in Hungary, including Mayer's discussions with the JDC in Lisbon; report regarding the meeting with the SS representatives, and other matters, October-December 1944 - Documentation regarding the negotiations between Saly Mayer and SS representatives concerning the "Goods for Blood" deal ("ARBA") [?] for the rescue of the remnant of the Jews in Europe and, in particular, in Hungary; - Documentation regarding the attempts to receive entrance visas...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

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

Language : English, German

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