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Personal documentation belonging to Brandina Polak, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1923

Personal documentation belonging to Brandina Polak, born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1923 Brandina Polak was an inmate in Westerbork, 1942-1943; she made aliya to Eretz Israel, 10 July 1944. The documentation includes: - Inmate's card from Westerbork; - Identity card issued to Brandina Polak by the Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) of Amsterdam; - Notices regarding the awarding of certificates (for legal aliya to Eretz Israel) sent by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel through the Red Cross and the Eretz Israel office in Switzerland; - Permits issued by the Joodse Raad of Amsterdam; - Postcard...

File Number : 132

Type of Material : Postcard, Personal Documents, Identity Card, Red Cross Letter

Language : English, Dutch, German

Notice from the Jewish Agency Eretz Israel office in Geneva to Gottlieb Rosenthal in Amsterdam regarding the inclusion of his family in the list of those receiving certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1943 - Notice from the Eretz Israel office in Geneva to Gottlieb Rosenthal in Amsterdam informing him that he and his children are included in the list of those receiving certificates as part of the Palestina Austausch (exchange of Jews for German citizens) agreement, 13 October 1943.

File Number : 108

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Situation of the Jews of Bulgaria and requests for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] on their behalf, 1943-1945

Situation of the Jews of Bulgaria and requests for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] on their behalf, 1943-1945 Pages 1-33: Correspondence between Chaim Pazner in Geneva and Chaim Barlas in Istanbul regarding the requests of Bulgarian Jews for certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel], February 1943-June 1945; Page 34: Letter from the Jews of Plovdiv,on behalf of representatives of Zionist-Socialist organizations, requesting a more just distributions of the certificates, 31 March 1943; Pages 35-36: Report regarding the situation of Bulgarian Jews given by a new immigrant from...

File Number : 37

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

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

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

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts, particularly regarding relief activities for Jews in occupied Europe, 1946-1957

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts, particularly regarding relief activities for Jews in occupied Europe, 1946-1957 The file is organized by authors in alphabetical order: The file contains: Pages 1-3: Excerpt from a book (not identified) including a report from the Immigration into Palestine (IMPA) Section of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC- Red Cross) regarding its activities during and after the war, 1948; Pages 4-5: Excerpts from the book, "Shlichut Aluma" ["Secret Mission"] by Munia (Meir) Mardor, dealing with arms acquisitions, pp. 180, 274; Pages 6-14: Excerpts...

File Number : 73

Type of Material : Guide, Survey Report, Book, Research Article

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts regarding relief activities by Jewish organizations, including the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, to help Jews in occupied Europe, 1943-1975

Newspaper clippings and book excerpts regarding relief activities by Jewish organizations, including the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, to help Jews in occupied Europe, 1943-1975 The file is organized by authors in alphabetical order: The file contains: Pages 1-4: Excerpts from letters quoted in an article regarding the deportation and extermination of Polish Jews, July 1943; Pages 5-7: Report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC- Red Cross) sent to Chaim Pazner regarding the deportation of Hungarian Jews. The document mentions the plan to transfer 8,700 families from Hungary to...

File Number : 72

Type of Material : Book, Survey Report, Article, Newspaper Clippings, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Correspondence with the International Committee of the Red Cross and reports by the organization regarding the relief being extended to camp inmates, 1942-1975

Correspondence with the International Committee of the Red Cross and reports by the organization regarding the relief being extended to camp inmates, 1942-1975 Pages 1-156: Report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC - Red Cross) regarding the relief activities extended to concentration camp inmates in occupied Europe, "Die Taetigkeit des IKRK Zugunsten der in den Deutschen Konzentrationslagern Inhaftierten Zivil-Personen (1939-1945)", ("The activities of the ICRC on behalf of civilian inmates in German concentration camps (1939-1945))", 3rd edition, produced in Geneva, April 1947. The...

File Number : 70

Type of Material : Survey Report, Letter, Official Documentation, Record of Survivors

Language : French, English, German

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