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Questionnaires used for the search for relatives by Relico, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) Relief Committee in Geneva, completed by survivors in Shanghai, 1946 (The letter G)

File Number : 185

Type of Material : Record of Survivors, Record of Persecuted Persons, List of Refugees, Questionnaire

Language : French, German

Questionnaires used for the search for relatives by Relico, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) Relief Committee in Geneva, 1942

File Number : 221

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : Polish, English, German

M.7 - Relico Collection - Documentation of the World Jewish Congress Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population, Geneva

M.7 - Relico Collection - Documentation of the World Jewish Congress Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population, Geneva The Relico Organization, the World Jewish Congress Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population, Geneva, was founded in Geneva in 1939 by Dr. Abraham Silberschein, and funded by the World Jewish Congress. The Committee was active until 1947. Its main purpose was to assist the persecuted Jews in the areas occupied by the Nazis. The organization also assisted in locating family members and provided relief to Jewish refugees who had lost their homes and/or their...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Names, Questionnaire, Card File, Postcard

Language : French, German

Correspondence with the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung (Relief Organization for Jewish Refugees) in Zurich, 1942-1944

Correspondence with the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung (Relief Organization for Jewish Refugees) in Zurich, 1942-1944 Correspondence between Hans Klee from RELICO (Relief Committee for the Warstricken Jewish Population) and Robert Faller from the Hilfsverein fuer juedische Auswanderung regarding food parcels shipments to needy Jews in Europe during the war. Also in the file: Protocol of a meeting of SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) in Berne regarding coordination and cooperation among the Jewish organizations in Switzerland in relief activities on behalf of Jews outside of...

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Correspondence between Abraham Silberschein and Chaim (Posner) Pazner and Samuel Scheps, heads of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, Switzerland, 1940-1947

Correspondence between Abraham Silberschein and Chaim (Posner) Pazner and Samuel Scheps, heads of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, Switzerland, 1940-1947 Correspondence of Abraham Silberschein with the heads of the Eretz Israel office in Switzerland (the office was moved from Basel to Geneva in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II). Also in the file: - Newspaper clippings [from articles] written in honor of the 80th birthday of Dr. Samuel Scheps, 1984; - Article by Samuel Scheps regarding the Wannsee Conference, the Riegner Cable and denial of the Holocaust, 15 May 1984; - Letter from Samuel...

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Issues of the "Bulletin de la Societe Sioniste de Geneve" ("News of the Geneva Zionist Society"), 28 November 1941-08 June 1942

Issues of the "Bulletin de la Societe Sioniste de Geneve" ("News of the Geneva Zionist Society"), 28 November 1941-08 June 1942 - Issues (beginning with no. 2), 28 November 1941-08 June 1942 (no. 8). The file includes: - Circular of the Central Committee of the Schweizerischer Zionistenverband (Swiss Zionist Federation), no. 1, late May 1941.

File Number : 214

Type of Material : Brochure

Language : French, German

Documentation including the correspondence of Saly Mayer with people and various organizations regarding the transfer of relief to the Jews in Yugoslavia, lists of Yugoslavian refugees, a report concerning the situation of the Jews in Croatia, and other documents, 1939-1944 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the "Schweizerscher Bank Verein" regarding the financing of the Jewish community in Belgrade, 1939-1940; - Report (translated to German) by the Jewish community of Zagreb regarding the need to transfer relief to the refugees in Croatia; the report was sent to the Ustasha organization police, 02...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Correspondence, Official Documentation, List of Persecuted Persons, List of Survivors, Survey Report

Language : French, English, German

Documentation regarding relief to the Jews in Romania, including the activities by Abraham Silberschein and Hans Welti on behalf of the Jews, the fraud by "Rabbi" Avram Sabsa, and other matters, 1941-1946 Documentation regarding Abraham Silberschein, head of the RELICO - Relief Committee for War Stricken Jewish Population in Geneva during the war: - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Abraham Silberschein, regarding the financing of relief to the persecuted Jews in Romania, 1942-1945; - Letters sent to Saly Mayer by the Swiss Federal Police for Foreigners, regarding a permit for Abraham Silberschein...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Correspondence, Reports

Language : French, English, German

Series of reports (nos. 1-3) regarding the murder of the Jews in Poland, sent to Saly Meyer by Abraham Silberschein, the head of the RELICO - Relief Committee for War Stricken Jewish Population, in Geneva, 1943-1944

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944

Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944 1) Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in the Generalgouvernement in Poland, mainly with the help of the Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe - JSS (Jewish Social Self-help) organization in Krakow, 1940-1942, and with the help of the JUS-Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle fuer das GG (Jewish welfare office in the Generalgouvernement) in Krakow, 1943-1944: - List prepared by Avraham Zilberstein - chairman of the RELICO Committee to help...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Persecuted Persons, Survey Report, Correspondence

Language : English, German, Yiddish

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