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Testimony of Gerhart Moritz Riegner born in Berlin Germany, 1911, regarding his experiences in Berlin until May 1933, Paris until 1943 and activities in the World Jewish Congress during the war

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Testimony of Gerhart Moritz Riegner born in Berlin Germany, 1911, regarding his experiences in Berlin until May 1933, Paris until 1943 and activities in the World Jewish Congress during the war Liberal family; displays of antisemitism in school; law studies; Nazi rise to power, 1933; expulsion from the university; move to Paris, May 1933. Move to Geneva, late 1943; activities as a legal adviser in the World Jewish Congress; activities during the war including requests to receive help from members of the church; telegram to the United States and British governments regarding German plans to exterminate...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 12735

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Testimony

results.listIds.lang : English

Documentation regarding efforts to rescue the Jews of Poland, 1942-1945

Documentation regarding efforts to rescue the Jews of Poland, 1942-1945 Pages 4, 28-35, 40-41, 43, 49: Letters from Dr. Chaim Pazner to Wenia Pomeranietz, Istanbul, regarding: - Brief news concerning various persons, mentioned mostly by first name; - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, destruction of Jochanan's quarter (probably in reference to the Warsaw Ghetto), 12,000 [German Army] soldiers, some Jews rescued on account of tunnels, 15 April-18 May 1943; - Information in code concerning endangered Polish Zionist movement members; - Establishment of a Zionist asylum for young refugees; - Deteriorating situation...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 129

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Copy, Excerpt(s), Telegram, Correspondence, Letter(s)

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

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...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 32

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German

Articles, literary excerpts and correspondence regarding the extermination of the Jews, rescue operations and personal documents, 1980

Articles, literary excerpts and correspondence regarding the extermination of the Jews, rescue operations and personal documents, 1980 Included in the file: Page 1: Letter from John W. Pehle to Mr. Byron Price regarding contacts with the Gestapo to release refugees in the [Nazi] occupied countries, 15 September 1944; Pages 2-3: Draft of a telegram and a letter from Chaim Pazner to Eliezer Kaplan in Istanbul (handwritten, in German), 13 March 1943; Page 4: Excerpt from a letter (reduced photocopy, illegible), 12 December 1942; Page 5: Telegram from [David] Horowitz to Chaim Pazner regarding...

results.listIds.fileNumber : 120

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Curriculum Vitae (cv), Letter, Personal Documents, Survey Report, Book, Newspaper, Research Article

results.listIds.lang : Hebrew, French, English, German

Article about Gerhart Riegner, who informed the US State Department that Nazi Germany was planning to murder millions of European Jews

Article about Gerhart Riegner, who informed the US State Department that Nazi Germany was planning to murder millions of European Jews; taken from Reader's Digest January 1988.

results.listIds.fileNumber : 565

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Article

results.listIds.lang : English

Lists of needy children sent to Gerhard Riegner in Switzerland by the Eretz Israel Center in Italy, including information regarding the children's parents, 1945

results.listIds.fileNumber : 1197

results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : List of Children

results.listIds.lang : Italian, French

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