Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Type of Material : Circular, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Statistical Data, Financial Accounts, Protocol

Language : English

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war In the file: Pp. 1-3: Affidavit of Fritz Kahn regarding activities of pro-Nazi Germans in the United States during the 1930s (presented during the Nuremberg Trials, January 1948); P. 4: Response of the Reichsstatthalter in Hessen to a claim for compensation by a Swiss citizen, July 1941; Pp. 5-8: A letter from President Roosevelt to the AJC (American Jewish Congress) and its President, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, regarding the American government's position against antisemitism, March 1944; Pp. 9-15:...

File Number : 161

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the 1954 "Rothmund Affair" in Switzerland, and regarding special matters related to the treatment of foreign Jews in Zurich, 1936-1957

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the 1954 "Rothmund Affair" in Switzerland, and regarding special matters related to the treatment of foreign Jews in Zurich, 1936-1957 In the file: - Documentation regarding the "Rothmund Affair": deliberation regarding the parliamentary question submitted by Hans Oprecht, a member of the Nationalrat (Swiss Parliament), to the Swiss government, 08 June 1954, related to the responsibility of Heinrich Rothmund for the entering of the letter "J" in the passports of the German Jews (Parliament session, 16 June 1954); newspaper clippings regarding this...

File Number : 102

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Protocol, Legal Documentation, Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) correspondence, conducted by Saly Mayer, mainly with VSIA (Switzerland’s Jewish Aid Committee) regarding help to Jewish refugees, 1934-1938 In the file: - SIG correspondence, conducted by Saly Mayer, with VSIA regarding help to refugees; the correspondence contains much financial data regarding expenses incurred on behalf of the refugees with a few names mentioned from time to time; - Report about the VSIA General Meeting held in Zurich, 25 February 1935; Erwin Huettner was the VSIA director at that time; - Letter from...

File Number : 74.3

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

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation and articles regarding Swiss government policy towards refugees, 1950-1958

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation and articles regarding Swiss government policy towards refugees, 1950-1958 In the file: Documentation regarding Simon Zehngut, a Jewish refugee from Vienna; - Letter from Heinrich Rothmund regarding an article in the "Beobachter" newspaper regarding Rothmund's policy towards refugees when he was head of the police section at the Swiss Ministry of Justice during the war, 09 August 1954); - Letter from Otto Heim, director of VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations), to the Ministry of Justice regarding Zehngut, 03 April...

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Research Article, Official Documentation, Newspaper Clippings, Personal Documents, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : French, English, German

Documentation regarding the DELASEM organization's activities on behalf of the Jews in Italy and the Italian Jews in Switzerland, 1943-1944

Documentation regarding the DELASEM organization's activities on behalf of the Jews in Italy and the Italian Jews in Switzerland, 1943-1944 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Lelio Vittorio Valobra, the head of the DELASEM organization, regarding the organization's relief to persecuted Jews in Italy and to the Italian Jewish refugees in Switzerland after the German occupation of Italy, September 1943, and following the escape of Valobra to Switzerland, late 1943; - Documentation regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy; - List of refugees from Italy and Yugoslavia in Switzerland, 05 December...