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Letter written by Nathan Schwalb from Geneva regarding the condition of the displaced persons in Europe at the end of the war and attempts to arrange for a group of survivors to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 28 May 1945

File Number : 186

Type of Material : Letter

Telegrams sent by Nathan Schwalb, Chaim Pazner and others in Switzerland to Melech Neustadt of the Histadrut Labor Federation in Tel Aviv and to Eliahu Dobkin of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, August-December 1944 Murder of Hungarian Jews; attempts to obtain aliya permits for Jews from Hungary; Included in the file: Telegrams from Joel Brand and a telegram from Menachem Mendel Bader regarding the situation of Hungarian Jews and demanding intervention on their behalf, July 1944.

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Telegram

Language : Hebrew, English, German

P.35 - Nathan Schwalb Collection: Nathan Schwalb was the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II

P.35 - The Collection of Nathan Schwalb, the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II Nathan Schwalb was born in Stanislawow, Poland (today Ivano Frankovsk, Ukraine) in 1908. He made aliya to Eretz Israel and was member of Kibbutz Hulda. He spent World War II in Geneva as the representative of the World Hechalutz movement, serving as contact person and a financial welfare source for the Jews. He corresponded with hundreds of people in the occupied countries and was active in many areas including the sending of parcels via the Red Cross,...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : German

Oral declarations of Jewish refugees arrested while crossing the Franco-Swiss border by the Swiss military police under the command of Captain Hatt in his attempt to prevent illegal immigration to Switzerland, 18 November 1943-03 August 1945 Excerpts from the legal file of the Swiss Federal Archive regarding the case of Captain Hatt. Also in the file: - Introduction by Henry Spira to the legal file; - Map of the [Franco-Swiss] border area.

File Number : 62

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Names, Official Documentation

Language : Italian, French, German

Documentation regarding rescue efforts of Jewish organizations during the war, testimonies of Holocaust survivors, emigration attempts and the postwar handling of Holocaust survivors and the Holocaust in general, 1943-1973 Pages 101-122: Notes of a member of the Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council in Amsterdam) regarding the situation in the Netherlands, most probably 1943: - Initial anti-Jewish decrees, 1940, including the ban on ritual slaughter, 31 July 1940; - Dismissal of Jewish officials, November 1940; - Anti-Jewish propaganda, early 1941; - Brawls between the Nationaal-Socialistische...

File Number : 132

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter(s), Correspondence, Reports, Official Documentation, Lists, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944

Official documentation regarding cooperation by various Jewish organizations concerning rescue attempts, in particular in Hungary, 1944 Page 4: Letter from Chaim Pazner, Geneva, to Zionist organization member Kubo, [most probably A. L. Kubowitzki], partly in code, 07 January 1944, regarding: - Veteran certificates for Isaac-Leon Elbaum and his family; - A veterans list, containing 69 families or individuals, sent by the Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, transmitted by the Foreign Office, London, via the Protecting Power, Bern, to the responsible authorities in Germany; - Registration for the exchange; -...

File Number : 131

Type of Material : Correspondence, Telegram, Testimony, Official Documentation, Letter(s), Copy, Reports

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, German, Yiddish

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...

File Number : 129

Type of Material : Excerpt(s), Letter(s), Correspondence, Copy, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Three reports by Israel Korzuch, from the city of Sosnowiec, to Schwalb in Geneva on the subject of vocational training for youth

The file contains three reports from March 8, 1941 to October 4, 1941 by Israel Korzuch from the town of Sosnowiec. The letter is addressed to Natan Schwalb in Geneva. The writer discusses professional training in various fields for youth in Upper Silesia, and mentions his close ties with Aron Menczer Of Aliyat HaNoar in Vienna and ORT in Warsaw and Berlin who express appreciation and provide assistance for his work.

File Number : 523

Type of Material : Reports, Letter

Language : German

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 : Letter, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, 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, Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Administrative Documentation, Telegram

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

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