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O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947 Postwar documentation regarding the restitution of Jewish cultural property looted during World War II; in the US Occupation Zone in Germany. Documentation regarding the incorporation of the Jewish Restitution Commission.

File Number : 23

Type of Material : Document(s), Telegram, Draft, Letter(s), Correspondence, Official Documentation

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany Max Lowenthal was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1888; a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney and a lifelong public servant; he served as an advisor and personal friend of President Harry S. Truman. In 1946, General Lucius D. Clay, the Deputy Governor of the US Military Government in Occupied Germany, asked various representatives of American Jewish organizations to suggest an advisor who could help Clay in drafting legislation...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Europe by ship, May-December 1944 Page 1: Telegram from Steinhardt in Ankara to the WRB that the Bulgarian ship "Maritza", which left Constanza port with 316 refugees on board, has asked for the second time, to moor, even though the passengers do not have visas for Turkey nor do they have certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel]. The ship received permission to moor, the permit to transfer them to Eretz Israel was given by the British representative in Turkey, 19 May 1944; Pages...

File Number : 97

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, primarily regarding contacts with the British Foreign Office regarding relief and rescue activities, particularly of Hungarian Jews, March-November 1944 Pages 1-6: Memorandum describing the cooperation of the War Refugee Board (WRB) with the British Government and the Intergovernmental Committee [of Refugees], all the while focusing on the rescue of Jews, the attitude toward the transfer of Jews to Eretz Israel or to North Africa, their placement in temporary camps until the end of the war, smuggling children from the Balkans to...

File Number : 92

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English

Reports by US diplomatic representations in Europe to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding relief and rescue operations for the Jews of Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria, May-October 1944 - Page 1: Report that was sent from the US legation in Bern, Switzerland, to the WRB regarding the supply of food to Jews from Croatia who are interned in camps in Serbia, 13 May 1944; - Pages 3-6: Report from the US legation in Bern regarding extrication of children and other rescue activities of Romanian Jews and refugees in Romania with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross...

File Number : 89

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the situation of the Jews in Romania and Hungary (also after the war) and rescue attempts, May 1944-January 1945 Pages 1-6: Report transmitted from the US Legation in Bern regarding rescue activities in Romania and a plan to take 5,000 children out of Romania (French original, English translation), a cover letter from the US Legation in Stockholm regarding the treatment of Jews by various Romanian personalities, May 1944; Pages 7-12: Document of the War Refugee...

File Number : 87

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

Language : English

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and United States diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the mission of Joel Brand and efforts to save the Jews of Hungary, May-December 1944 Page 1: - Telegram from the US legation in Bern to the US State Department in Washington regarding the proposal to exchange Hungarian Jews for Hungarian POWs in the Soviet Union and in other countries; 27 May 1944; Pages 2-3: - Copy of a report by the British High Commissioner in Eretz Israel regarding his meeting with David Ben Gurion and Moshe Shertok about the...

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and diplomatic missions of the United States in Europe regarding the Nazi occupation of Hungary, deportation of Jews and rescue attempts, August-December 1944 Pages 1-15: Telegrams from the US legation in Bern to the US State Department in Washington and from McClelland in Switzerland to the War Refugee Board (WRB) regarding the situation of the Jews in Budapest, rescue possibilities and rescue attempts, August 1944; Pages 16-17: Report from London regarding a debate in Parliament regarding the provision of...

File Number : 84

Type of Material : Telegram, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Correspondence and reports by the WRB (War Refugee Board) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding the Nazi occupation of Hungary, deportation of the Jews and rescue efforts, 1943-1944 Page 1: Message from the US State Department to the US Consul in Istanbul with a summary of what was said by the Hungarian Minister of the Interior, Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, during a discussion in the Hungarian Parliament regarding the illegal infiltration of Jews into Hungary, December 1943; Pages 2-4: Memorandum by H. W. Emerson from the US Embassy in London summarizing a...

File Number : 83

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report

Language : English

Correspondence and reports of the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington, the US State Department and US diplomatic legations in Europe regarding relief for Jews, also following liberation, primarily in Hungary, and rescue attempts, 1944 Included in the file: Volume 1 (pages 1-105): Pages 1-2: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department in Washington, notifying of the illegal entry into Hungary of thousands of Jews from the neighboring countries, 23 December 1943; Pages 3-7: Letter from the US consul in Istanbul to the US State Department including the testimony of a Polish...

File Number : 112

Type of Material : Telegram, Survey Report, Official Documentation, Statistical Data

Language : English

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