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Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), June-September 1944 Page 3: Telegram from the US Consulate, Jerusalem, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the already implemented deportation of 400,000 Hungarian Jews to Poland; the imminent deportation of the 350,000 remaining Jews and the required measures for intervention, 29 June 1944; Page 4: Telegram from Cordell Hull, State Department, Washington, to the US Consulate General, Istanbul, regarding efforts by the Jewish Agency to rescue 2,600 refugees, 04 July 1944; Pages 5-8: Letters from the US Embassy,...

File Number : 135

Type of Material : Letter(s), Memorandum, Correspondence, Telegram, Official Documentation, Note

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 : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : English

Correspondence with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, 12 June 1942 - 11 November 1943

Correspondence with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, 12 June 1942 - 11 November 1943 Correspondence with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada on the evacuation of Polish rabbis and yeshiva students from the Soviet Union and their receiving material help, 12 June 1942 - 11 November 1943.

File Number : 573

Type of Material : Letter

Documentation regarding the condition of the inmates in Gurs camp, 1940-1941

Documentation regarding the condition of the inmates in Gurs camp, 1940-1941 - Photocopies of letters (anonymous) from Gurs camp with detailed description of the shortages and difficult living conditions in the camp; - Letter from Jacob Hecht in Basel to the heads of the Red Cross in Genf with a request for the Red Cross to intervene in what is happening in Gurs camp; - Messages from the Basel Jewish community regarding the condition of the detainees in Gurs camp.

File Number : 2292

Type of Material : Documentation, Original, Official Documentation

Language : German