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Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the War Refugee Board (WRB), 1944 Pages 22, 24 (?): Incomplete dispatch (No. 7454) from the US Legation, Bern, to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding the proposed program of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the relief of Jewish refugees and other persecuted groups in enemy territory, 02 March 1944; Page 2: Enclosure No. 1 to dispatch No. 7454 from the US Legation, Bern, to the President of the ICRC, Geneva, regarding the provision of food and medicines for Jews and other...

File Number : 93

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

Language : French, English

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), October-December 1944

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), October-December 1944 Pages 3-5: Correspondence between the Secretary of State, Washington, and delegations of the WRB in Jerusalem regarding emigration from Bulgaria to Eretz Israel via Turkey, 06 October 1944; Page 6: Telegram from Cordell Hull, Department of State, Washington, to the US Legation, Bern, regarding the report that Anna and Rosa Frumkin and Eugenia Gorlin are in Bergen-Belsen, 03 October 1944; Pages 7-8: Telegram from Cordell Hull, Department of State, Washington, to the US Embassy, Ankara, regarding the...

File Number : 135.1

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

Language : English

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), Note, Telegram, Memorandum, Official Documentation, Correspondence

Language : English

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

Documentation regarding the activities of the War Refugee Board (WRB), March-June 1944 Pages 4-9: Memorandum of John W. Pehle, War Refugee Board (WRB), to Mr. Stettinius, to be used as a basis for negotiations with the British Government, 10 March 1944; - Seeking cooperation with the British Government in order to rescue Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime, - Emphasis on the sincerity of the agency and discussions regarding relations with the Intergovernmental Committee; - Attitude towards the Eretz Israel issue, no intention of taking a position in support of establishing a Jewish national state...

File Number : 134

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

Language : English

Correspondence and reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests to receive and transfer funds from organizations in the United States for rescue purposes, May-November 1944

Correspondence and reports by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding requests to receive and transfer funds from organizations in the United States for rescue purposes, May-November 1944 Pages 1-3: Requests from Norweb in Lisbon to the WRB to transfer funds to Saly Mayer and to the Jewish Agency in Switzerland, May 1942; Pages 4-5: Report regarding the sums of money that the WRB can transfer to Sweden and to Norway, for support of Jewish Christians, among others, June 1944; Page 6: Report from the Jewish Distribution Committee (JDC) to the US Embassy in Lisbon, sent via the WRB;...

File Number : 99

Type of Material : Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : English

Correspondence by the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the transfer of refugees from Europe to Eretz Israel, May-September 1944

War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington correspondence regarding the transfer of refugees from Europe to Eretz Israel, May-September 1944 Pages 1-2: - Memorandum sent from London to the United States Foreign Ministry regarding conversations held by the correspondent (apparently the US Ambassador) with Chaim Weizmann, A. L. Easterman and Dr. Barou from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the refugee problem, the White Paper and the obligations of the British government, 09 May 1944; Pages 3-4: - Telegram to the WRB regarding refugees waiting in southern Italy for certificates (for legal aliya to...

File Number : 98

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram

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 regarding rescue attempts and the obtaining of certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] for Hungarian Jews, May-December 1944 Pages 1-2: - Letter from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to Yitzchak Gruenbaum at the Jewish Agency (sent via the WRB and the US Consulate in Jerusalem) dealing with the US government's position concerning the issuing of certificates and population exchanges, 06 July 1944; Page 3: - Telegram from London regarding the position of the British government regarding the exchanging of Jews holding...

File Number : 96

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report

Language : English

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Hungarian Jews and the efforts to rescue them, May-December 1944

Correspondence and reports from the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Washington regarding the situation of the Hungarian Jews and the efforts to rescue them, May-December 1944 Page 1: - Report from Harrison in Bern to the WRB regarding a proposal by the Hungarian authorities to exchange Jews for Hungarians captured by the Soviet Union, 27 May 1944; Pages 2-4: - Report by Pinkerton, the US Consul in Jerusalem, regarding deterioration of the situation of the Jews in Hungary and Romania, and the detention of Zionist leaders in these countries, 26 May 1944; Pages 5-6: - Telegram from Steinhardt in Ankara...

File Number : 95

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Survey Report

Language : English, German

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

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