Report from Krakow, regarding the situation of the Jews from Germany who were deported to the Lublin area, 1940
Information received by the Combined Help Committee of Poles and Jews in the Generalgouvernement;
Continuation of the deportation of German Jews to Poland by Himmler's order despite the opposition of the [governor? of the] Generalgouvernement; experiences of 160 Jews from Schneidemuehl who were deported to the Lublin area on 12/03/1940, including a march [of approximately 30 kilometers] to the villages of Piaski, Glusk and Selcyca; population of the villages with the Jews who survived, among the...
File Number : 210
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report
M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
There are 220 files in the record group, which includes various publications, such as bulletins, reports, letters and surveys, containing information regarding the condition of the Jews in occupied Europe during World War II.
The information was gathered, collated and distributed by Jewish organizations in Eretz Israel, Turkey (Istanbul) and Switzerland during the war and the early postwar years. Some of the communications were intended for distribution solely among the members of the organizations. ...
Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation, Brochure, Survey Report, Letter of Testimony
Report submitted by Kolo Pan, the voluntary women's association that served under the Central Committee for Aid to Warsaw Jews, for 01 February 1938-01 February 1939
Topics mentioned in the report: Administration members; details regarding aid extended to needy Jews; care for Jewish families and children; statistics regarding the income and expenditures of the association; a list of house committees working in cooperation with the association.
There are two newspaper clippings regarding the association's activities attached to the report.
File Number : 116
Type of Material : Newspaper, List, Reports, Article
Letters, postcards, Red Cross letters, and additional documentation associated with the experiences of the Kessler family of Leipzig in the deportation to Poland, in England, Lithuania, and Eretz Israel, 1938–1942
- letter from Gabriel Kernkraut, in Noé, via the Red Cross, to his son Berel Kessler, Cambridgeshire, June 20, 1942;
- letter from Abraham Kessler, in Kraków, via the Red Cross, to his son Berni Kessler, Cambridgeshire, December 23, 1942;
- letter and postcards sent to Bazalel Zallol Kessler in Tel Aviv:
-- by his parents in Zawiercie and Kraków, November 13, 1938–November 1940;
-- by his...
File Number : 4926
Type of Material : Certification, הודעה, Birth Certificate, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Personal Documents, Envelope, Postcard
Miscellaneius documents:
Flyer, appeal for a Jewish mass movement, London 1945.
List of adresses in Usbekistan to send aid packages.
Handwritten note, to Dr. Goll of the Committee for Relief of Polish Refugees, Lisboa.
Telegram concerning visa for the Halberstam family.
Letter to A. Tartakower, with lists of individuals and families who sent their documents to Silberschein in Geneva.
Announcement in the Yiddish paper "Havaner Lebn", appeal for a memorial.
Telegram, Yad Vashem to Z. Warhaftig, to paricipate as Yad Vashem representative at the World congrss.
Two German letters concerning Nazi...
File Number : 77
Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Telegram, Letter(s), Lists, Pamphlet
