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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, Official Documentation, Note, Letter(s), Financial Accounts, Telegram

Language : French, English

Two postcards sent by Karmela Steckelmacher from Theresienstadt to Alfred Stern in Prostejov, with a request to send food parcels to her family

Two postcards sent by Karmela Steckelmacher from Theresienstadt to Alfred Stern in Prostejov, with a request to send food parcels to her family Note: The postcards were written by the mother of Michal Bar.

File Number : 1706

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Correspondence regarding refugees and refugee camps in Switzerland, 1942-1945

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Correspondence Concerning Refugees and Refugee Camps in Switzerland, 1942-1945 Envelopes: 554-560 Envelope 554: - Postcard from Rosa Fuerst in Beatenberg, residing at the Schweizerhof camp, dated 15 November 1944. She worked as a handicrafts teacher and asked Mrs. Miriam Weingort to send her the wool she needed. Rosa praised the sacred religious atmosphere of the place but expressed a preference to return home [?]; - An emotional letter from Bella and Max Brik, dated 10 December 1944, describing their impressions following the arrival of a group of 200 Hungarian...

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Letter, Postcard, Record of Survivors, Envelope, Financial Accounts, Telegram, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : Hebrew, French, German, Yiddish

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters from family members and various individuals, mainly from Poland, 1940-1944

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters from Family Members and Various Individuals, Primarily from Poland, 1940-1944 Envelopes 517-524 Envelope 517: - Postcard from Rena Schachna in Liebenau, dated 22 December 1944, asking Shaul Weingort for information about Aunt Rosa, from whom she had not received mail in a long time; - Postcard from a woman named Wattenberg, detained in the Tittmoning camp, dated 28 November 1942, suggesting various ways to send her food parcels. Envelopes 518-519: - Postcards and letters from Leo Weingort to his brother Shaul from Lemberg, Kovno, Vilna, and Warsaw, dated...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Letter, Telegram, Postcard, Record of Persecuted Persons, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Correspondence with various individuals regarding relief and rescue efforts, including assistance to refugees in Switzerland, 1943

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Correspondence with various individuals concerning aid and rescue, including assistance to refugees in Switzerland, from the years 1941-1943 Envelopes: 701-720 Envelope 701: - Letter from Emanuel Zimmerman in Bochnia to Dr. Weingort, dated 26 January 1943, in which he asked to locate his uncle residing in Zurich and convey his regards; Envelope 702: - Letter from Max Jetti Hanna, dated 14 February 1943. The writer, apparently a refugee or immigrant residing in Switzerland, asked Weingort to telegram his sister Selma Last in New York requesting urgent financial aid...

File Number : 42

Type of Material : Telegram, Correspondence, Letter, Postcard, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : French, English

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters and postcards from Shaul Weingort’s relatives in Bedzin/Bendsburg (Poland), 1942-1943

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters and postcards from Shaul Weingort’s relatives in Bedzin / Bendsburg (Poland), from 1942-1943. Envelope 438: - Letters from E. Weingort in Bendsburg, Shaul Weingort’s uncle. He complained bitterly about not receiving replies to his letters, described his hardships and Aunt Jochaja’s health condition, and mentioned their need for food supplies. They received the joyful news of brother Leo’s engagement and hoped to celebrate his wedding together, with God’s help. “The water has reached our souls.” The aunt added her blessings, though she was extremely weak; Envelope...

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Postcard, Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Requests for aid from Jews in Poland, mostly from Bochnia, 1942-1943

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Requests for Assistance from Jews in Poland, Most from Bochnia, 1942-1943 Envelope 476: - Postcard and two letters to Shaul Weingort requesting Paraguayan passports for members of the Ferlegier family in the Bendsburg camp. - The postcard bears the stamp of the “Aeltestenrat der Juedischen Kultusgemeinde in Bendsburg.” - The original letter to Weingort, signed by Leibovitz, includes photos of Arje Ferlegier, Rojza Ferlegier, and Isak Meir Ferlegier. Arje Ferlegier opened his letter to Shaul with the words, “We are at our wits’ end!” Envelope 477: - Postcards from...

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Photograph, Postcard, Letter

Language : German

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 73, 04/09/1941 Part 1 - Political events: No reports received; Part 2 - Reports of the Einsatzgruppen: - Einsatzgruppe A: Sabotage attempts in Vilna; military exercises of Polish citizens in areas lacking a large German presence; - Einsatzgruppe B: Presence in Smolensk: 1) Mood among the population: Attitude of the population to the Germans; suspicion by the local residents before the...

File Number : 164.73

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Requests for help from various individuals, 1942-1945

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Requests for Assistance from Various Individuals, 1942-1944 Envelope 454: - Letter in French from the Swiss postal office in Montreux reporting that a registered letter sent in December 1942 to the Judenrat in Sandomierz for Mrs. Rapoport was confiscated by a German officer; - Letter from R. Rapaport in Sandomierz to Sternbuch, dated 16 December 1942, urgently requesting help for his relatives with "gifts" before it would be too late, due to their deteriorating health. The letter included a photo of Fajga Eiger, born 01 December 1872 [photo not included in the envelope]....

File Number : 22

Type of Material : Record of Deportees, Postcard, Envelope, Letter, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : Polish, German

Archive of Rabbi Shaul Weingort: Letters from the Fraenkel and Berglas families in Vittel, 1943-1944

File of Photographed Letters and Postcards Sent in 1943-1944 to Rabbi Dr. Shaul Weingort in Montreux, Switzerland, from Members of the Fraenkel and Berglas Families All correspondence is addressed to “Dr. Shaul Weingort / Montreux.” No reply letters are included. - Letters from the Fraenkel family were sent by Josef, Paula, Alexander, Mendel, Mathilde, and Rosa; from the Berglas family, by Alta and Chaim Leib. The file also includes two letters to Rabbi Weingort from his aunts, Dora and Jochewed, of the Braun family. - The letters primarily concern personal and family matters; sending regards; greetings;...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter, Postcard

Language : French, German

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