Jewish Source Holocaust-Related Manuscript Collections in the ...

The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, part of the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania (http://www.hsp.org), is a specialized library and museum devoted
to the history of immigration and ethnic life in America.
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies holds the case files of the American Friends
Service Committee, Refugee Services Committee, which was created in 1938 to
formalize resettlement work conducted since 1931 for Jews wanting to leave
Germany and continued to do relief and resettlement work in the postwar period.
There is also a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and
United Jewish Appeal pamphlet soliciting donations for efforts in Europe on
behalf of Jews displaced by World War II.
Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center
http://www.jewisharchives.net/index.html
Contact Information
Address:
18 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Telephone: (215) 925-8090
Fax: (215) 925-4413
E-Mail: info@jewisharchives.net
The Holocaust-related collections comprise the personal papers of Holocaust
survivors who later settled in the Greater Philadelphia region. Also included in
this group are the actions and responses of local Jewish organizations to the
Shoah and the resulting “Displaced Persons” situation at the end of World War II.
Other relevant material can be found in the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society’s case
records of immigration documentation. Finally, there is a collection of yizkor
books.
Swarthmore College
The Peace Collection contains the papers of Mercedes M. Randall, who wrote
material for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF),
including, in l944, the pamphlet “The Voice of Thy Brother's Blood,” a plea for
action to help the Jewish refugees of World War II. In addition to this pamphlet,
the papers also contain a large selection of Randall’s own collection of pamphlets
and booklets on the Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.
United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
http://www.ujf.net/content_display.html?ArticleID=34675
Contact Information
Address:
Holocaust Center of Greater Pittsburgh
United Jewish Federation
234 McKee Place