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Source of Acquisition: Claire Marwick
Finding aid: Folder-level description
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 116
RG-67.013M --- Series F (Organization Department) of the Records of the World Jewish
Congress, New York Office
These files date to the 1940s and 1950s. The Organization Department‘s activities
included fundraising (until May, 1946), producing reports on WJC activities and the
situation of Jewish communities, commemorations and celebrations, preparing
assemblies and conferences, and maintaining relations with other Jewish organizations.
Documents include correspondence, mimeographed reports, form letters, and memos of
the Organization Department and the Executive Committee: sub-series 1, ―Executive
Files, 1942–1976,‖ correspondence and reports for Issac Schwartzbart, Robert S.
Serebrenick, and Saul Sokal; sub-series 2, ―Office Files, 1944–1973,‖ general
correspondence arranged chronologically, followed by files on individuals, organizations,
and departments, countries, and various other topics; and sub-series 3, ―General Files,
1946–1960,‖ arranged chronologically, through the department‘s transfer to Geneva.
Provenance: Originally established in Paris around 1936, the Organization Department
moved to New York with the rest of WJC headquarters. When rescue activities
diminished in the late 1940s, it inherited responsibility for the European Advisory
Council. In 1960 the department moved to Geneva under Gerhart M. Riegner; some files,
especially correspondence from 1958 to 1960, were sent to Switzerland and as a result
are not included in this series.
Language: Mostly English 1942–1976
34 microfilm rolls (35 mm)
Source of Acquisition: American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati
Finding aid: Folder-level descriptions in English
RG-19.007 --- M. Peter Victor Papers
This collection contains letters and other documents about members of the M. Peter
Victor family and Max Peter Victor‘s emigration from Germany and Italy to China and
the United States.
Biographical note: Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920. He fled first
to Italy, then to Shanghai, China, in 1939, and immigrated to the United States in 1948.
Provenance: Victor collected the materials during and after his emigration to Shanghai,
China. A ticket to the 1936 Olympic ceremonies (item 1990.277.01) is held in the Art and
Artifacts Branch of the USHMM Collections Division.