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RG-19.044M—Selected Records from the International Committee of the Red Cross
Commission for Prisoners, Internees and Civilians. Hostages and Political Prisoners
(Otages et détenus politiques)
RG-19.045M—Selected Records from the International Committee of the Red Cross
Commission for Prisoners, Internees and Civilians. Jews (Israélites)
RG-10.125 --- The Ernst Heumann Collection
This collection contains correspondence and financial reports concerning the publication
of the newspaper Aufbau by the New World Club (also known as the German-Jewish
Club), an organization of German Jewish emigrants in New York. Also included is a file
concerning Aufbau advertising manager Hans Schleger. A May 1941 issue of
International Science is included as well.
Provenance: Ernst Heumann collected the papers of the New World Club while he was
managing the finances of the organization.
Biographical/historical note: Ernst Heumann helped found the New World Club in the
1920s and served as its third president. The New World Club had interests in publishing
and provided aid to German Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany. The New World Club
published Aufbau and International Science.
Languages: German and English 1941–1944
7 microfiche cards
Source of Acquisition: Elaine Heumann Gurian
Finding aid: Folder-level inventory
Restrictions: Some materials protected under copyright
See the finding aid for this collection: RG-10.125
RG-68.087M --- Nathan Schwalb Papers/Hechalutz Office Geneva
This collection contains records pertaining to Jewish aid and rescue activities during
World War II. Nathan Schwalb-Dror (1908–2004) was a Labor Zionist and leader of the
Hechalutz in wartime Geneva. Records feature correspondence with Hechalutz members
in the Nazi-occupied territories and with the Joint Distribution Committee, reports about
the situation of Jews in various countries, reports about Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka,
and Westerbork, and miscellaneous internal records of Hechalutz headquarters. Holdings
also include correspondence with individuals and aid organizations in the DP camps after
the Holocaust; such as the ―Lloyd Auswanderungsbuero‖ in Poland, the Hashomer Hazair
in Switzerland, the ―Gordonia group‖ in Bucharest, 1940–1945, the Kibbutz movement in
Romania in 1940, and a spectrum of Jewish agencies in Switzerland. Other documents