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Source of Acquisition: Theodore Diesenhouse
Restrictions: Fair use only
RG-68.045M --- Geneva Office of World Jewish Congress
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 22
This collection contains correspondence and other records of the Geneva office of the
WJC, including correspondence and papers of the head of the Geneva Office, Gerhart
Riegner. Record categories include: wartime reports; correspondence with organizations
in Switzerland and various other countries, and with the International Red Cross and the
U.N.; chronological files; accounts; restitution and rehabilitation; WJC meetings and
documents; non-governmental organizations; students organizations; history of the WJC
office in Geneva; speeches by Riegner; and printed materials (periodicals and
multicopied materials).
Languages: English, French, Swedish, Hebrew, and others 1936–1986
249 microfilm rolls (35 mm)
Source of Acquisition: Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem
Finding aid: Draft preliminary English-language folder-level finding aid, plus directories
of personal names, and of abbreviations. These aids are also in electronic form on 3
diskettes.
Accession 1989.203 --- The Paul Weiner Collection
This collection contains Paul Weiner‘s diaries, which he kept as a child in Terezin.
Included are English translations that Weiner made as an adult.
Languages: Czech and English 1944–1945
8 items
Source of Acquisition: Paul Weiner
Accessions 1989.305, 1999.206, and 2000.398-400 The Werner and Inge Katzenstein
Collection
This collection features correspondence to Sol Meyer in New York City concerning
Julius Hermanns‘ preparation for departure on the MS St. Louis and his internment in St.
Cyprien, Gurs, and Les Milles.
Languages: French, German and English 1938–1945
101 items; 7 photographs
Source of Acquisition: Werner and Inge Katzenstein