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RG–19.042 Association of Teheran Children and Their Instructors Collection, (1943)
1992–1993 (bulk 1992–1993)
This collection contains copies of various documents from an exhibition produced for the
50th anniversary reunion of the Association of Teheran Children and Their Instructors in
1993. The exhibition recounts the history of the children‘s rescue from the Nazis and
their relocation to Palestine via Teheran, Iran, in 1943. Also included is information
about the lives of the Teheran Children after their arrival and the work of Henrietta Szold.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is David Laor, an agent of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine, who served as the Director of the Jewish Children‘s Home in a camp for Polish
refugees in Teheran beginning in 1942.
Languages: English, Hebrew, and Polish
0.25 linear inches, 2 books, and 3 videocassettes
Finding Aids: Detailed table of contents at beginning of each exhibition scrapbook
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), 1939–1952
This collection contains records from the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) Commission for Prisoners, Internees, and Civilians. Topics include aid for
hostages and political prisoners in German prisons and concentration camps; hostages,
political prisoners, and resistance fighters imprisoned during and after the war by Nazi
satellite regimes or imprisoned by Germany throughout Europe; German nationals
interned or detained in Allied countries during and after the war; the repatriation of
deportees; and the civil war in Greece.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the ICRC Archives, series G44. Copies are also
available at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel.
Languages: French, German, English, and others
16 microfilm rolls (16 mm)
Finding Aids: Folder-level descriptions in French and English
NOTE: See also the collections in RG-64—International Committee of the Red Cross;
RG-04.014—Selected Records Relating to the Activities of the International Red Cross in
Terezin; and RG-04.077M—Fichiers de Drancy.