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USHMM, <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Holocaust</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> � 296<br />

RG-67.002M <strong>Holocaust</strong>-Era Records of the Jewish Labor Committee. Child Adoption<br />

Case Files, 1948–1956<br />

This collection contains 13 linear feet of child adoption case files arranged alphabetically<br />

by name. The size and contents of individual files vary greatly, and contain brief<br />

biographies and pho<strong>to</strong>s of the children, as well as correspondence, memos, and other<br />

documentation relating <strong>to</strong> the support of each child. Some of the children lived in the<br />

Jewish Labor Committee-supported children‘s homes in France, Belgium,<br />

Palestine/Israel, and Poland.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York<br />

University Library.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong> and Yiddish<br />

24 microfilm rolls (35 mm)<br />

Finding Aids: Alphabetical name list by roll<br />

Restrictions: On reproduction and use<br />

RG-67.003M <strong>Holocaust</strong>-Era Records of the Jewish Labor Committee. Displaced and<br />

Refugee Card Files, 1945–1952<br />

This collection contains displaced persons and refugee card files. The thousands of cards<br />

provide biographical in<strong>for</strong>mation on refugees, most of whom lived in displaced persons<br />

camps in Germany. The files are divided in<strong>to</strong> several series, each of which is arranged<br />

alphabetically.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York<br />

University Library.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong>, Yiddish, and German<br />

7 microfilm rolls (35 mm)<br />

Finding Aids: Roll-level description<br />

Restrictions: On reproduction and use<br />

RG-67.004M Series A (Central Files) of the New York Office of the World Jewish<br />

Congress, 1919–1971<br />

This collection contains materials on the his<strong>to</strong>ry of the World Jewish Congress (WJC),<br />

especially prior <strong>to</strong> 1940. With the outbreak of war in September 1939, the WJC office in<br />

Paris was moved <strong>to</strong> Geneva <strong>to</strong> facilitate communications with Jewish communities in<br />

Europe. Then, in the summer of 1940, with most of Europe overrun by the Nazis, the<br />

main WJC headquarters was moved <strong>to</strong> New York. The bulk of the collection consists of<br />

the correspondence of important leaders of the WJC or the New York office, including<br />

Stephen S. Wise, Nahum Goldman, Israel Goldstein, and other administrative/executive

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