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Finding Aids: Folder-level descriptions in English
Restrictions: Access restricted to USHMM Survivors Resource Center staff
RG-67.011M Records of the New York Office of the World Jewish Congress, Relief and
Rescue Department (Series D), 1939–1969 (bulk 1940–1950)
This collection contains records relating to relief and rescue activities, the location of
survivors, immigration, refugees, displaced persons, and relations with international relief
organizations, including the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and
the Red Cross. Series D contains executive files and documents of the Immigration
Division, the Location Service, the Child Care Division, the Committee for Overseas
Relief Supplies, the Advisory Council on European Jewish Affairs, and the Rescue
Department.
Provenance: The records originated at the New York Office of the World Jewish
Congress, which donated the material to the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, in
1982.
Languages: Predominately English
131 microfilm rolls (35 mm)
Finding Aids: Folder-level descriptions in English
Restrictions: On publication and duplication
RG-67.013M Series F (Organization Department) of the Records of the World Jewish
Congress, New York Office, 1942–1976
This collection contains records of the World Jewish Congress‘ (WJC) Organization
Department, whose activities included fundraising (until May 1946), producing reports
on WJC activities and the situation of Jewish communities, hosting commemorations and
celebrations, preparing assemblies and conferences, and maintaining relations with other
Jewish organizations. Documents include mimeographed reports, form letters, and
memoranda of the Organization Department and the Executive Committee, as well as
correspondence of and reports for Issac Schwartzbart, Robert S. Serebrenick, and Saul
Sokal.
Provenance: Originally established in Paris around 1936, the Organization Department
moved to New York with the rest of the WJC headquarters. When rescue activities
diminished in the late 1940s, the department 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
are not included in this collection. Source of acquisition is the American Jewish
Archives, Cincinatti.
Languages: Primarily English
34 microfilm rolls (35 mm)