Lists of Shanghai Repatriates to Austria and Germany Indexed
Thousands of Jews survived World War II in China with JDC aid Two lists of repatriates from Shanghai to Austria and Germany have recently been added to the JDC Archives Names Index. The lists, from 1947, were among the digital files of JDC documents received from the...
The Sailings of the S.S. Marine Flasher
Multidimensional resources for genealogists When embarking on a family genealogy quest, it is natural to begin searching with family names or birth places. But what happens when you find the name of the displaced persons (DP) camp where an ancestor was interned or the...
JDC Emigration Service Cards of 1960s Czech Refugees Added to Names Index
JDC Vienna Office provided assistance after 1968 Prague Spring Uprising The JDC Archives has added records to its Names Index of Jews who fled Czechoslovakia during and immediately following the Prague Spring of 1968 and were assisted by JDC. The data is from a set of...
From Europe to Israel to Germany to Brazil
Using the JDC Archives, Samuel Kilsztajn tells his story and the history of the Israeli returnees to Germany and how they came to Brazil. I started writing the story of my parents, both Holocaust survivors, only after they had passed away. Of course, the JDC was part...