This subcollection comprises memos; telegrams; personnel information; accounting documents; financial records; receipts for relief payments; inventories of relief supplies, including food and medical supplies; JDC publications and bulletins produced for residents of the Cyprus detention camps and newspaper clippings about their plight; correspondence between JDC staff operating in the camps and JDC’s Jerusalem office; and JDC correspondence with the British administration on Cyprus, including materials produced by British personnel for camp residents.
Record Group : Overseas
Series 1: General Files
File CYP.21: Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (January-mid September)
Old Folder Number: C.1
General Correspondence and telegrams that reflect the miscellaneous administrative tasks involved in “aid efforts” in the twelve camps for illegals on Cyprus.
Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (January-mid September)
File CYP.22: Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (mid-September-October)
Old Folder Number: C.2
Correspondence and telegrams related to general administrative issues such as expenditures, medical personnel, staff selections; Medical Report for August 1948
Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (mid-September-October)
File CYP.23: Cyprus: History of American Joint Distribution Committee in the Cyprus Camps.1948
Old Folder Number: C.4
A 20-page report that includes a description of the plight of the internees, living conditions in the detention camps and a comprehensive account of the services provided by the AJDC.
Cyprus: History of American Joint Distribution Committee in the Cyprus Camps.1948
File CYP.24: Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947 (January-October)
Old Folder Number: C.5.1
Correspondence between Jerusalem and Cyprus related to conditions in the camps, personnel replacements and supplies; financial records such as budgets, payment orders and receipts
Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947 (January-October)
File CYP.25: Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.5.2
General correspondence between Jerusalem and Cyprus related to administrative tasks; financial records of budgets, expenses, payment orders and receipts
Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947-1948
File CYP.26: Cyprus: Jerusalem JDC Correspondence (via Cyprus). 1948
Old Folder Number: C.6
Miscellaneous correspondence between JDC Jerusalem, Paris and New York related to financial transactions or locating specific individuals
Series 2: Personnel
This series is restricted for confidentiality concerns. Please see our Access and Restrictions Policy.
Series 3: Financial
File CYP.1: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1947
Old Folder Number: C.15.1
Correspondence and receipts related to payment of funds to individual camp detainees from relatives abroad or relief organizations.
File CYP.2: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1948
Old Folder Number: C.15.2
Financial records of payment of funds to individual camp detainees from relatives abroad or relief organizations.
File CYP.3: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1949
Old Folder Number: C.1
Correspondence related to monies sent to detainees in Cyprus detention camps.
File CYP.4: Cyprus: Accounting--Funds Transfer. 1948-1949 (January-June)
Old Folder Number: C.16.1
Financial records and correspondence related to finances.
File CYP.5: Cyprus: Accounting--Funds Transfer. 1949 (July-December)-1950
Old Folder Number: C.16.2
Financial records and related correspondence.
Cyprus: Accounting–Funds Transfer. 1949 (July-December)-1950
File CYP.6: Cyprus: Barclays Bank. 1947
File CYP.7: Cyprus: Bookkeeping Ledger. 1947-1949
File CYP.8: Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (January-June)
Old Folder Number: C.4.1
Financial Records: Bank Statements, Balance Sheets, Bank Transfers, Salary Payments, Shipment Lists and Correspondence with banks on Cyprus.
File CYP.9: Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (July-October)
Old Folder Number: C.4.2
Financial Records and Correspondence with banks on Cyprus.
File CYP.10: Cyprus: Budget. 1947-1948
File CYP.11: Cyprus: Expenses, Forms, Log Accounts. 1947
Old Folder Number: C.18
Financial records and some AJDC standard forms.
File CYP.12: Cyprus: Finances. 1948-1949
Old Folder Number: C.10
Correspondence and cables relevant to financial issues.
File CYP.13: Cyprus: Kitchen Account. 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.11
Miscellaneous documents related to kitchen expenditures in Dhekelia.
File CYP.14: Cyprus: Payment Orders. 1946-1949
File CPY.15: Cyprus: Platres, Cyprus -- Accounts. 1948
Old Folder Number: C.13
Correspondence related to financial issues.
File CYP.16: Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (September-October)
File CYP.17: Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (November)
File CYP.18: Cyprus: Receipts (Supplies, Transport, etc). 1947
File CYP.19: Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (January-February)
Old Folder Number: C.17.1
Correspondence and other documentation related to relief payments made
by AJDC to camp residents.
File CYP.20: Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (March-May)
Old Folder Number: C.17.2
Correspondence and other documents related to Relief payments made by AJDC to camp residents.
Series 4: Publicity
File CYP.39: Cyprus: Detainees (clippings).1949
Old Folder Number: C.12
Collection of newspaper articles on closure of the Cyprus detention
camps, release of camp detainees and their transport to Israel.
File CYP.40: Cyprus: Information Bulletins. 1948-1949
Old Folder Number: C.13
Information Bulletins produced in the Cyprus detention camps with useful facts and information for the detainees; additional newspapers; miscellaneous correspondence.
File CYP.45: Cyprus: Press. 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.14
Special press releases on Joint relief programs throughout the world with two detailed reports on Joint activities in the Cyprus detention camps.
File CYP.46: Cyprus: Printing Press. 1947
Old Folder Number: C.15
AJDC permit to operate a press issued by Government of Cyprus.
File CYP.47: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf). 1948
Old Folder Number: C.18.2
Publications printed in detention camps.
File CYP.48: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.16.1
Publications printed in the detention camps.
File CYP.49: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1948-1949
Old Folder Number: C.16.2
Publications printed in the detention camps.
File CYP.50: Cyprus: Publications (Shuroth). 1948-1949
Old Folder Number: C.18.1
Publications printed in the detention camps.
File CYP.51: Cyprus: Publications (Various). 1948
Old Folder Number: C.19
Publication of Hapoel Hamizrachi printed in detention camps.
File CYP.52: Cyprus: Publications (Yediot HaJoint) . 1948
Old Folder Number: C.17
Publications printed in the detention camps.
File CYP.53: Cyprus: Relatives Search. 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.8
Inter-office and inter agency correspondence about the search for relatives.
File CYP.54: Cyprus: Whereabouts and Inquiries. 1948-1949
Old Folder Number: C.9
Correspondence and lists connected with inquiries concerning the whereabouts of specific individuals in the detention camps.
File CYP.55: Cyprus: Wohl, Julius/Gisella. 1947
Old Folder Number: C.10
Correspondence, memoranda and cables related to the immigration of Julius and Gisella Wohl from Cyprus to the United States.
File CYP.56: Cyprus: Zoltar, Mrs. Ilona. 1947-1948
Old Folder Number: C.11
Correspondence, cables and documents related to Ilona Zoltar’s immigration to Cyprus.