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Subcollection: Organizations 1945 – 1949

Extent: 22 files

This subcollection contains correspondence among JDC and other relief organizations providing aid to the residents of the Cyprus detention camps: CARE; the Jewish Welfare Committee, founded by the Jewish community in Lanarca, Cyprus; and with the Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee, based in Palestine.

Arrangement

The Organizations subcollection is divided into two record groups:

British Government
Non-Governmental Organizations

Record Group: British Government

File CYP.57: Cyprus: AJDC/British Government Meetings: Incidents of Abuse by Soldiers (Policy, Actions and Other Items). 1947

Extent: 0.75 inch

Correspondence and memoranda on meetings between AJDC representatives and British officials together with documentation on incidents of abuse by British soldiers.

Cyprus: AJDC/British Government Meetings: Incidents of Abuse by Soldiers (Policy, Actions and Other Items). 1947

File CYP.58: Cyprus: Anstice, Brigadier

Extent: 0.25 inch

Correspondence between AJDC Cyprus and HQ Cyprus District related to conditions in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Anstice, Brigadier

File CYP.59: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1947 (June-October)

Extent: 1.25 inch

Correspondence between AJDC Cyprus and the Office of the High Commissioner of Jewish Camps related to all administrative issues involved in maintaining the detention camps.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1947 (June-October)

File CYP.60: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1947 (November)-1948 (February)

Extent: 1.25 inch

Correspondence between the Office of the Commisoner for Jewish Camps and AJDC Cyprus.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1947 (November)-1948 (February)

File CYP.61: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (June-October)

Extent: 1 inch

Correspondence on administrative matters.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (June-October)

File CYP.62: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (November)

Extent: 0.5 inch

Correspondence on administrative matters for the detention camps.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (November)

File CYP.63: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (December)

Extent: 0.5 inch

Correspondence about administrative issues.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1948 (December)

File CYP.64: Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1949

Extent: 1 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence about routine administrative issues related to the detention camps.

Cyprus: Commissioner for the Jewish Camps. 1949

File CYP.65: Cyprus: Court. 1947-1948

Extent: 0.125 inch

Documents about incarcerated detainees on Cyprus.

Cyprus: Court. 1947-1948

File CYP.66: Cyprus: Government of Cyprus Official Publications. 1947-1948

Extent: 0.25 inch

Copies of government publications.

Cyprus: Government of Cyprus Official Publications. 1947-1948

File CYP.67: Cyprus: Governor of Cyprus. 1947

Extent: 0.125 inch

Memorandum of Conversation between the Governor of Cyprus and JDC representative; an appeal to the Governor by detainees of Xylotymbou detention camp.

Cyprus: Governor of Cyprus. 1947

File CYP.68: Cyprus: Headquarters Material. 1947-1948

Extent: 1.25 inch

Correspondence, memoranda and summaries of meetings between AJDC representatives and the British HQ Camp Staffs.

Cyprus: Headquarters Material. 1947-1948

File CYP.69: Cyprus: Operations Orders for British Troops. 1947

Extent: 0.125 inch

Miscellaneous Orders issued by Lt. Col. Mayell

Cyprus: Operations Orders for British Troops. 1947

File CYP.70: Cyprus: Potter, Lt. Colonel (British official, re: Medical Cases). 1947-1948

Extent: 0.125 inch

Summaries of conversations between Lt. Col. Potter and the AJDC representative and some brief correspondence.

Cyprus: Potter, Lt. Colonel (British official, re: Medical Cases). 1947-1948

Record Group: Non-Governmental Organizations

File CYP.71: Cyprus: C.A.R.E. 1947-1949

Extent: 1.25 inch

Correspondence and lists of recipients of parcels.

Cyprus: C.A.R.E. 1947-1949

File CYP.72: Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1947

Extent: 0.75 inch

Correspondence related to parcel delivery and issues of relief efforts.

Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1947

File CYP.73: Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1947-1948

Extent: 0.75 inch

Lists of relief payments made to detainees in Cyprus camps.

Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1947-1948

File CYP.74: Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (January-March)

Extent: 0.75 inch

Correspondence related to relief packages and payments to detainees in Cyprus camps.

Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (January-March)

File CYP.75: Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (April)

Extent: 0.75 inch

Correspondence on packages and relief payments.

Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (April)

File CYP.76: Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (May-June)

Extent: 1.25 inch

Correspondence related to packages or relief payments for detainees in Cyprus detention camps.

Cyprus: Cyprus Refugees Welfare Committee. 1948 (May-June)

File CYP.77: Cyprus: Jewish Welfare Committee. 1947-1949

Extent: 0.5 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence related to a variety of relief efforts.

Cyprus: Jewish Welfare Committee. 1947-1949

File CYP.78: Cyprus: Parcels to Cyprus. 1946-1947

Extent: 0.5 inch

Correspondence listing details about parcels sent to Cyprus by the AJDC New York — senders and recipients.

Cyprus: Parcels to Cyprus. 1946-1947

Digitization of this collection was made possible with funding from the Polonsky Foundation.

Archives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.

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