The Organizations subcollection details JDC's diverse collaborations with governmental and non-governmental organizations, including several United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Refugee Organization (IRO), a United Nations agency created in 1946 to assist individuals displaced by World War II, which provided funding to JDC to sustain individuals who qualified for IRO aid; Jewish and non-sectarian philanthropic agencies; and U.S. and foreign governmental agencies during the years 1945-1954. These relationships, which include initiatives with institutions in the fledgling State of Israel after 1949, were essential to JDC's implementation of its global rescue, restitution, reconstruction, and long-term welfare initiatives for Jewish communities worldwide, against the backdrop of epochal events in world history such as the end of World War II in 1945 and the emergence of the State of Israel in 1948. Many of the files reflect the structure, governance, priorities, and personnel of relief and restitution agencies which received funding from or were otherwise affiliated with JDC. A substantial portion of material describes the formation and implementation of domestic and international fundraising campaigns, such as the files of the South African Jewish War Appeal (SAJWA), which document funds transferred from family members in South Africa to refugees in Germany through the auspices of SAJWA and JDC.

The Governments record group documents JDC's relationships with Israeli and American governmental agencies. The files focus mainly on aid to migrants, including assistance rendered through the President's Escapee Program (PEP), related financial matters, and other discussions relating to various aspects of emigration from Europe. It also contains material on JDC's interactions with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), from whom JDC received official permission to be one of the first non-profit organizations to operate and provide relief in the Displaced Persons (DP) camps.

The Israel series consists of one file which covers the year 1948 and includes correspondence about fundraising drives.

This series details the relations between JDC and various agencies of the United States. The files contain correspondence, cables and meeting minutes, and primarily focus on financial matters and the President's Escapee Project (PEP, later USEP).

The Jewish Organizations record group, the most extensive record group in the Organizations subcollection, testifies to JDC's diverse partnerships with global Jewish organizations to address a wide range of humanitarian relief topics: education, health, restitution, migration, and charitable aid. Many of these organizations also received funding from JDC. The files of the South African Jewish War Appeal (SAJWA), which document funds transferred to refugees in Germany from family members in South Africa through SAJWA and JDC, comprise the largest series. Other sizable series include the records of the vocational training organization ORT and its operations in Europe and North Africa and OSE, a French health organization, which provided health programs, such as the establishment of TB sanitoria in Switzerland, in these regions as well. Both ORT and OSE received funding from JDC. This record group also includes several series which contain information on restitution organizations for Holocaust survivors and refugees, many of whom received funding or otherwise partnered with JDC. Also of note is the extensive documentation on the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work in Versailles, which was founded by JDC in 1949 to train social workers for projects in Israel, North Africa, and Europe.

The Central British Fund series covers the years 1948-1954 and comprises five files. It consists of correspondence about the care of tuberculosis patients, whether the CBF or AJDC will take responsibility for certain payments, and the uncertain future of the CBF.

Correspondence between the CBF and JDC regarding costs, programs and policies for TB and post TB patients.

Correspondence between the CBF and the JDC regarding patient care, shared expenses and issues with post care displaced patients. The file also contains the Twentieth Annual Report of the CBF for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation.

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany was established in 1952 to compensate Jews persecuted by the Nazis and to provide funding for Jewish communal and social service organizations. The Claims Conference series covers the years 1951-1954. Files include the agreement between the Claims Conference and the government of West Germany, correspondence, memoranda, baggage checks, and charts, as well as a history of the Claims Conference and JDC's association with the organization.

Report

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of discussions, and reports on the negotiations between the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the German Government, specifically regarding Swiss claims. Discussions on the conference proceeds and their use.

Correspondence, memoranda, discussion notes regarding Swiss claims within the framework of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Correspondence and memoranda regarding Swiss claims via the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) series covers the years 1948-1954 and contains four files. Included in the files are correspondence, financial documents, lists of people who received assistance in emigration, and copies of inter-organizational agreements, including an agreement between IRO and HIAS on resettlement and the agreement consolidating the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society and the United Service for New Americans into the United HIAS Service.

The International Trust Corporation series covers the years 1949-1953. It consists of four files containing correspondence about the formation and affiliation of the International Trust Corporation, correspondence about administrative matters and strategy, cables and correspondence about money transfers and budgets, and minutes of a meeting on operational issues of the International Trust Corporation.

The Jewish Agency series covers the years 1946-1954 and contains fifteen files. The majority of the files contain photocopied lists of hospitalized individuals and are restricted to protect the privacy of patients. Other files contain correspondence, drafts of documents, meeting minutes, memoranda, and cables. Subjects include a request for the Jewish Agency to act as a trust for valuables taken from SS General Kurt Becher, arranging Palestinian teachers for children's education in DP camps, and the turnover of responsibility for aliyah from the AJDC to the Jewish Agency.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) series consists of 11 files covering the years 1945-1947. Most of the content of the files are copies of JTAs daily news bulletins in English and French, while one contains correspondence regarding grants from AJDC to JTA.

The Jewish Trust Corporation for Germany series covers the years 1949-1954 and consists of sixteen files. The files include the articles of association of the Jewish Trust Corporation and copies of its statutes, correspondence, reports, minutes of meeting, memoranda, and copies of agreements. Of interest are restitution policies in Germany and annual reports providing statistics about restitution funds.

The Jewish Restitution Successor Organisation (JRSO) was established by the U.S. government in the American Zone of Germany to recover assets to heirless Jewish property. Proceeds were used for Jewish refugee assistance worldwide and for Jewish community organizations. The Jewish Restitution Successor Organization series comprises 21 files and covers the years 1947-1954. Files deal with legislation, administration, policies, and procedures and include correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, audits, press clippings, statistical reports and tables.

Correspondence, memoranda and minutes of a meeting related to the establishment of the JRSO.

Malben (Mosedot le-Tippul be-Olim Ne'shalim – Institutions for the Care of Handicapped Immigrants), was a JDC agency created in 1949 in partnership with the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency to provide housing, medical and other services for immigrants to Israel who were elderly and/or physically, mentally or emotionally unable to succeed without aid in the new country. The Malben Series comprises 9 folders and covers the years 1949-1954. Files include statistics, correspondence, charts, meeting minutes and trip reports.

The ORT series contains twenty-two files covering the years 1947-1954. The files in the series include correspondence, bulletins, and budgets, as well as reports on activity, statistics, pamphlets, financial tables, booklets which describe the medical and health issues confronting survivors; and inventories. The material contains information on ORT programs in many countries. The correspondence deals with budgets, funding, ORT policies, the closing of ORT Switzerland, and ORT's acknowledgment of aid from AJDC.

Correspondence related to the agreement between ORT and the JDC. There is a copy of the actual agreement.

The OSE series covers the years 1946-1954 and consists of twenty-two files. Included in the files are booklets, reports, a press release, newspaper clippings, an architectural plan, correspondence, receipts, accounting documents, notes, cables, minutes of meetings, memoranda, bulletins, and daily records from a study group. Five of the files deal with the OSE-run Mon Repos sanatorium in Switzerland. The correspondence covers the relationship and cooperation between the AJDC and OSE on health issues, as well as budget deficit issues, conflicts within the OSE and related conflicts with the AJDC.

Correspondence and memoranda between OSE Union and JDC on numerous topics: personnel, accounting, and other issues.

A report on the activities of O.S.E. 1952-1954 presented at the O.S.E. World Conference in Paris 1954

Correspondence, Special Audit Report and Statement on Financial Condition for June 1950.

The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work (PBS) was founded by JDC in 1949. Located in Versailles, PBS trained social workers for Israel and Jewish communities in Europe and North Africa. The Paul Baerwald School series is comprised of 19 files and covers the years 1949-1954. Files include correspondence, field reports, letters from graduates describing their work in various countries, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, telegrams and wedding invitations.

Correspondence between Henry Selver and various individuals and organizations related to his position with the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work.

Correspondence between Henry Selver and various individuals and institutions. There is reference in the file to the closing of the School of Social Work Training Division in Versailles and the development of new training programs in North Africa and Israel.

General correspondence of Henry Selver as well as correspondence between Selver and JDC employees regarding the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and its training programs. The file divides the correspondence according to country, specifically Denmark and England.

The SIG (Fédération Suisse des Communautés Israélites, or the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) series contains three files which are largely in French and German and covers the years 1949-1954. Included in the files are correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photocopied reports, meeting minutes and translated articles on meetings of the SIG executive, a postcard, and receipts showing funds received by SIG from the Claims Conference. In the period covered JDC reduced funding to Swiss Jewish bodies and the Claims Conference provided funds. Other subjects include permanent asylum granted to refugees, exhibition arrangements, and an event honoring Saly Mayer.

The South African Jewish War Appeal series covers the years 1946-1948 and includes approximately forty files. All but one of these files contain correspondence, lists, and accounting sheets in connection with money transferred to Jews in Germany from relatives in South Africa. This aid was frequently refused by recipients for various reasons, including that the devaluation of German currency rendered transferred money practically worthless. The remaining file in this series includes correspondence about setting up a European advisory council for the JDC and correspondence about visas.

The United Jewish Appeal series covers the years 1947-1954 and consists of five files. Materials in the files include agreements, reports, correspondence and cables, and newspaper clippings. Included is the agreement constituting the UJA and other agreements between the organizations cooperating within the UJA, as well as the text of an address by Joseph Schwartz.

The United Restitution Office series consists of eight files covering the years 1953-1954. Included in the files are meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and reports, mostly about the URO budget and administration. Also included is a booklet about the URO.

The Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Flüchtlingshilfen/Fürsorgen (VSJF) (Swiss Union of Jewish Welfare Organizations) series contains 14 files and covers the years 1945-1954. The files discuss care of refugees and their migration, as well as financial and administrative issues. Documents include correspondence, reports, names lists, budgets, statistical charts, newspaper clippings, and telegrams. Included is a brief history of the Jewish sanatoria operating in Switzerland 1947-1949.