Extent: 59 files
Scope and Content: These records detail the scope of the relationships between JDC’s Istanbul office and refugees and survivors in Europe in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The files contain extensive information on the shipment of relief supplies, including shipping over 250,000 packages for Jewish refugees in Russia via Tehran; eyewitness accounts; inquiries regarding wartime rescue; and reports on JDC relief activities in Balkans, Romania, and Turkey, among other localities.
Arrangement
The Countries and Regions subcollection is divided into 26 Record Groups. Select from the drop-down list below:
Record Group: Australia
File IS.198: Australia 1945
Old Folder Number: 15
Record Group: Austria
File IS.199: Austria/Vienna 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 4
Record Group: Balkans
File IS.200: Balkans 1945 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 8
File IS.201: Balkans 1945 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 9
File IS.202: Balkans 1945-1946 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 10
File IS.203: Balkans 1945-1946 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 11
File IS.204: Balkans 1947
Old Folder Number: 12
File IS.205: Balkan Shipments 1945-1946 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 6
File IS.206: Balkan Shipments 1945-1946 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 6
File IS.207: Balkans Shipments 1946
Old Folder Number: 12
File IS.208: Balkan Shipments 1946
Old Folder Number: 7
File IS.209: Balkan Shipments 1947
Old Folder Number: 13
Record Group: Belgium
File IS.210: Belgium, 1945
Old Folder Number: 5
Record Group: Bulgaria
File IS.211: Bulgaria 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 12
File IS.212: Bulgaria 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 13
Record Group: Czechoslovakia
File IS.213: Czechoslovakia 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 13
Record Group: France
File IS.214: Paris 1945 (Wartime Activity)
Old Folder Number: 1
Record Group: Great Britain
File IS.216: JDC London 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 6
Record Group: Greece
File IS.217: Greece 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 1
Record Group: Holland
File IS.218: Holland 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 1
Record Group: Hungary
File IS.219: Hungary 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 16
File IS.220: Certificate Holders Hungary 1944
Old Folder Number: 20
Record Group: Iran
File IS.221: Teheran 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 16
Record Group: Italy
File IS.222: Italy 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 2
Record Group: Poland
File IS.223: Birkenau April-May 1944
Old Folder Number: 16
File IS.224: Poland 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 3
Record Group: Portugal
File IS.225: AJDC Lisbon 1944
Old Folder Number: 14
File IS.226: Lisbon 1944-1945 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 1
File IS.227: Lisbon 1944-1945 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 2
Record Group: Rhodes
File IS.228: Rhodes 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 11
Record Group: Romania
File IS.229: Romania 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 10
File IS.230: Romania 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 12
File IS.231: Romania 1945
Old Folder Number: 12
File IS.232: Romania 1945-1947
Old Folder Number: 13
File IS.233: Romania 1942, 1945-1949
Old Folder Number: 8
File IS.234: Correspondence from Romania June-August 1944 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 23
File IS.234.1: Correspondence from Romania June-August 1944 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 23
File IS.235: Romania: Dr. W. Filderman, Bucharest 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 7
Record Group: Russia
File IS.236: Russia 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 10
Record Group: Slovakia
File IS.237: Slovakia 1943-1944, 1946
Old Folder Number: 24
Record Group: South Africa
File IS.238: South Africa 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 8
Record Group: South America
File IS.239: South America 1944
Old Folder Number: 8
Record Group: Sweden
File IS.240: Sweden 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 6
Record Group: Switzerland
File IS.241: Switzerland 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 7
Record Group: Turkey: Localities
File IS.242: Ankara 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 19
File IS.243: Bursa 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 13
File IS.244: Edirne 1943-1946
Old Folder Number: 9
File IS.245: Istanbul 1944-1945 (1 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 5
File IS.246: Istanbul 1944-1945 (2 of 2)
Old Folder Number: 1
File IS.247: Istanbul 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 7
File IS.248: Caisse de Petits Prets D'Istanbul 1937, 1939, 1942-1946
Old Folder Number: 14
File IS.249: Caisse De Petits Prets D'Istanbul 1944-1947
Old Folder Number: 15
File IS.250: Izmir 1944-1946
Old Folder Number: 10
File IS.251: Izmir 1944-1945
Old Folder Number: 11
File IS.252: Turkey Currency Exchange 1944
Old Folder Number: 13
File IS.253: Turkey General Items 1945
Old Folder Number: 10
Record Group: Yemen
File IS.254: Aden and Yemen 1944
Old Folder Number: 8
Record Group: Yugoslavia
File IS.255: Yugoslavia 1944
Old Folder Number: 8
File IS.256: Yugoslavia 1945-1946
Old Folder Number: 4