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Subcollection: Subject Matter

Extent: 403 files

The Subject Matter subcollection documents the range of JDC’s global programmatic operations in the immediate aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. These initiatives include, most notably, its large-scale relief and reconstruction efforts to reconstitute European Jewish life; its response to the myriad legal complications regarding missing persons and heirless property which developed in the wake of the Holocaust; and its organization and implementation of a vast array of resources, including medical care, community health resources, loans and scholarships, emigration assistance, and educational resources—including early childhood services in Iran, Europe and North Africa, and support for yeshivot in Palestine and, after 1948, the State of Israel—for Jewish communities around the world.

Arrangement

The subcollection is organized into 9 record groups, each of which focuses on a large-scale policy or program implemented by JDC in the various regions and countries where it operated:

Record Group: Children

File 1009: Children: Summer Camps and Colonies, 1946-1953

Old Folder Number: 4529

Miscellaneous materials on appropriations; press releases on summer colonies programs in Europe and North Africa.

Children: Summer Camps and Colonies, 1946-1953

Record Group: Displaced Persons/Refugees

Series 1: General

File 1010: General, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 4178

Materials on termination of Occupation status, effect on displaced persons camps; efforts of voluntary agencies to retain logistical support from U.S. authorities.

General, 1952-1954

File 1011: General, 1951

Old Folder Number: 4178

Correspondence, meeting minutes and news accounts regarding U.S. legislation on displaced persons; U.S. immigration eligibility requirements, interpretation of regulations, lefts of appeal.

General, 1951

File 1012: General, VI.-XII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4179

Correspondence, reports on immigration to U.S., including analyses, grievances about administration of Displaced Persons Act.

General, VI.-XII. 1950

File 1013: General, IV.-V. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4179

Correspondence, reports, congressional debate and proposed amendments to Displaced Persons Act, including remarks by Senator Herbert Lehman (April 3, 1950). Miscellaneous statistics on displaced persons, emigration. Minutes from National Community Relations Advisory Council’s Committee on Immigration Matters.

General, IV.-V. 1950

File 1014: General, I.-III. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4179

Correspondence, reports, congressional debate on Displaced Persons Act, including speech by Senator Herbert Lehman (March 1, 1950) calling for liberalization of immigration policies for DPs. Miscellaneous statistics on displaced persons, emigration.

General, I.-III. 1950

File 1015: General, IX.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4180

Correspondence concerning, reports on displaced persons, Jewish interests in the U.S. Occupation Zone from U.S. military’s adviser on Jewish affairs.

General, IX.-XII. 1949

File 1016: General, III.-VIII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4180

Correspondence on emigration prospects and procedures; community assurances for displaced persons; international aid for hard-core. Correspondence (July 11, 1949 and June 14, 1949) regarding query by Alva Myrdal, Office of United Nations Secretary-General, on assistance to “indigent foreigners.” General W.A. Wood Jr. letter (transmitted March 28, 1949) on migration via U.S. Army DP transports.

General, III.-VIII. 1949

File 1017: General, I.-II. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4180

Correspondence, reports, press releases and news accounts regarding congressional debate and proposed amendments to Displaced Persons Act; materials concern eligibility, deadlines, as well as employment and housing guarantees.

General, I.-II. 1949

File 1018: General, VIII.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4181

Reports, correspondence on U.S. immigration law, and on emigration, migration procedures, coordination of migration service of JDC, HIAS and United Service for New Americans.

General, VIII.-XII. 1948

File 1019: General, VI.-VII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4181

Materials on Displaced Persons Act, including Congressional Record extracts of debates, correspondence and grievances about provisions, notably from refugees in Shanghai.

General, VI.-VII. 1948

File 1020: General, I.-V. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4182

Materials from office of U.S. military adviser on Jewish affairs; on International Refugee Organization (IRO) policy on assisting emigration to Israel. Miscellaneous references to pending U.S. immigration legislation. Correspondence on use of funds from European Recovery Program (ERP; Marshall Plan).

General, I.-V. 1948

File 1021: General, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4182

Materials concerning legislative and other activities of House Foreign Affairs Committee, congressional survey and field trips regarding displaced persons in Europe; reference to (but no copy of) report by House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on DPs and International Refugee Organization (IRO). Correspondence on food rations, on billeting expenses in Germany for voluntary-agency personnel, press releases.

General, 1947

File 1022: General, VIII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4183

Correspondence, reports on needs, treatment of displaced persons. Report (August 15, 1946) of ad hoc UNRRA committee (Council V, Document 159) regarding policy on DPs in anticipation of creation of International Refugee Organization (IRO).

General, VIII.-XII. 1946

File 1023: General, I.-VII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4183

Correspondence on efforts to keep open the border into the U.S. Occupation Zone, on needs of DPs and refugees. American Jewish Committee memo (April 8, 1946), prepared for United Nations, on refugees and DPs.

General, I.-VII. 1946

File 1024: General, IX.-XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4183

Correspondence, reports about displaced persons, treatment by Occupation authorities, need for separate facilities and supplemental aid for Jews. Truman Directive of December 22, 1945, miscellaneous materials, information regarding DP immigration to U.S. under directive.

General, IX.-XII. 1945

File 1025: General, I.-VIII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4183

Reports, correspondence about displaced persons, treatment by Occupation authorities, need for separate facilities and supplemental aid for Jews.

General, I.-VIII. 1945

Series 2: Children

File 1028: Children, 1947-1949, 1952

Old Folder Number: 4151

Correspondence, inquiries, reports on children, child care.

Children, 1947-1949, 1952

File 1029: Children, IX.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4151, 4334

Correspondence, inquiries, reports on children, child care, arrangements to transport, maintain and provide homes for refugee and displaced children, including orphans. Correspondence and cables regarding religious Jewish organizations’ plans to rescue children. Miscellaneous press releases. See also individual country files.

Children, IX.-XII. 1946

File 1030: Children, I.-VIII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4151, 4334

Correspondence, inquiries, reports on children, child care, arrangements to transport, maintain and provide homes for refugee and displaced children, including orphans. Minutes (June 6, 1946) of voluntary agencies’ child-welfare conference. See also individual country files.

Children, I.-VIII. 1946

File 1031: Children, VII.-XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4334

Numerous inquiries from individuals and agencies regarding assistance, relocation and adoption of children. Printed matter: “Orphans of the Storm,” pamphlet of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children.

Children, VII.-XII. 1945

File 1032: Children, 1944, I.-VI. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4334

Correspondence, cables on transit of children; inquiries regarding assistance to displaced and surviving children, including relocation schemes. “Rescue and Refuge,” bulletins (January, April 1945) of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children. Contains names on list dated September 1944 of unaccompanied children who arrived in Spain, including place and date of birth, names of relatives abroad; some names also on correspondence.

Children, 1944, I.-VI. 1945

File 1033: Adoptions, 1950-1954

Old Folder Number: 4140

Correspondence, queries from individuals about possibilities for adopting orphans from Europe.

Adoptions, 1950-1954

File 1034: Adoptions, 1945-1949

Old Folder Number: 4139

Correspondence between organizations, queries from individuals about possibilities for adopting orphans from Europe; miscellaneous materials regarding legal aspects of adoption.

Adoptions, 1945-1949

File 1035: Conversion, 1945-1954

Old Folder Number: 4336

Correspondence, news accounts and statements on the reclamation of European Jewish children from non-Jewish auspices.

Conversion, 1945-1954

File 1036: Orthodox Children, III.-VII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4155

Miscellaneous correspondence on needs of Orthodox children.

Orthodox Children, III.-VII. 1949

File 1037: Reports, 1946, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4153, 4170

Reports on Jewish children in Europe.

Reports, 1946, 1949

File 1038: UJA Appeals, 1945, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4152

Short biographies of nearly 100 children in JDC institutions, for use in UJA fund-raising materials.

UJA Appeals, 1945, 1948

Series 3: Hard-Core

File 1041: Hard-Core, 1952-1953

Old Folder Number: 4236

Correspondence, press releases, on emigration, resettlement, rehabilitation of hard-core in Malben, Norway, Sweden. Copy of poem on the hard-core by “Sagittarius,” from Nation and New Statesman magazines (August 30, 1952).

Hard-Core, 1952-1953

File 1042: Hard-Core, 1951

Old Folder Number: 4236

Correspondence, press releases, on emigration, resettlement, rehabilitation of hard-core.

Hard-Core, 1951

File 1043: Hard-Core, 1949-1950

Old Folder Number: 4236

Correspondence, memos on emigration, resettlement, rehabilitation of hard-core.

Hard-Core, 1949-1950

Series 4: Orientation

File 1045: Orientation, I.-IV. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4191

Materials regarding orientation for displaced persons before migration to, resettlement in U.S.

Orientation, I.-IV. 1950

File 1046: Orientation, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4191

Correspondence, materials on organization, publications for orientation programs for displaced persons resettling in the U.S.

Orientation, 1949

File 1047: Orientation, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4192

Orientation, 1947-1948

File 1048: Handbook for DPs, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4187

Materials on development, draft, stencil of handbook “Guide for New Americans.”

Handbook for DPs, 1948-1949

Series 5: Survivor Lists

File 1051: General, 1944-1945

Old Folder Number: 4188

Materials regarding orientation for displaced persons before migration to, resettlement in U.S.

General, 1944-1945

File 1052: Camps and Locations, Allach, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Allach, 1945

File 1053: Camps and Locations, Bad Godesberg, 1945
File 1054: Camps and Locations, Belgium, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Belgium, 1945

File 1055: Camps and Locations, Bergen-Belsen, 1945
File 1056: Camps and Locations, Buchenwald, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Buchenwald, 1945

File 1057: Camps and Locations, Celle, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Celle, 1945

File 1058: Camps and Locations, Dachau, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Dachau, 1945

File 1059: Camps and Locations, Doessel, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Doessel, 1945

File 1060: Camps and Locations, Ebensee, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Ebensee, 1945

File 1061: Camps and Locations, Eindhoven, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Eindhoven, 1945

File 1062: Camps and Locations, Estonia, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Estonia, 1945

File 1063: Camps and Locations, Kaunas, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Kaunas, 1945

File 1064: Camps and Locations, Mannheim, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Mannheim, 1945

File 1065: Camps and Locations, Munich, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Munich, 1945

File 1066: Camps and Locations, Netherlands, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Netherlands, 1945

File 1067: Camps and Locations, Poland, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Poland, 1945

File 1068: Camps and Locations, Theresienstadt, 1945, 1947
File 1069: Camps and Locations, USSR, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, USSR, 1945

File 1070: Camps and Locations, Westerbork, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4189

Camps and Locations, Westerbork, 1945

File 1026: Aged, VIII.-XI. 1954

Old Folder Number: 4141

Correspondence regarding standards of institutional care.

Aged, VIII.-XI. 1954

File 1027: Blind, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4253

Correspondence on services, relief supplies for blind in Europe. Contains list of names of some blind individuals.

Blind, 1947-1949

File 1039: Cultural, Art and Handicrafts Exhibits, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4185

Correspondence regarding traveling exhibition of crafts to stimulate interest in immigration of skilled displaced persons.

Cultural, Art and Handicrafts Exhibits, 1947-1949

File 1040: Cultural, Entertainment and Morale Tours, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4184

Miscellaneous on entertainers’ tours of DP camps.

Cultural, Entertainment and Morale Tours, 1947-1949

File 1044: Legal Aid, 1948-1950

Old Folder Number: 4272

Correspondence regarding provision, limits of legal aid service.

Legal Aid, 1948-1950

File 1049: Refugees, Arabs Refugees from Israel, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4147

Correspondence, newspaper accounts regarding prospects for relief for Arab refugees in Israel, Judea and Samaria.

Refugees, Arabs Refugees from Israel, 1948-1949

File 1050: Refugees, Christian Refugees, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4156

Letter to “Answer Man” (December 10, 1947) on UJA allocation in 1940 to aid Christian refugees.

Refugees, Christian Refugees, 1947

File 1071: Training, Courses for Displaced Physicians, 1948
File 1072: Vocational Training, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4534

Correspondence, statistical reports, statements on vocational education, need to coordinate training with employment opportunities, relations with ORT. Undated, unsigned memo, describing of typical beginning jobs for immigrants to U.S.

Vocational Training, 1946-1949

File 1073: Vocational Training, Quoddy Project, VII.-IX. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4193

Documents and news accounts (primarily from the Washington Post) on proposal by Frank Cohen (of New York) to train 100,000 DPs as factory workers at site in Passamaquoddy (Quoddy) Village, Maine, and to send them on to South America.

Vocational Training, Quoddy Project, VII.-IX. 1947

Record Group: Emigration/Immigration

Series 1: General

File 1109: General, 1954

Old Folder Number: 4195

Monthly statistical reports (incomplete) on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. General correspondence, accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances. Names of emigrants appear on memos of “open transportation deposits.”

General, 1954

File 1110: General, 1953

Old Folder Number: 4196

Monthly statistical reports (incomplete) on the number of emigrants, countries of origin, destinations. General correspondence, accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances, reimbursements. Names are listed on departure lists.

General, 1953

File 1111: General, 1952

Old Folder Number: 4196

Monthly statistical reports (incomplete) on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. General correspondence, press releases, accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances, reimbursements. Names listed on some departure memos; also, for September-December 1951 sailings of SS Nea Hellas.

General, 1952

File 1112: General, VII.-XII. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4197

Monthly statistical reports on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations; progress reports on movement of potential emigrants under the Displaced Persons Act; statistics on the number of people called forward, visas issued. General correspondence, accounting letters, cables on remittances, reimbursements, currency transactions. Names of emigrants on periodic emigration departure lists.

General, VII.-XII. 1951

File 1113: General, I.-VI. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4197

Statistical reports on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations; progress reports on movement of potential emigrants, the number of people called forward, visas issued. Accounting letters, cables on remittances, reimbursements, currency transactions. Names of emigrants on periodic emigration departure lists.

General, I.-VI. 1951

File 1114: General, IX.-XII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4198

Statistical reports on number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. Accounting letters, cables on expenses, currency exchange, reimbursements, payments from International Refugee Organization (IRO). Names of emigrants listed on emigration departure memo, October 1, 1950.

General, IX.-XII. 1950

File 1115: General, I.-VIII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4198

Statistical reports on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. Correspondence, extracts from JDC committee meetings, accounting letters, cables on expenses, currency exchange, reimbursements, including IRO payments.

General, I.-VIII. 1950

File 1116: General, IX.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4199

Miscellaneous statistical reports on emigration. Accounting letters on expenditures, currency transfers, reimbursements from International Refugee Organization (IRO).

General, IX.-XII. 1949

File 1117: General, VI.-VIII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4199

Correspondence, statistical reports on emigration (reports incomplete). Accounting letters on expenditures, reimbursements from International Refugee Organization (IRO). Names of passengers on some accounting correspondence; Cedoc (Prague) list of passengers, SS Caboto, July 7, 1949.

General, VI.-VIII. 1949

File 1118: General, III.-V. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4200

Statistical reports on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. Correspondence, accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances. Press releases on displaced persons, reconstruction.

General, III.-V. 1949

File 1119: General, I.-II. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4200

Statistical reports on the number of people assisted with emigration, countries of origin, destinations. Correspondence, accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances. Press releases on displaced persons, reconstruction.

General, I.-II. 1949

File 1120: General, VII.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4201

Miscellaneous emigration statistics in reports, correspondence, extracts of committee meeting minutes; cables on ships’ departures. Accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances. Miscellaneous press releases.

General, VII.-XII. 1948

File 1121: General, I.-VI. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4201

Miscellaneous emigration statistics in correspondence, reports, extracts of committee meeting minutes; cables on ships’ departures, transit arrangements. Accounting letters, cables on expenses, remittances, bookkeeping procedures.

General, I.-VI. 1948

File 1122: General, VIII.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4202

Correspondence, accounting memos, cables on receipts, reparations, expenses, transfers, cash shortages. Miscellaneous statistics, emigration estimates, press releases. Contains names on lists of transport deposits, expenses.

General, VIII.-XII. 1947

File 1123: General, VI.-VII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4202

Correspondence, accounting memos, cables on receipts, reparations, expenses, personnel requirements. Miscellaneous statistics, emigration estimates. Occasionally contains names in cables, correspondence.

General, VI.-VII. 1947

File 1124: General, IV.-V. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4203

Correspondence, reports on emigration schemes, opportunities, policies, procedures. Lists names of orphaned Romanian children due to emigrate to Australia (transmitted by memo April 8, 1947); emigrants’ names on correspondence.

General, IV.-V. 1947

File 1125: General, I.-III. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4203

Narrative and statistical reports on emigration. Memos on emigration policies, procedures, collection of transportation costs; accounting memos on claims, payments, expenses. Lists names on some correspondence; names (from list, probably January 1947) regarding migration deposits.

General, I.-III. 1947

File 1126: General, VII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4204

Miscellaneous on emigration; cables on ship sailings, including detention in Saigon of SS Monkay.

General, VII.-XII. 1946

File 1127: General, I.-VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4204

General, financial, accounting correspondence on emigration issues. Contains names on a short list of emigres, February-April 1946, transmitted by memo May 13,1946.

General, I.-VI. 1946

Series 2: Children

File 1131: Children, 1948-1950

Old Folder Number: 4335

Memos on various emigration schemes, adoption, orphanages. Cables on sailings, transport. Press releases (May, December 1949) on JDC Europahjelpen medical program to transport North African children to Norway; subsequent plane crash.PRINTED ARTIFACT: JDC pamphlet (March 1948), “Facts and figures about Jewish children in Europe assisted by American Joint Distribution Committee” [DISPLAY QUALITY].

Children, 1948-1950

File 1132: Children, VII.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4335

Memos on various emigration schemes for numerous countries, including procedures, limitations. Correspondence and New York Times account on proposal for sanctuary for stateless children on Nevis, island in British West Indies. Cables on sailings, transport. Miscellaneous accounting letters. Reprint from “United Nations World” (December 1947) of Leo Lania article “Children’s Crusade,” on refugee children immigrating to Palestine. Contains list of students at Yeshiva Katana, Bailly, France, transmitted with memo September 9, 1947.

Children, VII.-XII. 1947

File 1133: Children, I.-VI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4335

Memos on various emigration schemes for numerous countries, including procedures, limitations, including use of corporate affidavits. Cables on sailings, transport. Correspondence, draft agreement regarding support of U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children by sectarian agencies.

Children, I.-VI. 1947

Series 3: Financial

File 1136: American Express Travelers Checks, 1946-1948

Old Folder Number: 4280

Accounting correspondence.

American Express Travelers Checks, 1946-1948

File 1137: Costs, VI.-VIII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4281

Accounting correspondence on emigration costs, reimbursements.

Costs, VI.-VIII. 1950

File 1138: Migration Accounts, General, 1946-1948

Old Folder Number: 4285

Migration Accounts, General, 1946-1948

File 1139: Migration Deposits, 1950-1951, 1953-1954

Old Folder Number: 4282

Contains list of names on correspondence.

Migration Deposits, 1950-1951, 1953-1954

File 1140: Migration Deposits, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4283

Financial, accounting correspondence on processing, procedures for refunds of emigration deposits, confusion stemming from IRO reimbursement. Contains list of names on correspondence.

Migration Deposits, 1949

File 1141: Migration Deposits, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4283

Financial, accounting correspondence on processing, procedures for refunds of emigration deposits. Contains list of names on correspondence.

Migration Deposits, 1948

File 1142: Migration Deposits, VII.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4284

Migration Deposits, VII.-XII. 1947

File 1143: Migration Deposits, I.-VI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4284

Migration Deposits, I.-VI. 1947

File 1144: Migration Deposits, IX.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4286

Contains list of names on correspondence.

Migration Deposits, IX.-XII. 1946

File 1145: Migration Deposits, IV.-VIII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4286

Contains list of names on correspondence.

Migration Deposits, IV.-VIII. 1946

File 1146: Migration Promissory Notes, 1950-1953

Old Folder Number: 4287

Correspondence, lists regarding deposits, depositors. Names listed on promissory notes.

Migration Promissory Notes, 1950-1953

File 1147: Migration Promissory Notes, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4287

Contains list of names on promissory notes.

Migration Promissory Notes, 1949

File 1148: Migration Service Account, Austria, 1946-1948

Old Folder Number: 4290

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence.

Migration Service Account, Austria, 1946-1948

File 1149: Migration Service Account, Belgium, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4291

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence.

Migration Service Account, Belgium, 1947-1949

File 1150: Migration Service Account, China, 1946-1951

Old Folder Number: 4297

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding accounting, banking, sailings.

Migration Service Account, China, 1946-1951

File 1151: Migration Service Account, France, 1951-1954

Old Folder Number: 4288, 4293

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence. Contains list of a limited number of names in correspondence.

Migration Service Account, France, 1951-1954

File 1152: Migration Service Account, France, 1949-1950

Old Folder Number: 4288, 4293

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence. Contains list of a limited number of names in correspondence.

Migration Service Account, France, 1949-1950

File 1153: Migration Service Account, France, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4289

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence. Contains list of a limited number of names in correspondence.

Migration Service Account, France, 1947-1948

File 1154: Migration Service Account, Germany, 1946-1950

Old Folder Number: 4292, 4294

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding accounting, banking, sailings.

Migration Service Account, Germany, 1946-1950

File 1155: Migration Service Account, Italy, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4295

Miscellaneous accounting, banking correspondence.

Migration Service Account, Italy, 1946-1949

Series 4: Immigration to U.S.

File 1156: Immigration to U.S., 1954

Old Folder Number: 4240

Materials on the Refugee Relief Act, including amendments, regulations, and State Department pamphlet: “The Refugee Relief Act of 1953, What It Is, How It Works.” Memo (January 29, 1954) from National Community Relations Advisory Council regarding proposed national association of agencies interested in immigration. Correspondence on the closure of the Ellis Island Detention Center.

Immigration to U.S., 1954

File 1157: Immigration to U.S., VIII.-XII. 1953

Old Folder Number: 4241

Correspondence, memos, fact sheets, Congressional testimony on U.S. immigration legislation, regulations, visas. Materials on the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (successor legislation to DP Act), from the “No Auspices Group of Agencies,” ad hoc group of member organizations of the National Community Relations Advisory Council, dealing with immigration matters.

Immigration to U.S., VIII.-XII. 1953

File 1158: Immigration to U.S., V.-VII. 1953

Old Folder Number: 4243

Correspondence, reports (from organizations and ad hoc committees), analysis of emergency U.S. immigration legislation. Materials include summaries of Congressional debates, tumult over “emergency” vs. basic immigration law, quota vs. non-quota visas, Congressional complaints about elimination of category of “distressed persons,” allegations of racism in reference to immigrants’ ethnic origins. Printed materials: American Friends Service Committee, pamphlet contains editorial opinion on McCarran Act; National Council of Churches of Christ leaflet (April 4, 1953) on immigration; Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men and Women (Boston) on McCarran Act.

Immigration to U.S., V.-VII. 1953

File 1159: Immigration to U.S., I.-IV.- 1953

Old Folder Number: 4243

See 45/54 # 1158

Immigration to U.S., I.-IV.- 1953

File 1160: Immigration to U.S., X.-XII. 1952

Old Folder Number: 4244

Correspondence on immigration; materials on the McCarran Act, including provisions of the law, opposition, efforts to revise immigration law, including conflicts with non-Jewish organizations, divergent approaches to liberal immigration legislation. Contains a list of names associated with transport expenses.

Immigration to U.S., X.-XII. 1952

File 1161: Immigration to U.S., V.-IX. 1952

Old Folder Number: 4244

Correspondence on immigration; materials on the McCarran Act, including provisions of the law, opposition, efforts to revise immigration law, including conflicts with non-Jewish organizations, divergent approaches to liberal immigration legislation. Contains a list of names associated with transport expenses.

Immigration to U.S., V.-IX. 1952

File 1162: Immigration to U.S., I.-IV 1952

Old Folder Number: 4244

Correspondence on immigration; materials on the McCarran Act, including provisions of the law, opposition, efforts to revise immigration law, including conflicts with non-Jewish organizations, divergent approaches to liberal immigration legislation. Report of “Third Conference of NGOs Interested in Migration” (New York, April 16-22, 1952). Contains a list of names associated with transport expenses.

Immigration to U.S., I.-IV 1952

File 1163: Immigration to U.S., VI.-XII. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4245

Legislative, administrative materials on immigration to U.S., including analysis (January 26, 1951) by “Joint Conference on Alien Legislation, Committee on Immigration Policy,” chaired by Sidney Liskofsky, on Senate Bill 3455, which would revise immigration law. Instructions and copy of application for immigration to the U.S. Accounting letters on IRO reimbursement, tax payments, include names of immigrants.

Immigration to U.S., VI.-XII. 1951

File 1164: Immigration to U.S., I.-V. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4245

See 45/54 # 1163

Immigration to U.S., I.-V. 1951

File 1165: Immigration to U.S., IX.-XII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4247

Correspondence on organizing and coordinating immigration operations. Correspondence from voluntary agencies and state DP commissions to Displaced Persons Commission, with administrative recommendations about accelerating immigration. Materials from National Community Relations Advisory Council’s Committee on Immigration Matters. Names are listed on accounting memos regarding reimbursements for expenses.

Immigration to U.S., IX.-XII. 1950

File 1166: Immigration to U.S., V.-VIII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4247

Correspondence on organizing and coordinating immigration operations. Correspondence from voluntary agencies and state DP commissions to Displaced Persons Commission, with administrative recommendations about accelerating immigration. Materials from National Community Relations Advisory Council’s Committee on Immigration Matters. See 45/54 # 1165

Immigration to U.S., V.-VIII. 1950

File 1167: Immigration to U.S., I.-IV. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4247

Correspondence on organizing and coordinating immigration operations. Correspondence from voluntary agencies and state DP commissions to Displaced Persons Commission, with administrative recommendations about accelerating immigration. Materials from National Community Relations Advisory Council’s Committee on Immigration Matters. See 45/54 # 1165

Immigration to U.S., I.-IV. 1950

File 1168: Immigration to U.S., IX.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4248

Extensive materials on governmental and communal matters related to U.S. immigration, including government regulations. Materials on medical issues affecting eligibility to enter U.S., including State Department regulations on “diagnosing TB” in aliens” and minutes of meeting (December 2, 1949) of American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service, regarding resettlement of the hard-core. Miscellaneous statistics, including departures from Europe under Displaced Persons Act. Printed material: Newsweek magazine “Platform” (December 1949) on U.S. immigration laws. Contains list of mixed-marriage families,September 20,1949.

Immigration to U.S., IX.-XII. 1949

File 1169: Immigration to U.S., V.-VIII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4248

Extensive materials on governmental and communal matters related to U.S. immigration, including government regulations. Contains list of mixed-marriage families, September 20, 1949.

Immigration to U.S., V.-VIII. 1949

File 1170: Immigration to U.S., I.-IV. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4248

Extensive materials on governmental and communal matters related to U.S. immigration, including government regulations. Contains list of mixed-marriage families, September 20, 1949.

Immigration to U.S., I.-IV. 1949

File 1171: Immigration to U.S., 1948

Old Folder Number: 4249

Correspondence, reports on U.S. immigration legislation, regulations, legal decisions effecting individual immigration eligibility; backlog in processing cases. Materials on the status of U.S. immigration quotas. Contains list of orphans who were unable to get affidavits of support, April 22, 1947.

Immigration to U.S., 1948

File 1172: Immigration to U.S., 1947

Old Folder Number: 4249

Correspondence, reports on U.S. immigration legislation, regulations, legal decisions effecting individual immigration eligibility; backlog in processing cases. Materials on the status of U.S. immigration quotas. Contains list of orphans who were unable to get affidavits of support, April 22, 1947.

Immigration to U.S., 1947

File 1173: Immigration to U.S., 1946

Old Folder Number: 4205, 4249

Correspondence, reports regarding Truman Directive on immigration to the U.S.; pace and status of refugee movement since directive; problems with transportation, need to assign more ships to transport refugees, including letter (November 25, 1946) from UNRRA/Bremen to State Department, urgently seeking vessels.

Immigration to U.S., 1946

File 1174: Immigration to U.S., 1940, 1944-1945

Old Folder Number: 4205, 4249

Correspondence, reports regarding Truman Directive on immigration to the U.S.; pace and status of refugee movement since directive; problems with transportation, need to assign more ships to transport refugees.

Immigration to U.S., 1940, 1944-1945

File 1175: Immigration to U.S., Employment, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4533

Correspondence regarding employment prospects in U.S. for displaced persons.

Immigration to U.S., Employment, 1947-1949

File 1176: Immigration to U.S., Inquiries, 1945-1946

Old Folder Number: 4210

Queries from individuals seeking information on how to bring surviving relatives into U.S.

Immigration to U.S., Inquiries, 1945-1946

File 1177: Immigration to U.S., Interrupted Education, VIII.-X. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4250

Correspondence on aid to students to complete advanced studies that had been disrupted by war. Contains list of names of students.

Immigration to U.S., Interrupted Education, VIII.-X. 1951

File 1178: Immigration to U.S., U.S. Legislation, I.-III. 1951

Old Folder Number: 4251

Analyses, critiques of McCarran-Walter immigration measures.

Immigration to U.S., U.S. Legislation, I.-III. 1951

Series 5: Migration

File 1181: General, 1948-1954

Old Folder Number: 4277

Extracts from JDC committee meetings and correspondence on prospects for new Jewish migration association, JDC-HIAS consolidation of migration services abroad. Occasional monthly reports and statistics on transports/migration.

General, 1948-1954

File 1182: General, V.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4279

Memos, reports, extracts of committee meetings and correspondence on emigration issues, including procedures, financing, opportunities for resettlement.

General, V.-XII. 1947

File 1183: General, I.-IV. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4279

Memos, correspondence on emigration issues, including procedures, financing. Miscellaneous statistical reports.

General, I.-IV. 1947

File 1184: General, IX.-XII 1946

Old Folder Number: 4279

Memos, correspondence on emigration issues, including procedures, financing.

General, IX.-XII 1946

File 1185: General, V.-VIII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4278

Cables, correspondence on JDC’s entry into migration. Correspondence on procedures for DPs’ entry into U.S. under Truman Directive. Names are listed on corporate affidavits issued by JDC-Munich as of April 23, 1946.

General, V.-VIII. 1946

File 1186: General, I.-IV. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4278

Cables, correspondence on JDC’s entry into migration. Correspondence on procedures for DPs’ entry into U.S. under Truman Directive. Names are listed on corporate affidavits issued by JDC-Munich as of April 23, 1946.

General, I.-IV. 1946

File 1187: General, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4278

Correspondence, materials on coordinating migration services in Europe, establishing a Jewish migration agency.

General, 1945

Series 6: Resettlement Proposals

File 1189: General, 1939, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4301, 4303, 4305, 4306

Miscellaneous correspondence on proposals for refugee resettlement in Guatemala, New Guinea, Mexico.

General, 1939, 1946-1949

File 1190: Ecuador, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4302

Correspondence on resettlement prospects in Ecuador.

Ecuador, 1947-1949

File 1191: Guianas, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4304, 4307

Correspondence on resettlement prospects in Guianas.

Guianas, 1947-1948

Series 7: Sailings

File 1192: SS Columbie, 1946

Old Folder Number: 4211

Memo regarding transit expenses. Contains list of passengers named on expense memo.

SS Columbie, 1946

File 1193: SS Drottingholm, 1942, 1945-1946

Old Folder Number: 4212

Materials, primarily from Arthur Fishzohn in Istanbul, regarding fate, legal status and welfare of 137 undocumented Jews of Turkish nationality.

SS Drottingholm, 1942, 1945-1946

File 1194: SS Ernie Pyle, 1946-1947

Old Folder Number: 4213

Miscellaneous cables on sailing. No passenger lists.

SS Ernie Pyle, 1946-1947

File 1195: SS (Col.) Frederick Johnson, 1947, 1982

Old Folder Number: 4213

Materials, including British Foreign Office cable (December 10, 1947), on detention in U.S. of ship (formerly De Witt Clinton) on suspicion of being intended for Jewish illegal immigration.

SS (Col.) Frederick Johnson, 1947, 1982

File 1196: SS General Gordon, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4214

Promissory notes of refugees who left Shanghai on SS General Gordon on March 4, 1948. Contains list of names on promissory notes.

SS General Gordon, 1948

File 1197: SS Johann Dewitt, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4215

Cables on sailings.

SS Johann Dewitt, 1947

File 1198: SS Lima, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4216

Correspondence, cables on sailings. Contains list of names of anticipated passengers.

SS Lima, 1945

File 1199: SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948

Old Folder Number: 4217

Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers.

SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948

File 1200: SS Marine Marlin, 1946-1947

Old Folder Number: 4218

Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. NO PASSENGERS LIST.

SS Marine Marlin, 1946-1947

File 1201: SS Marine Perch, 1946-1947

Old Folder Number: 4219

Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. NO PASSENGERS LIST.

SS Marine Perch, 1946-1947

File 1202: SS Marine Phoenix, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4220

Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of some passengers’ names.

SS Marine Phoenix, 1947

File 1203: SS Marine Tiger, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4222

Cables regarding sailings, finances. No passengers lists.

SS Marine Tiger, 1947

File 1204: SS Orazio, 1945-1949

Old Folder Number: 4223

Contains list of names of passengers who submitted claims for baggage damaged in 1940 shipboard fire.

SS Orazio, 1945-1949

File 1205: SS Plus Ultra, 1945-1947

Old Folder Number: 4224

Contains list of names of passengers who made payments in Switzerland for all or part of fare.

SS Plus Ultra, 1945-1947

File 1206: SS San Thome, 1942, 1946, 1950-1951

Old Folder Number: 4225

Contains list of names, nationality, age of passengers from Lisbon, September 25, 1942; names of Polish and Czech refugees for whom payments were made, April-December 1949.

SS San Thome, 1942, 1946, 1950-1951

File 1207: SS Saturnia, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4226

SS Saturnia, 1947

File 1128: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, I.-VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4144

Submissions to Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. Correspondence on visits by committee members to displaced persons. New York Times reprint of recommendations of Anglo-American Committee (May 1, 1946).

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, I.-VI. 1946

File 1129: Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, XI.-XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4145

Materials on origins of the Anglo-American Committee, including announcement of membership, goals.

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, XI.-XII. 1945

File 1130: Baggage, 1945-1949, 1952-1953

Old Folder Number: 4208

Correspondence regarding refugees’ and emigrants’ baggage, including costs of excess baggage, luggage lost in emigrants’ flight from Nazis. U.S. military European Command directive (1949) regarding German customs’ inspection of DPs’ unaccompanied baggage.

Baggage, 1945-1949, 1952-1953

File 1134: Clearances, III.-VII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4209

Miscellaneous correspondence on the status of U.S. immigration visas for individuals.

Clearances, III.-VII. 1945

File 1135: European Emigration Department Memos, 1948-1952
File 1179: International Migration Authority, 1949, 1951-1952

Old Folder Number: 4207

Correspondence regarding new international migration agency, possible successor to International Refugee Organization (IRO). Arthur Greenleigh (United Service for New Americans) statement (October 8, 1951) to international migration conference on need for international agency to facilitate migration.

International Migration Authority, 1949, 1951-1952

File 1180: Medical, TB, 1948, 1951-1954

Old Folder Number: 4532

Correspondence on emigration prospects for TB and post-TB patients.

Medical, TB, 1948, 1951-1954

File 1188: Repatriation, 1946-1948, 1950-1952

Old Folder Number: 4474

Correspondence, memos on status, lefts and entitlements of returnees from Israel.

Repatriation, 1946-1948, 1950-1952

File 1208: Yeshivot, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 1307

Correspondence on emigration, visas, transit, destination, maintenance of yeshiva students. Contains a list of students of Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva in Radun, Poland, subsequently in Lodz, June 24, 1946.

Yeshivot, 1946-1949

Record Group: Reconstruction

Series 1: Marshall Plan (Economic Cooperation Administration)

File 1209: Marshall Plan (ECA), 1950-1952

Old Folder Number: 4273

Correspondence, memos, primarily financial correspondence regarding claims. Printed matter: Organization for European Economic Cooperation report (1950), “A European Payments Union.”

Marshall Plan (ECA), 1950-1952

File 1210: Marshall Plan (ECA), III.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4273

Correspondence, memos, primarily regarding limits of reimbursements for voluntary agencies. Miscellaneous correspondence on Belgium’s conditions, limits for Marshall Plan. Printed matter: Organization for European Economic Cooperation report on first annual program.

Marshall Plan (ECA), III.-XII. 1949

File 1211: Marshall Plan (ECA), I.-II. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4273

Correspondence, memos regarding Marshall Plan’s scope, agreements, reimbursements for voluntary agencies, relations and coordination with recipient European governments. Minutes of meetings of voluntary agencies, concerning Italy and ENDSI (Ente Nazionale Distribuzione Soccorsi all’Italia). Miscellaneous newspaper accounts.

Marshall Plan (ECA), I.-II. 1949

File 1212: Marshall Plan (ECA), IX.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4274

Correspondence, memos regarding Marshall Plan procedures, scope, funds for voluntary agencies. Materials on ECA agreements with France, Italy, Northern Ireland, Germany, Britain, and reimbursement for some expenses of voluntary agencies. Minutes of meetings of voluntary agencies. Printed matter: ECA pamphlet, “American Business and European Recovery,” Organization for European Economic Cooperation, “Report of the Manpower Committee”

Marshall Plan (ECA), IX.-XII. 1948

File 1213: Marshall Plan (ECA), I.-VIII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4274

Correspondence, memos regarding Marshall Plan legislation, procedures, scope, prospects for funds for voluntary agencies.

Marshall Plan (ECA), I.-VIII. 1948

File 1214: Marshall Plan (ECA), X.-XI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4274

Harry White memo (November 5, 1947) on prospect of Marshall Plan funds to reduce JDC expenses for care of displaced persons. Reports by Thorsten Kalijarvi (Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service) on Soviet-American foreign relations, and chronology of Marshall Plan. Printed matter: “Statistical Abstract of Activities of JDC During 1947.”

Marshall Plan (ECA), X.-XI. 1947

File 1215: Truman’s Point Four Program, 1949-1951

Old Folder Number: 4300

State Department reports, memos from American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service on participation in U.S. reconstruction program for “world economic progress through cooperative technical assistance.”

Truman’s Point Four Program, 1949-1951

Record Group: Relief Supplies

Series 1: General

File 1217: General, 1951-1954

Old Folder Number: 4339

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims, distribution. Statistical reports from supply division.

General, 1951-1954

File 1218: General, VI.-XII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4340

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims, distribution.

General, VI.-XII. 1950

File 1219: General, I.-V. 1950

Old Folder Number: 4340

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on bookkeeping procedures, payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, I.-V. 1950

File 1220: General, VII.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4341

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims, distribution.

General, VII.-XII. 1949

File 1221: General, IV.-VI. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4342

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, IV.-VI. 1949

File 1222: General, II.-III. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4343

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, II.-III. 1949

File 1223: General, I. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4343

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, I. 1949

File 1224: General, XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4308

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, XII. 1948

File 1225: General, X.-XI. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4308

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, X.-XI. 1948

File 1226: General, VIII.-IX. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4309

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, VIII.-IX. 1948

File 1227: General, VI.-VII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4309

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, VI.-VII. 1948

File 1228: General, VI. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4311

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Correspondence, reports on procurement programs, inventories. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, VI. 1948

File 1229: General, V. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4311

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Correspondence, reports on procurement programs, inventories. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, V. 1948

File 1230: General, IV. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4313

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Correspondence, reports on procurement programs, inventories. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Miscellaneous correspondence on relief-in-kind.

General, IV. 1948

File 1231: General, III. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4313

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Correspondence, reports on procurement programs, inventories. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Miscellaneous correspondence on relief-in-kind.

General, III. 1948

File 1232: General, I.-II. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4314

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Miscellaneous correspondence on relief-in-kind.

General, I.-II. 1948

File 1233: General, XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4315

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Miscellaneous correspondence, statistical reports on relief-in-kind.

General, XII. 1947

File 1234: General, XI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4315

Cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, XI. 1947

File 1235: General, IX.-X. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4316

Cables, reports on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, IX.-X. 1947

File 1236: General, VIII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4317

Cables, reports on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Summaries on commodities purchases, warehouse procedures. Correspondence regarding food parcels.

General, VIII. 1947

File 1237: General, VII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4317

Cables, reports on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims. Summaries on commodities purchases, warehouse procedures.

General, VII. 1947

File 1238: General, VI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4318

Cables, reports on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, VI. 1947

File 1239: General, V. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4318

Cables, reports on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, V. 1947

File 1240: General, IV. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4319

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, IV. 1947

File 1241: General, III. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4319

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution. Accounting correspondence on payments, shipments, inventories, insurance payments and claims.

General, III. 1947

File 1242: General, II. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4320

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution. Press releases on shipments.

General, II. 1947

File 1243: General, I. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4320

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution.

General, I. 1947

File 1244: General, XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4321

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution.

General, XII. 1946

File 1245: General, XI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4321

Correspondence, cables with requests for supplies, distribution.

General, XI. 1946

File 1246: General, X. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4322

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, X. 1946

File 1247: General, IX. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4322

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies. Miscellaneous on insurance arrangements. Correspondence on “war assets” supplies.

General, IX. 1946

File 1248: General, VIII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4323

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, VIII. 1946

File 1249: General, VII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4324

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, VII. 1946

File 1250: General, VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4324

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, VI. 1946

File 1251: General, V. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4325

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, V. 1946

File 1252: General, IV. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4325

Cables, correspondence on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, IV. 1946

File 1253: General, III. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4326

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies.

General, III. 1946

File 1254: General, I.-II. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4326

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, distribution, shipments of relief supplies. Miscellaneous on inspections, warehousing of supplies.

General, I.-II. 1946

File 1255: General, XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, XII. 1945

File 1256: General, XI. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, XI. 1945

File 1257: General, X. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, shipments of relief supplies, including itemized lists of purchases, distribution. Miscellaneous on bookkeeping/accounting procedures, administration. Pamphlet on “Pickwick Brand Multi-Purpose Meals.”

General, X. 1945

File 1258: General, VIII.-IX. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, VIII.-IX. 1945

File 1259: General, VII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, VII. 1945

File 1260: General, VI. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, VI. 1945

File 1261: General, IV.-V. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies.

General, IV.-V. 1945

File 1262: General, I.-III. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329

Correspondence, cables on availability, requests, purchases, shipments, distribution of relief supplies. [ARTIFACT: Bank checks drawn on “shoe rationing account.”]

General, I.-III. 1945

File 1263: General, XI.-XII. 1944

Old Folder Number: 4327, 4328, 4329

Cables, correspondence on availability, purchase of commodities.

General, XI.-XII. 1944

Series 2: Books

File 1264: Books, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4344

Correspondence, accounting memos on requests, shipments of books, newspapers, magazines for training teachers, instruction/education/entertainment of displaced persons.

Books, 1948-1949

File 1265: Books, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4344

Correspondence, accounting memos on requests, shipments of books, newspapers, magazines for training teachers, instruction/education/entertainment of displaced persons.

Books, 1947

File 1266: Books, 1945-1946

Old Folder Number: 4344

Correspondence, accounting memos on requests, shipments of books, newspapers, magazines for training teachers, instruction/education/entertainment of displaced persons.

Books, 1945-1946

File 1267: Medical Books, 1946-1950

Old Folder Number: 4345

Correspondence on requests, shipments of medical books, journals on disease, treatment, medical procedures.

Medical Books, 1946-1950

Series 3: Donations

File 1268: Donations, 1945-1948

Old Folder Number: 4379

Correspondence regarding donations to aid displaced persons, organization of relief-in-kind collections through Jewish women’s organizations in the U.S.

Donations, 1945-1948

File 1269: Books, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4380

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Books, 1946-1949

File 1270: Clothing, 1945-1950

Old Folder Number: 4381

Miscellaneous correspondence on donations.

Clothing, 1945-1950

File 1271: Food, 1945-1950, 1953, 1957

Old Folder Number: 4382

Correspondence, including materials on U.S. government surplus supplies, kosher meat from Ireland, including label from Irish project.

Food, 1945-1950, 1953, 1957

File 1272: Machinery, 1947-1948, 1961

Old Folder Number: 4383

Correspondence regarding possible donations of machinery for use in European cooperatives.

Machinery, 1947-1948, 1961

File 1273: Medical, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4385

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Medical, 1946-1949

Series 4: Films

File 1274: Films, 1945-1951, 1953-1954

Old Folder Number: 4346

Correspondence regarding orders, shipments, exhibition lefts in Europe for American, Yiddish and Israeli films; miscellaneous lists of “Jewish films” suitable for education, entertainment of displaced persons.

Films, 1945-1951, 1953-1954

File 1275: Medical Films, 1946-1948

Old Folder Number: 4347

Correspondence on public health, medical training films from public and private sources.

Medical Films, 1946-1948

Series 5: Financial

File 1276: Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1950-1954

Old Folder Number: 4367

Correspondence to and regarding Economic Cooperation Administration and Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid/Foreign Operations Administration for reimbursement of ocean and inland transport/freight expenses for commodities, relief supplies shipped worldwide.

Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1950-1954

File 1277: Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4368

Correspondence to and regarding Economic Cooperation Administration and Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid/Foreign Operations Administration for reimbursement of ocean and inland transport/freight expenses for commodities, relief supplies shipped worldwide.

Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1949

File 1278: Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4368

Correspondence regarding JDC eligibility for financial benefits under the Economic Cooperation Act. Correspondence to and regarding Economic Cooperation Administration for reimbursement of ocean and inland transport/freight expenses for commodities, relief supplies shipped worldwide.

Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, 1948

File 1279: Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, VI.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4368

Correspondence regarding JDC eligibility for financial benefits under the Economic Cooperation Act. Correspondence to and regarding Economic Cooperation Administration for reimbursement of ocean and inland transport/freight expenses for commodities, relief supplies shipped worldwide.

Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, VI.-XII. 1947

File 1280: Reimbursement of Shipping Expenses, U.S. Public Law 84, 1947-1948

Series 6: Food Packages

File 1281: Food Packages, 1948-1951

Old Folder Number: 4349

Correspondence on orders, remittances, discontinuation of service for food packages. Contains list of some names on correspondence.

Food Packages, 1948-1951

File 1282: Food Packages, VII.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4350

Correspondence, cables on orders, remittances. Miscellaneous on package service from South America, especially Brazil. Contains list of some names on correspondence.

Food Packages, VII.-XII. 1947

File 1283: Food Packages, I.-VI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4350

Correspondence, cables on orders, remittances. Miscellaneous on package service from South America, especially Brazil. Contains list of some names on correspondence.

Food Packages, I.-VI. 1947

File 1284: Food Packages, VII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4350

Cables, correspondence on orders, remittances. Contains list of some names on correspondence.

Food Packages, VII.-XII. 1946

File 1285: Food Packages, I.-VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4351

Correspondence, cables regarding Tehran food project, including arrangements, alternatives for parcel service to Baltics, Bessarabia. Contains names throughout listed on correspondence.

Food Packages, I.-VI. 1946

File 1286: Food Packages, V.-XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 4351

Correspondence, cables regarding Tehran food project, including extensions of parcel service. Contains names throughout listed on correspondence.

Food Packages, V.-XII. 1945

Series 7: Medical

File 1287: Friendship Train, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4352

Correspondence, cables regarding food supplies and nonsectarian distribution of commodities on Friendship Train in France, Italy.

Friendship Train, 1947-1948

File 1288: Medical, 1949-1954

Old Folder Number: 4354

Cables, accounting correspondence on requests, purchases and distribution of medical supplies.

Medical, 1949-1954

File 1289: Medical, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4354

Miscellaneous correspondence, including individual requests for streptomycin, penicillin.

Medical, 1948

File 1290: Medical, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4355

Correspondence, memos on activities, medical protocols, treatment options.

Medical, 1947

File 1291: Medical, 1946

Old Folder Number: 4355

Cables, correspondence, accounting memos on medical supply requests, payments. Cables, correspondence on acquiring American Red Cross stockpiles (via UNRRA).

Medical, 1946

File 1292: Medical, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4355

Cables, correspondence, accounting memos on medical supply requests, payments. Cables, correspondence on acquiring American Red Cross stockpiles (via UNRRA).

Medical, 1945

Series 8: Religious Supplies

File 1296: Kosher Food, 1948-1950

Old Folder Number: 4353

Correspondence with requests, complaints about kosher food supplies. Accounting correspondence regarding Irish meat project, including reimbursements, payments for schochtim, supplies. Cables regarding kosher meat for Israeli yeshivot, availability of kosher food on transports of International Refugee Organization (IRO).

Kosher Food, 1948-1950

File 1297: Kosher Food, 1945-1947

Old Folder Number: 4353

Correspondence with requests, complaints about kosher food supplies. Accounting correspondence regarding Irish meat project, including reimbursements, payments for schochtim, supplies. Cables regarding kosher meat for Israeli yeshivot, availability of kosher food on transports of International Refugee Organization (IRO).

Kosher Food, 1945-1947

File 1298: Packing Lists, 1949

Old Folder Number: 1296

Packing lists indicating distribution of religious articles, books, Sifrei Torah to Jewish communities abroad.

Packing Lists, 1949

File 1299: Packing Lists, 1948

Old Folder Number: 1296

Packing lists indicating distribution of religious articles, books, Sifrei Torah to Jewish communities abroad.

Packing Lists, 1948

File 1300: Passover, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 4358

Correspondence on orders, remittances, shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot; mainly for shipments to Greece. Press releases, memo (April 20, 1953) includes statistics on distribution.

Passover, 1952-1954

File 1301: Passover, 1950-1951

Old Folder Number: 4358

Correspondence on orders, remittances, shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot; much of the correspondence concerns Comunidad Israelita de Bolivia.

Passover, 1950-1951

File 1302: Passover, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4359

Correspondence, orders, remittances, shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot. Memos regarding matzot bakers in Holland.

Passover, 1949

File 1303: Passover, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4359

Cables, correspondence on orders, distribution, duties, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, 1948

File 1304: Passover, V.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4360

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, complaints, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, V.-XII. 1947

File 1305: Passover, I.-IV. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4360

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, complaints, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, I.-IV. 1947

File 1306: Passover, V.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4360

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, complaints, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, V.-XII. 1946

File 1307: Passover, III.-IV. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4361

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, complaints, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, III.-IV. 1946

File 1308: Passover, I.-II. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4361

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, complaints, delays in shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, I.-II. 1946

File 1309: Passover, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4361

Cables, correspondence on requests, distribution, shipments of Passover supplies, primarily matzot.

Passover, 1945

File 1310: Passover, Maot Chitim, 1945-1954

Old Folder Number: 4362

Miscellaneous correspondence (remittances, acknowledgements) on fund-raising campaign to provide Passover supplies.

Passover, Maot Chitim, 1945-1954

File 1311: Passover Plates, 1948-1949, 1951

Old Folder Number: 4363

Correspondence regarding shipments and distribution as gifts of ceramic Passover seder plates, made by DPs in Marktredwitz.

Passover Plates, 1948-1949, 1951

File 1312: Sefer Torah, 1950-1954

Old Folder Number: 1297

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of religious books, Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, 1950-1954

File 1313: Sefer Torah, VII-.XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 1298

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of religious books, Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, VII-.XII. 1949

File 1314: Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1949

Old Folder Number: 1298

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of religious books, Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1949

File 1315: Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 1299

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of religious books, Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1948

File 1316: Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1948

Old Folder Number: 1299

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of religious books, Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1948

File 1317: Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 1300

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1947

File 1318: Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1947

Old Folder Number: 1300

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1947

File 1319: Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 1301

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, VII.-XII. 1946

File 1320: Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 1301

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, I.-VI. 1946

File 1321: Sefer Torah, XI.-XII. 1945

Old Folder Number: 1302

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, XI.-XII. 1945

File 1322: Sefer Torah, X. 1945

Old Folder Number: 1302

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, X. 1945

File 1323: Sefer Torah, VIII.-IX. 1945

Old Folder Number: 1302

Correspondence on donations, repairs, distributions of Sifrei Torah from U.S. to Jewish communities abroad.

Sefer Torah, VIII.-IX. 1945

File 1324: Sefer Torah, V.-VII 1945

Old Folder Number: 1303

Correspondence on organization of campaign to collect Sifrei Torah, religious books and articles from U.S. Jewish communities for distribution abroad; minutes of first meeting (October 23, 1944), original solicitation letters.

Sefer Torah, V.-VII 1945

File 1325: Sefer Torah, I.-IV. 1945

Old Folder Number: 1303

Correspondence on organization of campaign to collect Sifrei Torah, religious books and articles from U.S. Jewish communities for distribution abroad.

Sefer Torah, I.-IV. 1945

File 1326: Sefer Torah, VI.-XII. 1944

Old Folder Number: 1303

Correspondence on organization of campaign to collect Sifrei Torah, religious books and articles from U.S. Jewish communities for distribution abroad; minutes of first meeting (October 23, 1944), original solicitation letters.

Sefer Torah, VI.-XII. 1944

File 1327: Sefer Torah, Distribution, 1945-1949

Old Folder Number: 1304

Central Relief Committee correspondence regarding donations, repairs, distribution of Sifrei Torah; includes lists of donors linked to numbered scrolls, condition of scrolls.

Sefer Torah, Distribution, 1945-1949

File 1328: Sefer Torah, Donors, 1944

Old Folder Number: 1304

Central Relief Committee correspondence regarding donations, repairs, distribution of Sifrei Torah; includes lists of donors linked to numbered scrolls, condition of scrolls.

Sefer Torah, Donors, 1944

File 1329: Sefer Torah, Donors, 1945-1949

Old Folder Number: 1304

Central Relief Committee correspondence regarding donations, repairs, distribution of Sifrei Torah; includes lists of donors linked to numbered scrolls, condition of scrolls.

Sefer Torah, Donors, 1945-1949

Series 9: Supplies for Overseas Survivors (S.O.S.)

File 1330: S.O.S., 1949-1950

Old Folder Number: 4369

Miscellaneous correspondence on inventory, bills. Materials, speeches on dissolution of S.O.S.

S.O.S., 1949-1950

File 1331: S.O.S., IX.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4369

Correspondence on collections, procedures, administration, budget, and campaigns in various American cities. Minutes of S.O.S. Executive Committee meetings.

S.O.S., IX.-XII. 1948

File 1332: S.O.S., IV.-VIII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4371

Correspondence on collections, shipments, administration and local campaigns. Correspondence on cessation of shipments to Austria and Germany.

S.O.S., IV.-VIII. 1948

File 1333: S.O.S., I.-III. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4371

Correspondence on collections, shipments, administration and local campaigns.

S.O.S., I.-III. 1948

File 1334: S.O.S., X.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4371

Miscellaneous correspondence.

S.O.S., X.-XII. 1947

File 1335: S.O.S., Books and Religious Articles, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4372

Correspondence on collection of religious objects, books.

S.O.S., Books and Religious Articles, 1948-1949

File 1336: S.O.S., Clothing, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4373

Correspondence, acknowledgement letters for donations, packing slips, freight bills.

S.O.S., Clothing, 1948-1949

File 1337: S.O.S., Clothing, VI.-XII. 1947

Old Folder Number: 4373

Correspondence, acknowledgement letters for donations, packing slips, freight bills.

S.O.S., Clothing, VI.-XII. 1947

File 1338: S.O.S., Clothing, Shipping Notices, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4373

Shipping-notification postcards.

S.O.S., Clothing, Shipping Notices, 1947-1948

File 1339: S.O.S., Education and Recreation, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4374

Correspondence regarding toys and educational supplies for children.

S.O.S., Education and Recreation, 1947-1948

File 1340: S.O.S., Food, I.-IV. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4375

Correspondence on shipping arrangements, coordination of combined JDC and Zionist Organization of America food drive in Chicago. Letters of thanks for contributions.

S.O.S., Food, I.-IV. 1949

File 1341: S.O.S., Food, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4375

Correspondence on collection, shipping of food commodities. Correspondence on Zionist Organization of America food drive for Israel. Letters of thanks for contributions.

S.O.S., Food, 1947-1948

File 1342: S.O.S., Medical, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4376

Miscellaneous correspondence on medical supplies, needs.

S.O.S., Medical, 1947-1949

File 1343: S.O.S., Meetings, 1948

Old Folder Number: 4370

Transcripts: Annual meeting (January 3, 1948); meeting of Northeast Region (June 15, 1948).

S.O.S., Meetings, 1948

File 1344: S.O.S., Publicity, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4377

Publicity kits/manuals, sample press releases,, radio scripts, news clips.[ARTIFACTS: S.O.S. button; S.O.S. “Captain” armbands]

S.O.S., Publicity, 1948-1949

File 1345: S.O.S., Publicity, Printed Materials, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 4377

Printed materials: S.O.S. bulletins, flyers, press releases.

S.O.S., Publicity, Printed Materials, 1947-1949

File 1293: Musical Supplies, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 4365

Correspondence regarding requests for sheet music, records of Yiddish, Hebrew and synagogue music. Memo regarding suggestion by Herman Yablokoff to record American Yiddish actors to entertain in DP camps.

Musical Supplies, 1946-1949

File 1294: Photographic and Theatrical Supplies, 1946-1948
File 1295: Printing Press, Yiddish, 1946

Old Folder Number: 4378

Correspondence on obtaining Yiddish printing press, parts for use by displaced persons in Bavaria.

Printing Press, Yiddish, 1946

File 1346: Supply Division Report, IV. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4312

Report on procedures for handling relief supplies.

Supply Division Report, IV. 1948

Record Group: Religious, Cultural, and Educational

Series 1: Educational: General

File 1074: General, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 1254

Correspondence, reports on education, publications, book orders.

General, 1952-1954

File 1075: General, 1951

Old Folder Number: 1255, 1259

Correspondence regarding role, functions, continuation, direction of Education Department; correspondence on Jewish Agency’s Department for Education and Culture in the Diaspora.

General, 1951

File 1076: General, 1950

Old Folder Number: 1255

Correspondence on education and cultural programs, personnel, book orders, purchases, shipments.

General, 1950

File 1077: General, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 1256

Narrative and statistical reports on education activities; materials on book orders, shipments.

General, 1948-1949

File 1078: General, 1946-1947

Old Folder Number: 1256, 3495

Correspondence, narrative and statistical reports on education activities.

General, 1946-1947

File 1347: General, 1951-1954

Old Folder Number: 1238

Correspondence on educational, religious and cultural programs, organizations, financing.

General, 1951-1954

File 1348: General, 1950

Old Folder Number: 1239

Materials on Cultural Committee, including allocations, change in committee role, organization of Cultural Committee in Israel.

General, 1950

File 1349: General, 1949

Old Folder Number: 1239

Materials on Cultural Committee, including allocations, change in committee role, organization of Cultural Committee in Israel.

General, 1949

File 1350: General, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 1240

Materials on Cultural Committee, including monthly memos on allocations, change in committee function from autonomous allocations body to advisory role. Correspondence, reports on religious-cultural activities in various locations.

General, 1947-1948

File 1351: General, 1942, 1944, 1945-1946

Old Folder Number: 1240

Materials on Cultural Committee, including memos on allocations, recommendations, expansion of committee role beyond institutions in Palestine.

General, 1942, 1944, 1945-1946

Series 2: European Shas (Talmud)

File 1353: European Shas, 1952-1954, 1988

Old Folder Number: 1265

Correspondence on prospects for republishing, distribution of remaining volumes of Talmud.

European Shas, 1952-1954, 1988

File 1354: European Shas, VIII.-XII. 1951

Old Folder Number: 1267

Correspondence regarding requests for Talmud, newspaper clippings, correspondence on distribution of Talmud.

European Shas, VIII.-XII. 1951

File 1355: European Shas, VI.-VII. 1951

Old Folder Number: 1267

Correspondence regarding requests for, distribution of Talmud.

European Shas, VI.-VII. 1951

File 1356: European Shas, IV.-V. 1951

Old Folder Number: 1266

Correspondence regarding requests for, distribution of Talmud.

European Shas, IV.-V. 1951

File 1357: European Shas, I.-III. 1951

Old Folder Number: 1266

Correspondence regarding distribution of Talmud, including Hannah Arendt letter (February 6, 1951) on Jewish Cultural Reconstruction distribution of materials to university libraries.

European Shas, I.-III. 1951

File 1358: European Shas, 1950

Old Folder Number: 1268

Correspondence, including Judah Shapiro memo (December 15, 1950), on distribution of Talmud to libraries, Jewish institutions and refugee rabbis.

European Shas, 1950

File 1359: European Shas, 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: 1268

Correspondence regarding Shas project, including printing, distribution. Press releases on publication.

European Shas, 1947-1949

Series 3: Scholarships

Series 4: Religious Articles and Books

File 1360: Religious Articles and Books, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 1283

Correspondence regarding requests, distribution of religious supplies, books.

Religious Articles and Books, 1952-1954

File 1361: Religious Articles and Books, 1951

Old Folder Number: 1283

Correspondence regarding requests, distribution of religious supplies, books.

Religious Articles and Books, 1951

File 1362: Religious Articles and Books, VII.-XII. 1950

Old Folder Number: 1284

Correspondence regarding requests, distribution of religious supplies, books.

Religious Articles and Books, VII.-XII. 1950

File 1363: Religious Articles and Books, I.-VI. 1950

Old Folder Number: 1284

Correspondence regarding requests, purchase, distribution of religious supplies, books.

Religious Articles and Books, I.-VI. 1950

File 1364: Religious Articles and Books, X.-XII. 1949
File 1365: Religious Articles and Books, VII.-IX. 1949
File 1366: Religious Articles and Books, IV.-VI. 1949
File 1367: Religious Articles and Books, I.-III. 1949
File 1368: Religious Articles and Books, IX.-XII. 1948
File 1369: Religious Articles and Books, VII.-VIII. 1948
File 1370: Religious Articles and Books, V.-VI. 1948
File 1371: Religious Articles and Books, I.-IV. 1948
File 1372: Religious Articles and Books, X.-XII. 1947
File 1373: Religious Articles and Books, VII.-IX. 1947
File 1374: Religious Articles and Books, IV.-VI. 1947
File 1375: Religious Articles and Books, I.-III. 1947
File 1376: Religious Articles and Books, X.-XII. 1946
File 1377: Religious Articles and Books, VIII.-IX. 1946
File 1378: Religious Articles and Books, VII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 1291

Religious Articles and Books, VII. 1946

File 1379: Religious Articles and Books, IV.-VI. 1946
File 1380: Religious Articles and Books, I.-III. 1946
File 1381: Religious Articles and Books, XI.-XII. 1945
File 1382: Religious Articles and Books, VI.-X. 1945
File 1383: South America, 1945-1948

Old Folder Number: 1294

South America, 1945-1948

File 1079: Conference on European Jewish Education, VIII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 1260

Miscellaneous materials on “United Jewish Educational and Cultural Organization,” European roof organization created for the purpose of assisting the spiritual and educational reconstruction of European Jewry.

Conference on European Jewish Education, VIII.-XII. 1946

File 1352: Cemeteries, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4150

Cemeteries, 1945

File 1384: Report, Not By Bread Alone, 1950

Old Folder Number: 1239

Carbon copy “Not By Bread Alone: The Story of the Cultural and Religious Activities of the JDC.”

Report, Not By Bread Alone, 1950

Record Group: Reparations

Series 1: General

File 1385: General, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 4388

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, government relations.

General, 1952-1954

File 1386: General, 1950-1951

Old Folder Number: 4388

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, prospects for aid from International Refugee Organization (IRO).

General, 1950-1951

File 1387: General, VII.-XII. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4389

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, government relations.

General, VII.-XII. 1949

File 1388: General, I.-VI. 1949

Old Folder Number: 4389

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, government relations.

General, I.-VI. 1949

File 1389: General, V.-XII. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4390

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, government relations.

General, V.-XII. 1948

File 1390: General, I.-IV. 1948

Old Folder Number: 4390

Correspondence, accounting memos on claims, recovery of reparations, government relations.

General, I.-IV. 1948

File 1391: General, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4391

Correspondence on the collection of reparations funds, proposals for use of funds. Correspondence on war-era Jewish assets in neutral countries.

General, 1947

File 1392: General, VII.-XII. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4392

Correspondence on negotiations for reparations funds, division of assets; miscellaneous correspondence, proposals on use of funds.

General, VII.-XII. 1946

File 1393: General, I.-VI. 1946

Old Folder Number: 4392

Extracts, press release (January 14, 1946) on Paris Reparations Agreement, possible uses of reparations funds.

General, I.-VI. 1946

File 1394: Non-Monetary Gold, 1947-1954

Old Folder Number: 4392, 532

Correspondence on the recovery, liquidation and allocations of “non-monetary gold” heirless assets, made available through international reparations agreements.

Non-Monetary Gold, 1947-1954

File 1395: Non-Monetary Gold, Hungary, Gold Train and Becher Deposit, 1945-1947

Old Folder Number: 4391, 4392

RECONSTITUTED FILE OF MATERIALS on assets controlled by SS Standartenfuhrer Kurt Becher, including affidavits by Rudolf Kasztner, Nicholas Schweiger. Materials on Jewish assets, gold train, claims, including correspondence with Secretary of State James Byrnes, “property register” prepared by U.S. Military Government-Austria.

Non-Monetary Gold, Hungary, Gold Train and Becher Deposit, 1945-1947

Record Group: Restitution

Series 1: General

File 1396: General, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 4476

Miscellaneous correspondence, primarily on U.S. legislation regarding heirless Jewish assets in the U.S.

General, 1952-1954

File 1397: General, 1951

Old Folder Number: 4480

Correspondence regarding Jewish claims against Germany, strategies for coordinating and presenting Jewish and Israeli claims; correspondence, memos on effect on restitution of withdrawal of Allied powers in Germany.

General, 1951

File 1398: General, 1950

Old Folder Number: 4480

Correspondence, memos, proposals regarding restitution, prospects for a successor organization to recover heirless Jewish assets in French Occupation Zone, Germany. Correspondence regarding claims law for Berlin, disposition of assets recovered in Italy. Correspondence regarding late claimants for properties recovered by Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, equity claims.

General, 1950

File 1399: General, 1945-1949

Old Folder Number: 4480

Research Department report (October 9, 1946) on status of restitution of Jewish properties in Europe. Correspondence regarding disposition of assets recovered in Italy. Rabbi Philip Bernstein general report (October 1, 1946) by U.S. military adviser on relations with U.S. Army, displaced persons, infiltration of refugees into U.S. Occupation Zone. Miscellaneous news accounts on looted art, Hungarian gold train.

General, 1945-1949

Series 2: Declaration of Death

File 1402: Declaration of Death, 1950, 1952-1953

Old Folder Number: 4477, 4478

Materials reviewing circumstances for which the declarations of death are required, difficulty in obtaining declarations. Miscellaneous materials on UN Economic and Social Council efforts to draft a convention on death declarations.

Declaration of Death, 1950, 1952-1953

File 1403: Declaration of Death, 1949

Old Folder Number: 4477, 4478

Materials reviewing circumstances for which the declarations of death are required, difficulty in obtaining declarations. Miscellaneous materials on UN Economic and Social Council efforts to draft a convention on death declarations.

Declaration of Death, 1949

File 1404: Declaration of Death, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4477, 4478

Materials reviewing circumstances for which the declarations of death are required, difficulty in obtaining declarations. Miscellaneous materials on UN Economic and Social Council efforts to draft a convention on death declarations.

Declaration of Death, 1947-1948

File 1400: Archives and Cultural Properties, 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: 1243

Materials on organization, role, tasks of Commission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction. Mark Uveeler (YIVO) letter (June 13, 1946) on recovery, preservation of Jewish archives in Europe. Correspondence regarding Judaica at Offenbach depot, on distribution of Offenbach books to displaced persons. Report by Lucy Schildkret on activities at Offenbach (transmitted with memo August 8, 1947).

Archives and Cultural Properties, 1946-1949

File 1401: Countries, 1947

Old Folder Number: 4391

Materials on property restitution, property laws in Hungary, Austria.

Countries, 1947

File 1405: Individuals, A-Z, 1950-1951

Old Folder Number: 4484

Miscellaneous correspondence on individual restitution claims.

Individuals, A-Z, 1950-1951

Record Group: Miscellaneous

File 1406: Anti-Semitism, Correspondence, 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: 4146

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Anti-Semitism, Correspondence, 1947-1948

File 1407: Holocaust, Publications, 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: 4331

Holocaust, Publications, 1948-1949

File 1408: Population Statistics, 1945-1950

Old Folder Number: 4257

Reports, correspondence, statistics on Jewish population in various locations, programs; materials from sundry sources.

Population Statistics, 1945-1950

File 1409: Queries, 1946-1950, 1952-1954

Old Folder Number: 4252

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Queries, 1946-1950, 1952-1954

File 1410: Queries, 1944, 1945

Old Folder Number: 4252

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Queries, 1944, 1945

File 1411: Sephardim, 1943-1948

Old Folder Number: 4524

Miscellaneous correspondence on Sephardi refugees (primarily Greek Jews), aid to Sephardim. List of Saloniki Jews who arrived in Barcelona, February 22, 1944; Athens deportees in Spain, May 11, 1944.

Sephardim, 1943-1948

The cataloguing of this collection was made possible through a donation from Marshall M. Weinberg.

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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