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The Strauss family, refugees from Shanghai who recently arrived in the Dominican Republic.

Sousa, Dominican Republic, 1940s.

JDC sought emigration opportunities in Latin America for Jews escaping Nazi Germany, establishing the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA), which assisted 700 Jewish refugees; a refugee program in Cuba for 12,000 refugees; and programs in partnership with local Refugee Assistance Committees in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and Uruguay to assist Jewish refugees. By the 1980s, JDC was providing technical assistance, consultation, and leadership training to local Jewish organizations, primarily in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. During the financial crisis of 2000 in Argentina and later Uruguay, JDC helped develop a large network of relief programs.

Exhibit

Everything Possible:
JDC and the Children of the DP Camps

Featuring historic photographs from the JDC Archives, focuses on JDC’s significant efforts on behalf of children in the displaced persons camps established by the Allied Armed Forces after World War II. JDC was permitted to enter the camps to supplement minimal provisions with critical nutritional, medical, educational, and religious services for survivors.

News and Articles
Refuge in Jamaica

Refuge in Jamaica

New Holocaust Museum in Brazil

New Holocaust Museum in Brazil

Bela Schoenfeld Shares Her JDC Story

Bela Schoenfeld Shares Her JDC Story

Emely Katz Shares Her JDC Story

Emely Katz Shares Her JDC Story

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

Uncovering Jewish History in Bolivia

Uncovering Jewish History in Bolivia

The Jews of Sosúa

The Jews of Sosúa

BBC Publishes Two Major Features on the Survivors of the St. Louis

BBC Publishes Two Major Features on the Survivors of the St. Louis

Helen Cytryn and the Joint: A Photo Identification 70 Years in the Making

Helen Cytryn and the Joint: A Photo Identification 70 Years in the Making

JDC DORSA Collection Now Available Via Digital Library of the Caribbean

JDC DORSA Collection Now Available Via Digital Library of the Caribbean

The SS Serpa Pinto Lists: A Resource for Genealogy Research

The SS Serpa Pinto Lists: A Resource for Genealogy Research

Rescue through Emigration in the Nazi Era

Rescue through Emigration in the Nazi Era

Forgotten Jewels, A Haven in Havana with First-Ever Awarded JDC Archives Documentary Film Grant

Forgotten Jewels, A Haven in Havana with First-Ever Awarded JDC Archives Documentary Film Grant

Life in Sosúa Revealed

Life in Sosúa Revealed

Found in the Names Index

Found in the Names Index

From Europe to Israel to Germany to Brazil

From Europe to Israel to Germany to Brazil

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring–Summer 2022

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring–Summer 2022

Sandra Gruner-Domić Lectures on Bolivia, a Forgotten Refuge During the Holocaust: Jewish Immigration 1937-1941

Sandra Gruner-Domić Lectures on Bolivia, a Forgotten Refuge During the Holocaust: Jewish Immigration 1937-1941

Lorena Cardona González Lectures on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Colombia, 1945-1950

Lorena Cardona González Lectures on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Colombia, 1945-1950

Giving Names to Faces

Giving Names to Faces

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall-Winter 2022-2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall-Winter 2022-2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2023

Michael Rom Lectures on Egyptian Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1956-61

Michael Rom Lectures on Egyptian Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1956-61

JDC Archives to Co-Sponsor Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean

JDC Archives to Co-Sponsor Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2023

A Wretched Voyage with a Happy End: The Story of the Cabo de Buena Esperanza and Cabo de Hornos

A Wretched Voyage with a Happy End: The Story of the Cabo de Buena Esperanza and Cabo de Hornos

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter 2023-2024

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter 2023-2024

Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann give a book talk on Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia”

Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann give a book talk on Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia”

Devi Mays Lectures on Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora

Devi Mays Lectures on Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring 2024

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring 2024

Dalia Wassner Lectures on A Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Memoir and the Creation of Pan-American Jewish Organizations

Dalia Wassner Lectures on A Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Memoir and the Creation of Pan-American Jewish Organizations

JDC Archives Scholars’ Workshop Focuses on Jews in Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean

JDC Archives Scholars’ Workshop Focuses on Jews in Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean