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USHMM Finding The World Jewish Congress New York Office. Series D. Relief and Rescue Department RG-67.011M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: The World Jewish Congress New York Office. Series D. Relief and Rescue Department Dates: 1939-1969 (inclusive) 1940-1950 (bulk) Accession number: 2006.214 Creator: World Jewish Congress Extent: 2,444 digital images (multi-page TIF files) 131 microfilm reels 16 CD-ROMs Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: English Other languages Scope and content of collection Contains records relating to social relief and rescue activities, location of survivors, immigration and migration, refugees, displaced persons, extermination of Jews, reaction to Hitler's Final Solution, and relations with international relief organization including the UNRAA and Red Cross. Seven sub-series of World Jewish Congress New York Office records, Series D contains the following files: 1. Executive files, 1939-1969: The majority of the material deals with applications and affidavits for individual immigration cases; 2. Immigration Division, 1940-1953: Includes correspondence and reports of Ellen Hilb, Milka Fuchs, and Kurt R. Grossman. The majority of the material deal with applications and affidavits for individual immigration cases, especially for entry into the United States. 3. Location Service, 1942-1960: Includes lists of survivors, known dead, and inmates of concentration and refugee camps. Also materials pertaining to displaced persons camps and survivors after the war; 4. Child Care division, 1942-1953: Established in November 1945. Materials related to the establishment of Jewish orphanages in Europe and the placement of orphans with foster parents or relatives; 5. The Committer for Overseas Relief Supplies, 1945-1950: Established in June 1945, to ship clothing, food and medicine; 6. Advisory Council on European Jewish Affairs, 1941-1947: Founded in 1942 to present a united front of European Jewry; composed of delegates from the various representative committees of European Jewries then present in the United States. Includes some files of the Rescue Department; 7. Rescue Department, 1939-1966: Includes the files of Leon Kubowitzki and Rudolf Glanz, and inquires and locations concerning missing Jews and records of rescue work in post- war Europe. Administrative Information Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on reproduction and use: Fair use only. Persons wishing to quote or publish from the records of the World Jewish Congress beyond the fair use provision as established by copyright law must obtain the written approval of the American Jewish Archives. The sale or distribution of microfilms or CD copies by the USHMM to any outside individual or agency is not permitted. Microfilms and all electronic images of the World Jewish Congress records are for use on site at the USHMM only and may not be lent to third parties. Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance. Acquisition information: Source of acquisition is the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA), the World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series D. Relief and Rescue Departments. Records were donated to the AJA by the World Jewish Congress in 1982. Existence and location of originals: American Jewish Archives Related archival materials: RG-67.035M, Selected records of the World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series D. Location lists, 1938-1947. Historical note The World Jewish Congress (WJC), an international Jewish representative organization, was formed in 1936. The Organization Department of WJC was originally established in Paris, ca. 1937, under Baruch Zuckerman to increase membership, strengthen relations with and between affiliates, maintain contacts with branch offices, and improve the image of the WJC with its affiliates. When rescue activities diminished in the late 1940s, the Organization Department also inherited responsibility for the European Advisory Council. In July 1940 the headquarters of the World Jewish Congress was moved from Geneva, Switzerland, to New York City, N.Y., due to World War II. Instrumental in its founding were the American Jewish Congress (AJC), established in 1918, and the Comité des Délégations Juives (Committee of Jewish Delegations), which was founded in 1919. Throughout the war, the departments in New York maintained contact with WJC relief and rescue worker in Europe, especially via WJC offices in London, Stockholm, Geneva, and Lisbon. Relief activities of the WJC began in April 1940 with the establishment of the Relief Committee for Jewish War Victims (RELICO) in Geneva under the direction of Adolf H. Silberschein. The purpose of RELICO was to supply food and social aid to Jews in Europe, Page 2 especially in Poland and France, and to help refugee groups including those in Mauritius, Tangier, Rhodesia, and Tanganyika. RELICO continued in operation throughout the war years, even after the headquarters of the WJC was moved to New York. In July 1940 a separate relief department was established at the new office under Arieh Tartakower. The Rescue Department was established in April 1944. Its primary functions were to document and publicize war crimes and atrocities; to devise rescue plans and enlist public and governmental support for action; to prevent deportation of some European Jewish communities; to liberate concentration camps from the Nazis; and to advocate punishment for war crimes. Aryeh L. Kubowitzki, head of the Department for European Jewish Affairs from 1941 to 1944, was named the first director of the Rescue Department, with Kurt R. Grossman as his assistant. In the spring of 1945, the Rescue Department was merged with the Relief Department under Arieh Tartakower and renamed the Relief and Rehabilitation Department. When Tartakower moved to Palestine in 1946, Kalman Stein became acting director of the expanded Relief Department. Stein was succeeded by Kurt R. Grossman in 1947. The Department was disbanded at the end of 1948 and its functions were assumed by the Relief Desk of the Political Department. System of arrangement Arranged in the following sub-series: 1. Executive Files, 1939-1969; 2. Immigration Division, 1940-1953; 3. Location Service, 1942-1960; 4. Child Care Division, 1942-1953; 5.The Committer for Overseas Relief Supplies, 1945-1950; 6. Advisory Council on European Jewish Affairs, 1941-1947; 7. Rescue Department, 1939-1966. These files include copies of materials also found in RG-67.035M: 1997.A.0235, Selected Records of the World Jewish Congress New York Office. Series D. Sub-Series 3, Location Service, 1938- 1947. Indexing terms Kubowitzki, Aryeh Leon, 1896-1966. Grossman, Kurt R. Tartakower, Aryeh, 1897-1982. Kalman Stein. World Jewish Congress. American Jewish Congress. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Relief Committee for Jewish War Victims (RELICO) United Nations. International Committee of the Red Cross. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admini Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-) Holocaust survivors--Registers. Jewish orphanages--Registers. Refugee camps. Affidavits. Minutes. Correspondence. Reports. Registers. Page 3 CONTAINER LIST Note: Descriptions based on information found at http://collections.americanjewisharchives.org/ms/ms0361/ms0361d.html (accessed 26 April 2019). Subseries 1. Executive Files. 1939–1969. Scope and Content Note: Consists of correspondence of the Relief Department (and includes some material related to the Rescue Department) along with files of the Relief Committee, Arieh Tartakower, Kalman Stein, and Kurt R. Grossman. Also included are files from the Courses on Jewish Social Work, a training program for social workers planning to help displaced Jews in Europe that was sponsored by the WJC in 1945. Box Folder D1 1 World Jewish Congress, relief work, reports and drafts, 1939–1941 D1 2 World Jewish Congress, relief work, memos and reports, 1942–1943 D1 3 World Jewish Congress, relief work, reports and drafts, 1942 D1 4 Correspondence, memos and reports, 1942–1943 D1 5 Finkelstein, Chaim, reports on Refugee Relief Department (location service), 1943 D1 6 Minutes, 1940–1944 D1 7 Invitations to meetings, 1943–1945 D1 8 Press release re: refugees in Russia seeking relatives in United States, Sep 1943 D1 9 Budget and fundraising, 1941–1945 D1 10 Correspondence re: contributions, 1945–1947 D1 11 Cables and memos, 1944–1946 D1 12 Survey of community property in Poland, 1945 D1 13 Survey of governmental and municipal aid to Jews in Europe, correspondence and questionnaires, 1945–1946 D1 14 Tartakower, Arieh, draft speeches, reports, memoranda, 1943–1945 Box Folder D2 1 Clothing drive, 1943–1945 D2 2 Tartakower, Arieh, correspondence and memos, 1942–1946 D2 3 Contacts with volunteers, 1945 D2 4 Dwork, C. Irving, correspondence with Washington office, 1946–1947 D2 5 Negotiations re: food problem in invaded countries, 1941–1944 D2 6 Correspondence and memos, 1941–1947 D2 7 Stein, Kalman, memos, 1946–1947 D2 8 Memorandum on Jewish medical problems and reconstruction, 1944 D2 9 Tartakower, Arieh, reports on meetings with authorities, 1944–1945 D2 10 Tartakower, Arieh, reports, 1943–1945 Page 4 D2 11 Tartakower, Arieh, reports on trips to Latin America, 1944–1946 D2 12 Tartakower, Arieh,
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