USHMM Finding
B'nai B'rith-Bund der jüdischen humanitären Vereinigung Österreichs des UOBB und seine Ortsgruppen, Wien (Fond 1221) Union of Jewish Humanitarian Associations B'nai B'rith of Austria RG-11.001M.39
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Descriptive summary
Title: B'nai B'rith-Bund der jüdischen humanitären Vereinigung Österreichs des UOBB und seine Ortsgruppen, Wien (Fond 1221) Union of Jewish Humanitarian Associations B'nai B'rith of Austria
Dates: 1933-1935
Accession number: 1993.A.0085.1.39
Creator: B'nai Brith Austria
Extent: 1 microfilm reel (partial) 109 digital images
Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126
Languages: German
Scope and content of collection Letters, correspondence, notes, and memos of Zionist organizations regarding assistance for German emigrants seeking to resettle in Palestine. Included is an appeal from a Russian aid organization on behalf of Russian Jews.
Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on reproduction and use: Reproduction and publication only with written permission of the Russian State Military Archives.
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Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance.
Acquisition information: Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 1221. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993.
Existence and location of originals: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Related materials: Fishman, D. E. and Kupovetsky, M, Kuzelenkov, V. (ed.), Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow. A guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive. Scranton: University of Scranton Press 2010.
Processing history: Processed by Aleksandra Borecka, 2018.
System of arrangement Fond 1221 (1919-1938). Opis 1; Delo 1-97. Selected records arranged in two series: 1. Correspondence with Zionist organizations regarding assistance to German emigrants, 1933-1935; 2. Various memos, notes from Jewish organizations, includes an appeal of Russian Jews, 1933-1935.
Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel # 111: Image #100-209.
Indexing terms B'nai B'rith. World Jewish Congress. Jews--Austria--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria--History--20th century. Zionism--Europe--History--20th century. Jewish organizations--Germany--History--20th century. Emigration and immigration--Jews--Germany--20th century Austria--Politics and government--History--20th century. Austria--Ethnic relations. Europe--Politics and government--20th century. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Correspondence. Letters. Memorandums. Minutes. Notes.
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CONTAINER LIST
Reel 111
Fond 1221/opis 1
35 Letters of Zionist organizations regarding helping emigrants from Germany and resettling them in Palestine. 1933-1935. Folder begins at image RG- 11.001M.0111.00000100.jpg
Various and diverse memos, notes, etc. from different organizations: Jewish Book Association of Berlin, B'nai B'rith in Paris, B'nai B'rith in Austria, Jewish Academic Association in Graz, Aid organization for Russia with appeal on behalf of Russian Jews. 1933-1935.
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