Displaced persons camps in Germany records from YIVO RG-67.020M 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: Nachman Zonabend collection Dates: 1939-1944 Accession number: 1996.A.0270 Extent: 117 microfilm reels (35 mm) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: German English Yiddish Scope and content of collection Consists of records of displaced persons (DP) camps and centers, which were collected by YIVO between 1946-1954. Includes information about Jewish organizations and committees that supported DPs, the occupation authorities, antisemitism, liberation day celebrations, annual congresses, material needs, the housing shortage in Germany, cultural activities, the Jewish community of Berlin, searches for surviving family members, religious life, the placement of Jewish orphans, the Red Cross, relations with American Jewish communities, and immigration possibilities. Administrative Information Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on reproduction and use: For scholarly use only, no reproduction without permission. Films shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these films of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copy films. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at:
[email protected]. Page 1 Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance. Acquisition information: From YIVO record group 294.2.They were generated by the Jewish DP institutions in Germany after WWII and were transferred to YIVO between 1948 and 1954, following the closing of the camps and dissolution of DP institutions.