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USHMM Finding RG-68.065M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG-68 Israel RG-68.065M Acc. 2005.87 Title: The World Jewish Congress Paris Office Records, 1934-1954. Extent: 37 microfilm reels. Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project purchased duplicated records at the Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel, and transferred the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Jan. 2005. Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access. Restriction on Use: No restrictions on use. Organization and Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic. Organized in the following order: File C10/304 - C10/624. Language: English, other languages Preferred Citation: Standard citation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division, Archives Branch. Scope and Content: Contains correspondence of the Paris Office of the World Jewish Congress with international organizations, including NGOs and Jewish organizations. Also contains reports and other records related to the following subjects: missing Jews liberated Jews, restitution and compensation claims, situation of Jews during the war, and Jewish affairs in France and North Africa. Biography: The World Jewish Congress, an international Jewish representative organization, was formed in 1936. 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 Comitē des Dēlēgations Juives (Committee of Jewish Delegations), which was founded in 1919. RELICO The Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population (RELICO) was established by Dr. Abraham Silberschein in Geneva in Sept. 1939, under the auspices of the World RG-68.065M 1 The World Jewish Congress Paris Office records, 1934-1954. RG-68.065M Jewish Congress. RELICO's original goals were to search for missing relatives and provide monetary and legal assistance to Jewish refugees. However, Silberschein soon concentrated his efforts on refugee activities. Inventory: Reel 1: File C10/304-306 304-European Division (Rome, Stockholm, Paris, Geneva, Anvers, Vienna). General correspondence. 1950-1952 “Hillel Storch, Fifty years old”. A biographical note about Hillel Storch Confidential report regarding the claims of Jews from Austria written by Dr. Franz R. Bienenfeld. Various letters about Maurice Markus case Copy of letter (translation in French) from Simon Wiesenthal, President of the Jewish Central Committee for the American Zone of Austria, regarding the compensation for ex-prisoners in Austria, 30.07.1952 305-The North African Division. General correspondence concerning the situation of the Jewish community in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. 1951-1952 Confidential letter from Jacques Lazarus to Andre Dreyfus concerning the situation of the Jewish community in Tunisia, 04.04.1952 Report by Jacques Lazarus concerning the commemoration of the 9th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 08.04.1952 Report by Jacques Lazarus about the meeting of the General Assembly of “Federation des communautes israelites d'Algerie”, 23.04.1952 Report by Jacques Lazarus about the North African conference (7/6/1952) of the WJC concerning the problems of the Jewish communities in North Africa, 23.06.1952 Confidential report by Jacques Lazarus concerning the meeting of the General Assembly of the “Federation des communautes juives de Tunisie”, 21.07.1952 306-The North African Division. General correspondence concerning the situation of the Jewish communities in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. 1951-1952 Report from Jacques Lazarus concerning Morocco and the Jews in Morocco RG-68.065M 2 The World Jewish Congress Paris Office records, 1934-1954. RG-68.065M Confidential letter from Jacques Lazarus to Maurice L. Perlzweig concerning the political situation of the Jewish community in Tunisia, 12.11.1952 Memorandum by Jacques Lazarus to Andre Dreyfus, (?) Roth; Maurice L. Perlzweig, Alex Easterman, Gerhart M. Riegner, Itzhak Schwarzbart and (?) Bernstein concerning the situation in North Africa, 20.11.1952 Reel 2: File C10/307-314 307-General correspondence. Letters S to Z. 1949 Letter from Sylvain Cahn-Debre to Simon Wiesenthal, 13.10.1949 Letter from Emmanuel Taamrat to Itzhak Schwarzbart concerning the economic situation of the 'Falashas' in Ethiopia, 13.11.1949 308-General correspondence. Letters H to R. 1948-1949. Copy of letter from Pierre Koening, general of the French army in Germany, to the French secretary of state for German and Austrian Affairs concerning information regarding the reinstating of German nationality to persons who had lost German nationality under German racial laws, 05.01.1949 309-Correspondence with various organizations regarding the location of missing persons. The file is ordered alphabetically by names of the missing people. Letter K. 1945-1946. 310-Correspondence with various organizations regarding the location of missing persons. The file is ordered alphabetically by names of the missing people. Letter K. 1945-1946. 311- Correspondence with various organizations regarding the location of missing persons. The file is ordered alphabetically by names of the missing people. Letter L. 1945-1946. 312- Correspondence with various organizations regarding the location of missing persons. The file is ordered alphabetically by names of the missing people. Letter L. 1945-1946. 313- WJC - New York (Nehemiah Robinson). Correspondence regarding the economic rehabilitation (reparations, restitutions, assets) for Jewish victims of the Holocaust in various countries in Europe. 1945-1946. RG-68.065M 3 The World Jewish Congress Paris Office records, 1934-1954. RG-68.065M “The attitude of the American Bar toward the Genocide Convention”. Report written by Nehemiah Robinson, December 1949 Copies of decrees published in “Le journal officiel de la Republique francaise” regarding displaced persons, 12.05.1945 Copy of decree written by E (?) Laffon concerning the Expropriation Acts, 08.12.1945 Letter and 2 questionnaires from Nehemiah Robinson concerning the rehabilitation of Jews, including information about restitutions of properties and financial matters, 22.03.1946 Copy of report published by the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) concerning the Hungarian Gold Train, 07.01.1948 Letter from Nehemiah Robinson to Sylvain Cahn-Debre with copy of the amendment to the restitution decree in the French Zone of Germany, 24.09.1948 314- The Institute of Jewish Affairs. General correspondence and various publications. 1945-1949. “Denazification in Austria”, December 1948. “Law and Social Action” volume 4 number 2, published bi- monthly by the Commission on Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress, March/April 1949 “Restitution of citizenship to Jews in certain European countries”, 05.12.1947 “Facts and comments”, 15.04.1948 “The Ministries case - Case number 11 in the series of Trials of German war criminals by the American Military Tribunal of Nuremberg”, 06.04.1949 Reel 3: File C10/315-323 315-WJC - New York. W (?) Pulvermann. General correspondence. 1946-1948. 316-WJC - New York (Nehemiah Robinson, I (?) Robinson, W (?) Pulvermann, David Petegorsky, Maurice L. Perlzweig, Robert Serebrenik) General correspondence.1948- 1950. “The Right of Petition”. Report by Maurice L. Perlzweig, 1950 Letter from Sylvain Cahn-Debre to Nehemiah Robinson concerning the Hungarian Gold Train, 31.05.1948 RG-68.065M 4 The World Jewish Congress Paris Office records, 1934-1954. RG-68.065M Copy of confidential letter from the French Minister in Iraq to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Paris, concerning the anti- semitic policy of the Iraqi Government, 28.10.1949 Copy of confidential letter from Maurice L. Perlzweig to Moshe Nahoum concerning the formulation of the constitution and the establishment of an independent government in Libya, 11.01.1950 “World Jewish Congress and other organizations”. Report submitted to a meeting of the American Branch of the Executive Committee, 27.06.1950 317- The American Division, New York (Itzhak Schwarzbart). General correspondence and reports. 1950. Letter from Itzhak Schwarzbart concerning the resolution adopted by the Second Assembly of the WJC in July, 1948 that the WJC and all Jewish communities in the world should recognize the 19th April (The start of the rising of the Warsaw Ghetto) as a national memorial day, 23.02.1950 Confidential report from Itzhak Schwarzbart to Israel Goldstein concerning the first Latin American Conference of the WJC, 14.03.1950 “Remarks on the Sephardi Jews throughout the world and the importance of their revitalization for the renaissance of the Jewish people”, report from Itzhak Schwarzbart, 17.04.1950 “Chart of the Jewish population in the world”, 17.04.1950 Confidential note from Itzhak Schwarzbart regarding the problem of Sephardi Jews, 31.05.1950 “Interim report of the head of the Organization Department (of the WJC)”, 31.05.1950 Confidential report concerning the Itzhak Schwarzbart's visit to the WJC Swedish Section, 05.06.1950 318-The American Division. General correspondence and copies of incoming cables. 1950. Biographical sketch of Stephen S. Wise. Copy of list of the members of the Executive of the Paris Office of the WJC, November 1950 Note concerning the WJC in the French press, December 1950 Memorandum from Rabbi (?) Irving concerning the aims of the WJC, 30.06.1950. 319- Correspondence
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