GB 1556 WL 555 - Czechoslovak Jewish Relief organisations: Correspondence and papers

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GB 1556 WL 555

Title

Czechoslovak Jewish Relief organisations: Correspondence and papers

Date(s)

  • 1945-1947 (Creation)

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c 310 frames

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Unknown

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GB 1556 WL 555 1945-1947 Collection level (fonds) c 310 frames Various

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Jewish Central Information Office

Correspondence and papers relating to relief work for Jews in post war Czechoslovakia, 1939-1947, including a memo from the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia regarding the status of Jews in Czechoslovakia [1947]; a report on the situation of Jews in Czechoslovakia by the Jewish chaplain for the Czech forces, England, 24 May 1945 and official guarantee forms for entry into Great Britain, [1939]. Papers from the following organisations: American Joint Distribution Committee; Association of Rabbis and Scholars in Eastern Europe; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia; Central Board of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia; Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation; Chizuk Hadass Committee; Council of Jewish Committees in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia; Emergency Council for Help for the Children of Czechoslovakia; Jewish Agency for Palestine; Jewish Telegraph Agency; Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia; Union of Jewish Communities in Slovakia in Bratislava and World Union of Jewish Students.

The papers have been arranged and filmed in reverse chronological order.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English, some German and Czech.

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Mar 2008 Wars (events) American Joint Distribution Committee Association of Rabbis and Scholars in Eastern Europe Associations British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia Central Board of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief x World Jewish Relief x Central British Fund for German Jewry x Council for German Jewry x Central Council for Jewish Refugees x Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation Charitable organisations Charities Chizuk Hadass Committee Council of Jewish Committees in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe Emergency Council for Help for the Children of Czechoslovakia Emigration Europe Jewish Agency for Palestine Jewish Telegraph Agency Jews Migrants Migration Nazism Organizations Political doctrines Refugees Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism UK Union of Jewish Communities in Slovakia in Bratislava Western Europe World Union of Jewish Students World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) London England Nonprofit organizations

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Correspondence and papers relating to relief work for Jews in post war Czechoslovakia, 1939-1947, including a memo from the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia regarding the status of Jews in Czechoslovakia [1947]; a report on the situation of Jews in Czechoslovakia by the Jewish chaplain for the Czech forces, England, 24 May 1945 and official guarantee forms for entry into Great Britain, [1939]. Papers from the following organisations: American Joint Distribution Committee; Association of Rabbis and Scholars in Eastern Europe; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia; Central Board of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia; Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation; Chizuk Hadass Committee; Council of Jewish Committees in Bohemia and Moravia and Silesia; Emergency Council for Help for the Children of Czechoslovakia; Jewish Agency for Palestine; Jewish Telegraph Agency; Relief Committee of Jews from Czechoslovakia; Union of Jewish Communities in Slovakia in Bratislava and World Union of Jewish Students.

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Accruals

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The papers have been arranged and filmed in reverse chronological order.

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Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English, some German and Czech.

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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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