GB 1556 WL 1151 - Fate of Hungarian Jewry

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GB 1556 WL 1151

Título

Fate of Hungarian Jewry

Data(s)

  • 1943-1994 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Dimensão e suporte

1 file

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Nome do produtor

História biográfica

This collection contains mostly copy documents from the US legation in Stockholm to the US Department of State and concerns the possibility of saving Hungarian Jews during the Nazi era. The depositor was co-chairman of Brookline, the Holocaust Memorial Committee, based in Massachusetts, USA, and former inmate of Drancy concentration camp.

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GB 1556 WL 1151 1943-1994 Collection level 1 file United States Legation in Stockholm

This collection contains mostly copy documents from the US legation in Stockholm to the US Department of State and concerns the possibility of saving Hungarian Jews during the Nazi era. The depositor was co-chairman of Brookline, the Holocaust Memorial Committee, based in Massachusetts, USA, and former inmate of Drancy concentration camp.

Regine Winder Barshak

Fate of Hungarian Jewry collection, 1943-1994, notably comprises a copy memorandum to Secretary Morgenthau, (copy of original which dates from 1943) (1151/1), concerning his request to review developments regarding the World Jewish Congress' programme for the evacuation of Jews from Romania and France; copy of a letter from JW Pehle, Executive Director of the War Refugees Board, to J. Mcloy, Assistant Secretary of War, (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/4), enclosing copies of eye-witness accounts of Auschwitz and Birkenau received from the Board's special representative in Bern recommending the bombing of the camps; memorandum to the Assistant Secretary of War regarding suggestion of bombing camps, setting out 5 reasons why this is not recommended (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/5) and a copy of a transcript of a secret memorandum from the American Legation in Stockholm to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding gassing and deportation of Hungarian Jews (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/6).

Chronological

Open

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

English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

National Archives and Records Administration, USA

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn

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.

January 2008 Wars (events) Eastern Europe Europe France Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Human rights violations Hungary International conflicts Jews Migrants North America Refugees Religious groups Romania USA War War crimes War Refugees Board Western Europe World Jewish Congress World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

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Regine Winder Barshak

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

Fate of Hungarian Jewry collection, 1943-1994, notably comprises a copy memorandum to Secretary Morgenthau, (copy of original which dates from 1943) (1151/1), concerning his request to review developments regarding the World Jewish Congress' programme for the evacuation of Jews from Romania and France; copy of a letter from JW Pehle, Executive Director of the War Refugees Board, to J. Mcloy, Assistant Secretary of War, (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/4), enclosing copies of eye-witness accounts of Auschwitz and Birkenau received from the Board's special representative in Bern recommending the bombing of the camps; memorandum to the Assistant Secretary of War regarding suggestion of bombing camps, setting out 5 reasons why this is not recommended (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/5) and a copy of a transcript of a secret memorandum from the American Legation in Stockholm to the Secretary of State, Washington, regarding gassing and deportation of Hungarian Jews (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/6).

Avaliação, seleção e eliminação

Incorporações

Sistema de arranjo

Chronological

Zona de condições de acesso e utilização

Condições de acesso

Open

Condiçoes de reprodução

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

Idioma do material

  • inglês

Sistema de escrita do material

  • latim

Notas ao idioma e script

English

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Instrumentos de descrição

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

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Pontos de acesso de género

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Wiener Library

Regras ou convenções utilizadas

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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  • inglês

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