Collection GB 1556 WL 849 - Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad: reports on Jews and other displaced persons in Europe

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GB 1556 WL 849 1946-1947 collection 1 folder Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad

The Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad was formed in 1943 by the Joint Foreign Committee of the Board of Deputies and the Anglo-Jewish Association and under the auspices and financial responsibility of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation.

Deposited by the author of some of the reports (possibly all), Mr H. O. Joseph, a former relief worker, Apr 1987.

Reports of the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad (JCRA) by Jewish relief workers on the conditions of Jews and other displaced persons at the end of the Second World War, including report on the conditions of Greek Jewry during and after the war, with a statistical breakdown of the losses of the Jewish population in the various regions of Greece, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph on the condition of Italian Jewry, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph, 'visit to Austria, 6 Dec 1946- 18 Dec 1946' on the activities of the JCRA personnel, to ascertain whether any could be deployed elsewhere and to investigate the situation of displaced persons in camps in the American Zone, Dec 1946; report describing the condition of Jewish displaced persons in Austria, Jan 1947; report by H O Joseph describing the condition of Jews and displaced persons in Austria and correspondence to interested parties enclosing the above reports, 27 Jul 1946-9 Aug 1946.

Original order.

Open

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

English

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

For other Wiener Library Document collections documenting the work of the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad see 'The Henriques Collection' (ref: WL MF 52) and Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and Jewish Relief Unit: organisational papers and documents from former members, (ref: WL 1232).

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 Austria Demographic statistics Demography Displaced persons Europe Greece International conflicts Italy Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad Jewish Relief Unit Jews Migrants Population research Refugees Religious groups War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Deposited by the author of some of the reports (possibly all), Mr H. O. Joseph, a former relief worker, Apr 1987.

Reports of the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad (JCRA) by Jewish relief workers on the conditions of Jews and other displaced persons at the end of the Second World War, including report on the conditions of Greek Jewry during and after the war, with a statistical breakdown of the losses of the Jewish population in the various regions of Greece, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph on the condition of Italian Jewry, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph, 'visit to Austria, 6 Dec 1946- 18 Dec 1946' on the activities of the JCRA personnel, to ascertain whether any could be deployed elsewhere and to investigate the situation of displaced persons in camps in the American Zone, Dec 1946; report describing the condition of Jewish displaced persons in Austria, Jan 1947; report by H O Joseph describing the condition of Jews and displaced persons in Austria and correspondence to interested parties enclosing the above reports, 27 Jul 1946-9 Aug 1946.

Original order.

Open

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

• English

• Latin

English

For other Wiener Library Document collections documenting the work of the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad see 'The Henriques Collection' (ref: WL MF 52) and Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and Jewish Relief Unit: organisational papers and documents from former members, (ref: WL 1232).

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

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.

• English