Collection GB 1556 WL 599 - Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: correspondence and papers (microfilm)

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GB 1556 WL 599

Title

Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: correspondence and papers (microfilm)

Date(s)

  • 1938-1939 (Creation)

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640 frames

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Biographical history

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry. Its tasks were to arrange for the admission of refugees to Britain, their maintenance, training, employment or re-migration. A number of provincial committees were formed to deal with issues regarding Jewish refugees in these areas. The Leeds office trainee department was supervised by David Makovski.

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GB 1556 WL 599 1938-1939 collection 640 frames Jewish Refugee Committee, Leeds

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry. Its tasks were to arrange for the admission of refugees to Britain, their maintenance, training, employment or re-migration. A number of provincial committees were formed to deal with issues regarding Jewish refugees in these areas. The Leeds office trainee department was supervised by David Makovski.

Jewish Central Information Office

Correspondence and papers of the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee, 1938-1939, comprising letters from local businesses regarding the recruitment of trainees/ refugees and letters from family members and guardians.

Filmed in no apparent order.

Open

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

Microfilm

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

Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

MF Doc 27 Archives of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry (74 reels).

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. November 2007 British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia 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 Emigration England Europe Humanitarian assistance International cooperation International politics Jewish Refugees Committee Jews Kitchener camp x Richborough Camp Leeds Migrants Migration Movement for the Care of Children from Germany Refugees Religious groups UK United Hebrew Congregation Western Europe West Riding Yorkshire London

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Correspondence and papers of the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee, 1938-1939, comprising letters from local businesses regarding the recruitment of trainees/ refugees and letters from family members and guardians.

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Accruals

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Filmed in no apparent 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

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

MF Doc 27 Archives of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry (74 reels).

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Description exists to this archive 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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