World Jewish Congress

Identifier: 1051
Type of Entity: Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1936/present

History

The World Jewish Congress is an international organization whose mission is to address the interests and needs of Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world. Founded in Geneva in 1936 to unite the Jewish people and mobilize the world against the Nazi onslaught, the WJC is the representative body of Jewish communities and organizations in nearly 100 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe, across six continents. It seeks to foster the unity and creative survival of the Jewish people while maintaining its spiritual, cultural and social heritage.

Places

Founded in Switzerland, Geneva.

Sources

World Jewish Congress, www.worldjewishcongress.org

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A Zsidó Világkongresszus Magyarországi Képviselete iratai
- Documents of the Hungarian Representation of the World Jewish Congress
- Magyar Zsidó Levéltár
- HU HJA XXIV-A
- English
- 1945-1950
- Updated 1 decade ago
The collection includes miscellaneous materials of the Hungarian Representation of the World Jewish Congress. It contains activity and financial reports for the years 1946 to 1949, materials from the Statistical Department as well as the correspondence of the Hungarian Representation of the World Jewish Congress. The materials of the Statistical Department provide data on the demographic situation, family status, educational structure, mother tongue, generational structure and institutional network of Hungarian Jewish survivors alongside information on the aid provided to them. It also incl...
Afrique du Nord. Congrès Juif Mondial. Maroc--pays étrangers.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn501992
- English
- 1943-1947
- 2 microfilm reels,
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records about the activities of the World Jewish Congress in North Africa, antisemitism in the French army, the delegation from Tunisia at the War Emergency Conference, the Cremieux Decree, the German seizure of Jewish assets, German atrocities, the postwar activities of Adolf Eichmann, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and the interrogations of the International Tribunal in Nuremberg.
American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress index cards
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502007
- English
- 1940-1948
- boxes 8
- Updated 1 year ago
The American Jewish Congress (AJC) and World Jewish Congress (WJC) index cards primarily consist of an index to Holocaust survivors and war victims in Europe requesting aid through the AJC and WJC and American sponsors who volunteered to provide assistance. Additional index cards comprise sponsor reply cards, an index to members of the American‐Polish Medical Alliance, miscellaneous activities of the AJC and WJC, and an alphabetical index of Aufbau articles. The index to requests for aid and sponsors tracks requestors, sponsors, and assignments made between them. Most cards provide minimal ...
The Archives of the Jewish Community of Ecuador
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85718
- English
- 1939-1972
- 61,811 digital files, 56 microfilm reels (partially digitized), 35 mm digital images,
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains records of various Jewish communities and Jewish organizations in Ecuador. Includes records of the laws and constitution of Ecuador mainly dealing with immigration regulations, minutes and reports of the Board of Directors, correspondence with and between community members and Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress and other organizations, lists of community members, commemoration books, circulars, photographs of various festivities, reports and invitations from the B'nai B'rith Lodges in Asuncion, Bogota, Caracas, Havana, La Paz, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Pa...
Bergen-Belsen memorial planning information
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502689
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of planning notes, memoranda, and other materials relating to the establishment of the Bergen-Belsen memorial and cemetery. Included is information about inscriptions for the memorial, translation of inscriptions, the dedication ceremony for the memorial, and the maintenance of the memorial site.
Bergen-Belsen related records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502677
- English
- 1945-1980
- 3.75 linear in.,
- Updated 1 year ago
The records relate to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, displaced persons, the Belsen memorial, and Jewish emigration to the Palestine after the Holocaust.
Board of Deputies of British Jews records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513281
- English
- 1925-1964
- 95 microfilm reels, 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains documents relating to the response of the British Jewish community during World War II, including aid for refugees, immigration and Palestine issues, reports of persecution and conditions for Jews in Europe, as well as correspondence with Jewish communities and organizations in Europe and throughout the world, and President's and Secretaries' papers. Correspondents include: Neville Laski, Adolph Brotman, Selig Brodetsky, and Barnett Janer. Also contains Aliens Committee minutes and papers, Foreign Affairs Committee minutes, and Press Committee publicity material. Also contains reco...
Booth family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503288
- English
- folders 4 , 6 microfiche,
- Updated 1 year ago
Includes photocopies of correspondence between the Philip Booth family and Leon Kubowitzki, exchanged while attempting to aid several Jews from German-occupied Belgium with emigration matters. Also included are affidavits relating to the efforts of Philip and Mary Booth to help Jews emigrate from Europe. See RG list for RG-10.02601 and RG-10.026*02 titles.
Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (CKŻP). Legal Department Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Prawny (Sygn.303/XVI)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47892
- English
- 1944-1950
- 10,278 digital images, PDF
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains financial records of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP), as well as correspondence and files related to Jewish property in Poland and other countries, war crime trials (Rudolf Höss), personal files and the files of several dozen regional offices. Includes correspondence of the Wojewódzki Komitet Żydowski we Wrocławiu relating to Jews–German citizens who stayed in Poland after the war, as well correspondence relating to aid rendered to Poles who helped Jews during the war, denouncements of people who collaborated with Germans during the occupation, requests for interventio...
Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (CKŻP).The Presidium and Secretariat Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Prezydium i Sekretariat (Sygn. 303/I)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47888
- English
- 1944-1950
- 39,309 digital images, PDF
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains reports, name lists, minutes of sessions, domestic and foreign correspondence, e.g. with the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) and World Jewish Congress, personal files of the staff and others, records relating to pogroms of Jewish people in Kielce and other places, religious matters, graveyards, and exhumations, newspaper clippings, and documentation of various commissions of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP): the Centralna Komisja Międzypartyjna, Centralna Komisja Mieszana, Komisja Mieszkaniowa, Centralna Frakcja Polskiej Partii Robotniczej (PPR), Polska Zjed...
Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- O.60
- English
- 1933-1960
- 176 files
- Updated 1 decade ago
Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law.B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees and displaced persons, reparations from Germany and more.
Comite Juif Belge
- Belgian Jewish Council
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 1 decade ago
Founded in 1943

The Comite Juif Belge was established, in London in 1943 by Mr. Herman Schamissa, and it affiliated itself with the World Jewish Congress in 1944.
Dr. Frank Mortara collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn595035
- English
- 1942-1947
- folders 10
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of documents, correspondence, clippings, articles, invitations, fundraising solicitations, memorandum, lists, petitions, pamphlets, broadsides and other material from multiple aid organizations in the United States to assist Jewish refugees including the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, American League for a Free Palestine, Italian Jewish Emergency Committee, United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, Gruppo Assistenza Bambini Ebrei d'Italia [Committee for the Wel...
Emigration of Jewish displaced persons to Palestine
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502687
- English
- 1947-1948
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of copies of reports and memoranda relating to the emigration of Jewish displaced persons from the British Zone in Germany to Palestine. Included is information about the emigration of orphans during operation "Grand National Junior," the emigration of Jewish displaced persons during operation "Journey's End," emigration restrictions on Jewish men of military age, and the acquisition of exit permits for the British Zone and entry visas for Palestine.
Evacuation of the Hohne camp and Glyn Hughes hospital
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502685
- English
- 1948-1950
- folder oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Includes letters, memoranda, and minutes of meetings written between November 1949 and May 1950 relating to the evacuation of Jewish displaced persons from the Hohne camp near Bergen-Belsen and the Glyn Hughes hospital. Also included is a July 16, 1948, memorandum written by Josef Rosensaft concerning the growth of antisemitism in the British zone of Germany.
Everett Goldstein collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn501739
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Everett Goldstein collection consists of a 35 page typescript report entitled "Program of general measures of Relief and Rescue of Jews threatened with extermination by the enemy," made by the World Jewish Congress and submitted to the War Refugee Board in 1944 regarding measures and policies that should be enacted in order to help with Jewish refugees and victims of Nazi persecution. Also includes the program to a radio show made in May 9, 1943, entitled "The Truth About Refugees," on which Everett Goldstein was one of the panelists.
Eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust period collection (RG-104)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42370
- English
- 1939-1990
- 27,269 digital images, JPEG 19 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains the Holocaust survivors testimonials and eyewitness accounts relating to ghettos, labor and internment camps, Jews on the Aryan side and in hiding, Jewish partisans and underground fighters from many places in Europe under Nazi occupation between 1939 and 1945. The collection contains testimonies of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research collection, RG-104, series I and III. Series I includes approximately 1,900 separate testimonies from the Displaced Person camps in Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland and other countries collected by the Jewish Historical Commission in Poland after th...
Georg Guggenheim papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Georg Guggenheim (1897-1987)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn558192
- English
- 1872-2005
- 9,579 digital images, PDF
- Updated 1 year ago
Private papers of Georg Guggenheim (1897-1987), a Jewish lawyer and active member of Jewish Community in Zürich. The collection consists of personal documents: passports, certificates, CV, condolences on the death of Georg Guggenheim, private correspondence, congratulations on birthdays; correspondence and other documents by his wife, Josi Guggenheim (1900 to 2005); official correspondence and documents on the Israelitischen Cultusgemeinde (ICZ), and Georg Guggenheim's presidency, 1917-1953, to become a member of the Central-Comité in the Business Committee, as well as the management of the...
The Great Lodge of the Jewish Order, B'nai B'rith, Berlin Großlogen Deutschlands des jüdischen Ordens B'nai B'rith, Berlin (Fond 769)
1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn611135
- English
- 1928-1937
- 6 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm 6,062 digital images, JPEG
- Updated 1 year ago
Constitution of B'nai B'rith and other materials of the Great Lodge of Germany (B'nai B'rith), including minutes, financial reports, lists of members who were lawyers, proceedings, and information for local lodges; minutes of the executive committee of the Great Lodge; minutes of a 1932 secret meeting about annual reports, charity, and other questions; communications to the Ministry of the Interior and the Gestapo; correspondence with other lodges in Europe; correspondence with individuals regarding immigration conditions in other countries, in particular Argentina; correspondence with bran...
Hillel Storch papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn592693
- English
- 1937-1985
- box oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Hillel Storch papers consist of correspondence, photographic negatives, personal papers, printed materials, and subject files documenting Storch’s work on behalf of the World Jewish Congress in Sweden to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and to resettle survivors after the Holocaust. Records document his missions, activities, and meetings with Nazi leaders to save Jews from the extermination camps, and include materials about his work with Heinrich Himmler’s assistant Franz Goering and physical therapist Felix Kersten, and SS Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg about the “White Buses” oper...

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