Riegner Gerhard

Identifier: 000330
Type of Entity: Person

Dates of Existence

12/09/1911

03/12/2001

History

Head of Genfer Geschäftsstelle des WJC (1939-48). Passed information on the murder on European Jews to the British and American governments

Places

Berlin, Germany
Geneva, Switzerland

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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles and documents on the Holocaust, specifically regarding estimates of the number of Holocaust victims, 1943-1963
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689492
- English, Hebrew
- 1943-1963
- Original Typewritten copy Typewritten original 221 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Articles and documents on the Holocaust, specifically regarding estimates of the number of Holocaust victims, 1943-1963 In the file: - Article by B. Sagalowitz regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, published in the newspaper, "Der Offentliche Dienst", in Zurich, 26 April 1963; - Documentation regarding an article claiming that "only" 1.5 million Jews had been exterminated by the Nazis, published in the "Basler Nachrichten" newspaper, 13 June 1946; - Additional documents related to the controversy regarding the number of Holocaust victims, including copies of sta...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding various subjects, and regarding Sagalowitz himself, 1941-1972
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689590
- English, Hebrew
- 1941-1972
- Handwritten, original Magnetic tape audio recording Original Photo Typewritten original 45 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding various subjects, and regarding Sagalowitz himself, 1941-1972 In the file: -Booklet containing words of appreciation for Sagalowitz's activities and honoring his memory (Benjamin Sagalowitz: 03 June 1901-04 June 1970), published 1972; -Letter from the Motoren, Turbinen und Pumpem AG, M.T.P Zuerich factory, dated 23 July 1964, regarding a press conference held on 09 July 1964, in which Sagalowitz participated; a tape recording is attached; -Undated photograph of Sagalowitz at the entrance to the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) office in...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Information on the condition of Holocaust survivors in Germany and postwar displays of antisemitism there, 1949-1950
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689495
- English, Hebrew
- 1949-1950
- Typewritten copy Typewritten original מקור וקסרוקס 130 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Information on the condition of Holocaust survivors in Germany and postwar displays of antisemitism there, 1949-1950 In the file: "The Jews of Germany", a report by B. Sagalowitz on Holocaust survivors in Germany, written after his visit there on behalf of the WJC (World Jewish Congress), translated from German into English, March 1950; - Letter from Sagalowitz to Gerhard Riegner, WJC (World Jewish Congress) representative in Geneva, about Holocaust survivors in Germany; - Draft of an article regarding German anti-Semitic propaganda in the world after the war. T...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence including copies in chronological order, 1963-1964
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689638
- English, Hebrew
- 1963-1964
- Original 396 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence including copies in chronological order, 1963-1964 In the file: - Letters to newspaper editorial boards; -Correspondence with the WJC (World Jewish Congress), specifically with Gerhard Riegner; the CDJC (Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine), specifically with Isaac Schneerson; various Jewish Swiss personalities, for example, Georges Brunschvig, Georg Guggenheim, Alfred Goetschel; Jean Nordmann and Robert Wieler; Paul Vogt, the Protestant minister...
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Review presented by Dr. Eduard Schulte regarding Germany’s economic problems after World War II
1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3689685
- English, Hebrew
- 1944-1983
- Original Typewritten copy 165 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Review presented by Dr. Eduard Schulte regarding Germany’s economic problems after World War II The file also contains: - Newpaper clipping from "Haaretz", dated October 18, 1983, regarding the role of Dr. Schulte as the person who supplied the initial information on the planning of the 'Final Solution', 1942 (Riegner cable).
Correspondence between Abraham Silberschein and Chaim (Posner) Pazner and Samuel Scheps, heads of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, Switzerland, 1940-1947
1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3715108
- English, Hebrew
- 1940-1985
- מקור וקסרוקס 341 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Correspondence between Abraham Silberschein and Chaim (Posner) Pazner and Samuel Scheps, heads of the Eretz Israel Office in Geneva, Switzerland, 1940-1947 Correspondence of Abraham Silberschein with the heads of the Eretz Israel office in Switzerland (the office was moved from Basel to Geneva in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II). Also in the file: - Newspaper clippings [from articles] written in honor of the 80th birthday of Dr. Samuel Scheps, 1984; - Article by Samuel Scheps regarding the Wannsee Conference, the Riegner Cable and denial of the Holocaust, 15 May 1984; - Letter from...
Documentation regarding relief to Jewish refugees in Yugoslavia and to Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia staying in Switzerland, 1944-1946
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684696
- English, Hebrew
- Microfilm 448 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Documentation regarding relief to Jewish refugees in Yugoslavia and to Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia staying in Switzerland, 1944-1946 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Dr. Dragutin Rosenberg, deputy chairman of the Jewish community of Zagreb, regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia who are in Switzerland; - Correspondence between Dr. Rosenberg and Silvain S. Guggenheim, chairman of the VSJF - Verband Schweizerischer Juedischer Fuersorgen (Association of Jewish Welfare Organizations in Switzerland), regarding the treatment of Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia who ar...
Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944
1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3684680
- English, Hebrew
- 1940-1944
- Microfilm 651 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in Poland, Polish Jews in Switzerland, and Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1940-1944 1) Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to persecuted Jews in the Generalgouvernement in Poland, mainly with the help of the Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe - JSS (Jewish Social Self-help) organization in Krakow, 1940-1942, and with the help of the JUS-Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle fuer das GG (Jewish welfare office in the Generalgouvernement) in Krakow, 1943-1944: - List prepared by Avraham Zilberstein - chairman of the RELICO Com...
Korrespondenz
1. Nachlässe
2. Schönborn, Erwin
- Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
- ED 389 / 2
- German
- 1974-1986
- Updated 10 years ago
Korrespondenz E. Schönborn mit dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Behörden und Dritten, 1974-1986, betr. "Fälschung des Wannsee-Protokolls", Dienstaufsichtsbeschwerde W.D. Rothe und Schönborn (Bierbaum Verlag) über das Institut für Zeitgeschichte (1975), Verfahren gegen Schönborn wegen Leugnung von Gaskammern und Vergasungen in Konzentrationslagern / Volksverhetzung / Leugnung des Holocaust, Dienstaufsichtsbeschwerde Schönborn über den vorsitzenden Richter am Landgericht Düsseldorf im Majdanek-Prozess, Strafantrag Schönborn gegen Gert Bastian, Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Die Grünen - Nürnberg,...
Oral history interview with Gerhart Riegner
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn504685
- English
- 8 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Rescue of Jews
- EHRI Terms
- English
- Updated 6 years ago
- Broader Terms
- Rescue
World Jewish Congress
- WJC
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 6 years ago
1936/present

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.
The World Jewish Congress Geneva Office records
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515768
- English
- 1939-1955
- 249 microfilm reels, 35 mm 10 diskette,
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains correspondence of the Geneva Office of the World Jewish Congress with organizations from Switzerland and from other countries and with the International Red Cross and the United Nations; papers and speeches of the head of the Geneva Office, Gerhart Riegner; wartime reports of the Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population (RELICO); chronological files related to accounts, restitution and rehabilitation; minutes of the Geneva WJC meetings; and various periodicals and printed materials.
World War (1939-1945)
- FAST Subjects
- English
- Updated 10 years ago