Formation and Operation of UJRA

Identifier
B
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Sub-series
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

A diversified collection of documents related to the establishment and administration of the agency. Includes administrative records such as company charter, membership lists, budgetary requirements, publicity for fund-raising campaigns, lists of beneficiary agencies, principal Jewish communities, and displaced persons camps. Also administrative data such as addresses of overseas offices of cooperating agencies, government regulations concerning postage and shipping, immigration statistics, printed matter in support of refugee immigration. Some casework pertaining to searches for surviving kin is also included.

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.