UJRA Refugee Case Files

Identifier: F
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description: Series
Source: EHRI Partner

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0.62 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content

UJRA refugee assistance program including immigration, vocational placement, location service, loans and relief. This series concerns such cases opened at the outbreak of the war and often not closed until after the war.

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.

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1. English (3)
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1. Canada (3)
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1. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives (3)

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UJRA Refugee Case Files 1939-1947 A-Z
- Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives
- A
- English
- N.a.
- Updated 2 years ago
Vocational placement, location service, loans for transportation, farm settlement, immigration, hospitalization. Names beginning A-S.
Evacuees, Farm Settlers, Other A-K
- Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives
- B
- English
- N.a.
- Updated 2 years ago
Includes Jewish mothers and children evacuated from Britain to Canada for the duration of the war. Currency regulations prevented transfer of funds from England, necessitating UJRA financial assistance in form of loans. The Council for Overseas Children was specifically charged with responsibility for this group. Also contains cases concerning relief to newly settled refugee farmers from Sudetanland, the latter having been initially sponsored by the Farm and Establishment Committee of what was the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Committee for refugees. Refugees from Japan and refugees in trans...
Evacuees, Farm Settlers, others L-Z
- Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives
- C
- English
- N.a.
- Updated 2 years ago

UJRA Refugee Case Files

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UJRA Refugee Case Files 1939-1947 A-Z

Evacuees, Farm Settlers, Other A-K

Evacuees, Farm Settlers, others L-Z