Jewish Relief Unit: personnel files

Identifier
WL1407
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 69962
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation
  • Jewish Relief Unit
  • Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad

Biographical History

The Jewish Relief Unit was the operational arm of the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad, which was formed in 1943 by the Joint Foreign Committee of the Board of Deputies and the Anglo-Jewish Association and under the auspices and financial responsibility of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation.

Archival History

The provenance of the collection is unknown

Acquisition

JRU personnel files from 4th floor: 5 boxes

Donated March 2005

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the personnel files of former members of the Jewish Relief Unit. This organization, which was based in Great Britain, provided support and assistance of all kinds to Jewish Displaced Persons in the aftermath of the war in Germany. Of particular interest are reports of conditions at individual camps.

System of Arrangement

Folders 1-22 contain the personnel files of former JRU members, arranged alphabetically. Reports of DP camps and other material deemed worthy of mention are flagged up. Folders 23-24 contain miscellaneous material.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • In addition the following files from the archives of the Central British Fund can be accessed here on microfilm.

    MF Doc 27 Archives of the Central British Fund :

    Reel 23

    File 123: JCRA Organisational Notes and Meetings, 1943-1949

    File 124: Report on Communities and Camps, 1944-1949

    Reel 24

    File 129: JRU Reports by Henry Lunzer and Rose Henriques

    File 131: Rose Henriques news bulletins, February-October 1947

    File 132: Rose Henriques reports re visits to Germany, 1945-1948

    File 133: Field Workers, 1947-1948

    File 137: JRU Morris Feinmann, 1891-1944

    File 148: Sample and Agreement between volunteers accepted and JCRA, 1945-1949

    Reel 26

    File 149: JRU news letters

    File 150: JRU personnel activity, 1947-1949

    File 152: Finance Committee extracted minutes re members of JRU

    Also see WL Doc 1367 for collection of material from former JRU members.

People

  • Henriques, Rose L.

Subjects

  • Dachau (concentration camp)
  • Bergen-Belsen (concentration camp)
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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