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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>The Yitzhak Weisman Archive - Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon</titleproper>
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        <publisher>ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>Jerusalem</addressline>
          <addressline>IL</addressline>
          <addressline>+97226443669</addressline>
          <addressline>9726443719</addressline>
          <addressline>http://yadvashem.org/</addressline>
          <addressline>ref@yadvashem.org.il</addressline>
          <addressline>Israel</addressline>
        </address>
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      <creation>This file was exported automatically from the EHRI database administration tool and represents a work-in-progress.
        <date normal="20210102">2021-01-02T19:14:14.707Z</date>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">The Yitzhak Weisman Archive - Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon</unittitle>
      <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">16 files</physdesc>
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        <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="3.4.3">English</language>
        <language langcode="fra" encodinganalog="3.4.3">French</language>
        <language langcode="deu" encodinganalog="3.4.3">German</language>
        <language langcode="heb" encodinganalog="3.4.3">Hebrew</language>
      </langmaterial>
      <repository>
        <corpname>ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives</corpname>
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      <p><![CDATA[JL according to the RG description in the YV computerized catalogue]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[This Record Group consists of Weisman's correspondence from Portugal with the WJC office in New York, diplomatic representatives in Portugal and private individuals and other organizations, 1942-1967.]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[YV archives]]></p>
    </originalsloc>
    <bioghist encodinganalog="3.2.2">
      <p><![CDATA[Yitzhak Weisman was the WJC representative in Lisbon; he was active in providing assistance to refugees and participating in rescue operations.]]></p>
    </bioghist>
    <otherfindaid encodinganalog="3.4.5">
      <p><![CDATA[Description of files on Sapir computer system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room and on the YV website]]></p>
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        <did>
          <unitid>3690083</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence with Dr. Arieh Tartakower from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in New York, regarding the transfer of financial assistance to the countries under German occupation, a diplomatic measure to improve the conditions of the Jewish refugees in Po</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1943 -</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence with Dr. Arieh Tartakower from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in New York, regarding the transfer of financial assistance to the countries under German occupation, a diplomatic measure to improve the conditions of the Jewish refugees in Portugal, and contact with various governments concerning the status of the Jews after the war Contains letters and telegrams. Also in the file: - Letter from Isaac Weissman regarding the lack of cooperation between the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrants Aid Society (HICEM) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 09 May 1943; - Copies of letters of Juedische Unterstuetzungsstelle fuer das Generalgouvernement (JUS - Jewish Support Agency for the Generalgouvernement) in Krakow, June-July 1943; - Letter from Dr. Tartakower regarding the granting of entrance permits into Mexico to Jewish refugees in Portugal, 19 October 1943; - Letter from Dr. Tartakower regarding a plan for cooperation between the Evreyskiy antifashistskiy komitet (EAK - Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee [JAC]) in Moscow and the Jewish community in Kuybyshev, 15 December 1943.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="101">Jewish refugees</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="296">Assistance and rescue</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1137">Certificate</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Soviet Union</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Poland</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
          <geogname>New York,&lt;&gt;,New York,United States</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Mexico</geogname>
          <geogname>Krakow,Krakow,Krakow,Poland</geogname>
          <geogname>Kuybyshev,Kuybyshev (Tatarskaya ASSR),Tatarskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR)</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
          <genreform>Telegram</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
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        <did>
          <unitid>3690143</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence with Dr. Arieh Tartakower from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in New York regarding Isaac Weissman's activities in Portugal on behalf of the WJC</unittitle>
        </did>
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          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence with Dr. Arieh Tartakower from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in New York regarding Isaac Weissman's activities in Portugal on behalf of the WJC Contains letters and telegrams. Also in the file: - Report on activities, 03 February-18 May 1944; - Letter to Dr. Nahum Goldmann regarding disagreements with the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 31 March 1944; - Correspondence with W. Pulvermann from the WJC in New York regarding financial matters, 1949.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,United States of America</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
          <geogname>New York,&lt;&gt;,New York,United States</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
          <genreform>Telegram</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690144</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1944 -</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence file organized alphabetically (K-Z) with the names of various private citizens and diplomats in Portugal regarding granting assistance to refugees and rescue of children Also in the file: - History of the Unitarian Service Committee, the Unitarian Church in America and Unitarians throughout the world; three surveys regarding the activities of the Unitarian Church; - Copy of a report submitted by N. Schwalb regarding assistance and rescue activities by Hechalutz, 26 November 1943; - List of 171 passengers of the ship "Nyassa" who departed from Lisbon to Haifa, 25 January 1944.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject>Aliya Bet</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="129">Ships</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="214">Rescue</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">Refugees</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">Children</subject>
          <subject>Attitude of the Church</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="296">Assistance and rescue</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>Lisbon,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform>Survey report</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690145</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-L) with the names of various people and organizations in Portugal and other countries regarding the rescue of children from France, the granting of assistance to child survivors and more</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945 -</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-L) with the names of various people and organizations in Portugal and other countries regarding the rescue of children from France, the granting of assistance to child survivors and more]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="214">Rescue</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">Children</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,France</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
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        <did>
          <unitid>3690146</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P)</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1943 -</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence file organized alphabetically (A-P) Also in the file: - Correspondence with Pierre Mendès France, 1943-1960; - Copies of letters from P. Lichtenstein, Jewish Agency representative in Portugal and Spain, regarding the relations among the Jewish organizations there, 1943; - List of rabbis who received visas to Mauritius (the list is attached to correspondence with the Chief Rabbi's Religious Emergency Council in London).]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1137">Certificate</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="868">Jewish organizations</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="735">Rabbis</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Mauritius</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Spain</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690147</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence file organized alphabetically (R-Z)</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence file organized alphabetically (R-Z) Also in the file: - Correspondence with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in New York, 1943]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,United States of America</geogname>
          <geogname>New York,&lt;&gt;,New York,United States</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690149</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Recorded interview of Isaac Weissman conducted by Chaim Avni from the Hebrew University regarding Weissman's activities in Portugal during the Holocaust period, 1961</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">58 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Recorded interview of Isaac Weissman conducted by Chaim Avni from the Hebrew University regarding Weissman's activities in Portugal during the Holocaust period, 1961 41 pp., German. Also in the file: - Report submitted by Isaac Weissman regarding the conditions of the illegal refugees in Portugal, the assistance he implemented and the lack of understanding among the various Jewish organizations, 20 March 1943; - Survey regarding the activities of Isaac Weissman in Portugal (17 pp., German).]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="868">Jewish organizations</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">Refugees</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="296">Assistance and rescue</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690150</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Books by Yitzhak Weissman, Consul of Guatemala in Israel, titled "Serving the Nation" (manuscript) and "Opposing the Forces of Evil"</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">Handwritten

Print</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
          <langmaterial>
            <language langcode="heb" encodinganalog="3.4.3">Hebrew</language>
          </langmaterial>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Books by Yitzhak Weissman, Consul of Guatemala in Israel, titled "Serving the Nation" (manuscript) and "Opposing the Forces of Evil" The book "Opposing the Forces of Evil" was published by the Yavne publishing press, Tel Aviv, 1968.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="683">Books</subject>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690152</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Doctoral thesis (manuscript) by Chaim Avni entitled "Rescue of Jews via Spain and Portugal"</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">Typewritten

374 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
          <langmaterial>
            <language langcode="heb" encodinganalog="3.4.3">Hebrew</language>
          </langmaterial>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Doctoral thesis (manuscript) by Chaim Avni entitled "Rescue of Jews via Spain and Portugal" The thesis was written as part of a doctoral program at the Hebrew University.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="214">Rescue</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Spain</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform>Research article</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690153</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Lectures and articles by Isaac Weissman regarding his activities in Portugal and Zionist matters</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Lectures and articles by Isaac Weissman regarding his activities in Portugal and Zionist matters]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="906">Zionism</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform>Research article</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690154</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Clippings from various newspapers regarding Isaac Weissman, Consul of Guatemala in Israel</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Clippings from various newspapers regarding Isaac Weissman, Consul of Guatemala in Israel]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform>Research article</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690156</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Photocopies of pages from an illuminated festival prayer book containing, among other things, the Pesach (Passover) Haggadah</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Photocopies of pages from an illuminated festival prayer book containing, among other things, the Pesach (Passover) Haggadah]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject>Holocaust Art</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="701">Photograph</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690157</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Letter of credence (credentials) granted by the State of Israel to Isaac Weissman as Guatemalan Consul in Israel, 1950</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">-</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Letter of credence (credentials) granted by the State of Israel to Isaac Weissman as Guatemalan Consul in Israel, 1950]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690158</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Official documentation with documents and letters of approval regarding the activities of Isaac Weissman, articles written by Isaac Weissman for the Portuguese press and more</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Official documentation with documents and letters of approval regarding the activities of Isaac Weissman, articles written by Isaac Weissman for the Portuguese press and more Also in the file: - Letter from Henrietta Szold, director of the Child and Youth Immigration Bureau of the the Jewish Agency for Palestine, regarding the arrival of a group of child survivors from Portugal to Eretz Israel, 01 December 1944; - Survey regarding Guatemala.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">Children</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="866">Aliya</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Guatemala</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform>Official documentation</genreform>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690159</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Letters of gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Isaac Weissman and his wife for their activities on behalf of the refugees in Portugal and the rescue of children from France, 1943-1945</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Letters of gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Isaac Weissman and his wife for their activities on behalf of the refugees in Portugal and the rescue of children from France, 1943-1945]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">Children</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">Refugees</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="214">Rescue</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,France</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>3690160</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Correspondence between the Portuguese Consulate in Berlin and the German Foreign Office, 1943</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1943 -</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[Correspondence between the Portuguese Consulate in Berlin and the German Foreign Office, 1943]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1118">Embassies</subject>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <geogname>Berlin,Berlin (Berlin),City of Berlin,Germany</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt; (&lt;&gt;),&lt;&gt;,Germany</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Portugal</geogname>
        </controlaccess>
        <controlaccess>
          <genreform source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="843">Letter</genreform>
        </controlaccess>
      </c01>
    </dsc>
    <controlaccess>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">Refugees</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="276">Aid, welfare, rescue</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="214">Rescue</subject>
    </controlaccess>
    <controlaccess>
      <geogname>Lisbon</geogname>
    </controlaccess>
    <controlaccess>
      <corpname source="ehri_cb" authfilenumber="1051">World Jewish Congress</corpname>
    </controlaccess>
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