Subject Matter
Extent and Medium
99 files
Scope and Content
The bulk of this subcollection, which contains materials from 1942-1947, concerns the rescue and transportation of Jewish refugees during and after World War II from countries such as Bulgaria, Germany and Romania, as well as attempts to identify and locate survivors. The files contain lists of survivors, correspondence, shipping manifests, and cables.
Additionally, these records contain substantial material on passengers on the SS Drottningholm, an exchange ship which carried Jews from concentration camps, including Buchenwald, and on the SS Mefkure, a rescue ship bombed and lost at sea in 1944.
System of Arrangement
The Subject Matter subcollection is divided into 10 Record Groups:
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
People
- Costiner, E.
- Blum, Joseph
- Katzki, Herbert
- Fishzohn, Arthur
- Resnick, Reuben
- Lightman, D.B.
- Schwartz, Dr. Joseph J.
Corporate Bodies
- Gilchrist, Walker: Steamship Forwarding Agents
- War Refugee Board
- U.S. Consulate, Jerusalem
- Antalya Forwarding Company
- Bank Holantse
- Central Location Index
Subjects
- Names Lists
- Rescue
- Medical Supplies