American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), Kaunas office (Fond 1236)
Extent and Medium
267 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Linda Levi
Biographical History
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. The JDC was founded in 1914 to assist Jewish persons in Palestine during World War I. The Holocaust and World War II caused the JDC to ramp up its relief efforts. With the end of the war in 1945, Jewish survivors were placed into hastily created displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Along with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the JDC helped administer these camps and provide supplies. The JDC has aided millions of Jews in more than 85 countries.
Archival History
Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania
Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 1236. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2015.
Scope and Content
The collection contains financial records of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Kaunas and its branch offices across Lithuania.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital files. Arranged in one series: 1. Financial records.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subjects
- Žiežmariai (Lithuania)
- Jonava (Lithuania)
- Seirijai (Lithuania)
- Utenos apskritis (Lithuania)
- Merkinė (Lithuania)
- Jews--Politics and government.
- Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas--History--20th century.
- Šeduva (Lithuania)
- Lithuania--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Kėdainiai (Lithuania)
- Zarasų rajonas (Lithuania)
- Kauno apskritis (Lithuania)
- Anykščiai (Lithuania)
Genre
- Financial records.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas