Holocaust-era records of the Jewish Labor Committee Displaced and refugee card files

Identifier
irn508269
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.7
  • RG-67.003M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1952
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508269

Extent and Medium

7 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.). Anti-Discrimination Department

Archival History

Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Acquisition

The Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) records were donated to the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, through an agreement by JLC Executive Director Martin Lapan, in 1984. The first shipment of records came to the archives in early 1985. A number of additions to the collection have been made by the JLC over the years. Some printed material was transferred to the Library after microfilming, and deteriorated clippings scrapbooks were not retained after filming. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivors Registry acquired the selected records from the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives in 2000. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer in Dec. 2000.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of records of the Displaced Persons and Refugee Card files (Sub-series of the Holocaust-Era Records of the Jewish Labor Committee). The thousands of cards provide biographical information on refugees, most of them in DP camps in Germany. The files are divided in several series, and each series is arranged alphabetically.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Reels 1-7: Displaced and Refugee Card Files; Reel 1: Immigration aid, A-R; Reel 2: Immigration aid, S-Z; Relative search by name, A-K; Reel 3: Relative search by name: K-P; Reel 4: Relative search by name, R-S; Reel 5: Relative search by name, T-W; Jewish Labor Committee Post-War Aid to Refugees (France); Reel 6: Jewish Labor Committee Post-War Aid to Refugees (Germany); Relative search by town name, A-D; Reel 7: Jewish Labor Committee Relative search by town name, E-R

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Corporate Bodies

  • Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)

Subjects

  • Jews--Charities--Germany.
  • Jews--Charities--Europe.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Registers.
  • Jews--Migrations.
  • Refugees, Jewish--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.

Genre

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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