Case files from the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society
Extent and Medium
11,079 digital images, PDF
20 microfilm reels, 16 mm
6 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4
Creator(s)
- Lionel Sharpe
Biographical History
On March 18, 1936, the German Jewish Refugee’s Fund was established which would later become the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Jewish Community Services, and today Jewish Care.
Archival History
Jewish Care, Inc.
Acquisition
On March 18, 1936, the German Jewish Refugee’s Fund was established which would later become the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Jewish Community Services and today Jewish Care who currently administers the records.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division received the microfilmed collection from Jewish Care Incorporated in August 2005. The collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in August 2005.
Scope and Content
This collection includes approximately 12,000 personal case files containing information on Jews trying to immigrate to Australia as well as family search files from the Archives of the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (AJWRS) (now Jewish Care) between 1946 and 1954. Also included is correspondence with Jewish organizations, such as HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and the Joint (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee), as well as with the Federal Immigration Department, and included are 3,036 AJWRS registration cards, a collection of scrapbooks including newspaper articles, circulars kept by the United Jewish Overseas Relief Fund and the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Jewish Care, Inc.
Subjects
- Australia--Ethnic relations--Sources.
- Jews--Australia--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Immigrants--Australia--Sources.
- Australia
- Jews--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Political and social conditions.
Genre
- Document
- Case files.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Jewish Care, Inc.