American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee records

Identifier
irn519384
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0116
  • RG-19.071
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519384

Extent and Medium

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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

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Acquisition

From the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committtee Archives, AR3344.384

The records were originally copied for the Liberation exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Subsequently the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Archives donated the records to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in December 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a document prepared by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Paris between July 18 and Aug 2, 1939. The document is titled "Ms. St-Louis passengers and their distribution" containing a list of 907 passengers. The collection also consists of reports, memos, correspondence (letters and cables), news releases, minutes of meetings, summaries, and surveys related to assisting survivors; newly liberated displaced persons in camps in Germany (e.g. Landsberg, Bergen-Belsen, Heidelberg, Bremen, etc. ), and in Austria (e.g. Neustadt, Villach, Linz, etc.); moving children to Switzerland; helping refugees (e.g. from Poland) to emigrate, repatriation issues, education of surviving children; the general situation in Germany and Austria; growing trends of antisemitism; and personnel and staff issues of the AJDC.

System of Arrangement

Chronologically arranged

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Corporate Bodies

  • St. Louis (Ship)
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
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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