World Jewish Congress Records

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• A
• angielski
• 1919-1976
• 41.2 linear feet (103 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains history of the World Jewish Congress ( WJC), especially prior to 1940. The series includes correspondence and miscellaneous other materials of WJC leaders, together with minutes and records of conferences and committee meetings. The series name, “Central Files”, was adopted from an existing WJC series consisting of executive files and records from conferences and committees. Central Files includes material unrelated to any one specific department.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• B
• angielski
• 58.4 linear feet (146 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains files of the Political Department of the WJC in New York City.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• C
• angielski
• 1918-1979
• 120.4 linear feet (301 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains records of the research division of the World Jewish Congress.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• D
• angielski
• 46.4 linear feet (116 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains files of WJC departments engaged in relief and rescue work. The series includes files from the Relief Department, Department of European Jewish Affairs, Rescue Department, and Relief and Rehabilitation Department. Files of the Secretary-General of the WJC are included among the files of the Rescue Department director, since Aryeh L. Kubowitzki fulfilled both positions. In the WJC collection, rescue materials were often found interfiled with general Relief Department files. Since the Rescue and Relief Departments were closely related in function and were merged in 1945, the material...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• E
• angielski
• 1943-1974
• 4.4 linear feet (11 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains correspondence of the department directors, Simon Federbush and Wolf Blattberg, together with reports, publications, and other material pertaining to the activities of the New York branch of the Culture Department. Material in the series includes correspondence of the first director, Simon Federbush (1945—ca. 1950) and the second director, Wolf Blattberg (1950—1958), who joined the department in 1945. After Blattberg's death in 1958, Greta Beigel assumed his responsibilities for cultural work. Included in Blattberg's files is correspondence with the London headquarters of the Cultu...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• F
• angielski
• 1942-1976
• 14.4 linear feet (36 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Consists of of files of the Organization Department while it was based at the New York office of the WJC during the 1940s and 1950s. Materials in Series F. reflect the following activities of the Organization Department: fundraising (until May, 1946); producing reports on WJC activities for affiliates and on the situation of Jewish communities world wide; organizing commemorations (notably for anniversaries of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising) and celebrations; preparing for plenary assemblies and conferences; and maintaining relations with other Jewish organizations. Included in the series is co...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• G
• angielski
• 1936-1979
• 31.6 linear feet (79 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains records pertaining to the operation and administration of the New York office of the World Jewish Congress.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• H
• angielski
• 156.8 linear feet (392 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Consists of of materials collected by the WJC's New York office. The material in this series deals with regions, countries, and communities throughout the world, as well as with organizations and issues of interest to the WJC. Created by WJC staff, Series H has a diverse provenance, with materials from various departments filed together under the subseries headings. Some material in the series pre-dates the establishment of the WJC, but the bulk of the material spans the years 1940-1981. In addition to Monty Jacobs, the names of several persons figure significantly in this series, including...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• J
• angielski
• 1930-1982
• 7.2 linear feet (12 Hollinger boxes, 1 oversize box, 5 card file boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains photographs, sound recordings, artifacts, and oversized maps.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• I
• angielski
• 1942-1971
• 7.6 linear feet (19 Hollinger boxes)
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

Contains general WJC periodical publications of the New York office not related to specific departments. See respective series for publications of individual departments. Publications from other branches of the WJC and from WJC sources can be found in other series filed by source of publication, topic of primary interest (such as event or person), or as filed by the WJC. Please note that the Daily Digest of Congress Activities was later renamed Congress Digest. Following the issues of Congress Digest is a large subject index for this publication for the years 1950-1952 and 1965-1967. Box I1...