War Emergency Conference of the World Jewish Congress, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1944.

(MS-218) ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS (PHILADELPHIA, PA).

Records, 1884-1949. 1.2 linear ft., 5 reels microfilm.
Correspondence, minutes, agent's monthly reports, consititution, charter, and financial records relating to refugees, displaced persons, the Jewish Holocaust, and the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America; together with monthly statistics (December 1910-November 1912) concerning Jewish immigrants arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pa.

(MS-409) BRAZILIAN JEWISH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.

Papers and audio cassettes, 1979-1986. 0.4 linear ft., 55 audio cassettes.
Oral history interviews with Brazilian Jews. Topic include the Jewish Holocaust, World War II, immigration, Jewish identity in Brazil, the Jewish community in Rio de Janeiro, and Jewish customs.

(MS-164) BROOKLYN JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL (BROOKLYN, NY).

Records, 1945-1960. 17 linear ft.
Records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes and photographs concerning Council activities. Topics include Zionism, antisemitism, the Jewish Holocaust, World War II, displaced persons, interfaith relations, African-American and Jewish relations, charities, and eduaction.

(MS-287) BREZNER BENEFICIAL SOCIETY OF BOSTON (BOSTON, MA).

Records, 1932-1949. 0.8 linear ft.
Collection includes correspondence and other materials relating to aid for immigrants, displaced persons, and Holocaust survivors seeking entry into the U.S. after World War II.

(MS-678) COMBINED GENERATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

Records, 1963-1989. 0.8 linear ft.
Records consist of correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, publications and programs. Combined Generations of the Holocaust is a Cincinnati, Ohio, organization founded as a Holocaust survivors support group that later developed into an organization for children of survivors as well. Known for several years as the Jewish Survivors of Nazism in Cincinnati, the organization focused on social, educational and fundraising events. Raising funds for Israel and Holocaust memorials are also important activities for the group. Inventory available.

(MS-763) FRIEDMAN, HERBERT A. (1918-2008).

Papers, 1940-2005. 49 linear ft.
Papers document the life of a rabbi, educator, Zionist, noted speaker and philanthropist. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, World War II records, transcripts of speeches, news clippings, personal notes, organizational records, and audio-visual recordings. Inventory available

(MS-286) GRODNO RELIEF SOCIETY OF BOSTON (BOSTON, MA).

Records, 1946-1949. 0.8 linear ft.
Contains letters from European Jewish immigrants seeking entry to the U.S., and correspondence detailing the society's efforts to aid these persons.

(MS-584) HABER, SAMUEL L. (1903-1984).

Papers, 1920-1988. 10.8 linear ft.
Correspondence, speeches, writings, news articles, reports, photographs, awards, and personal items pertaining to Haber's career, particularly his work for displaced persons during the 1940s on the staff of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Inventory available.

(MS-410) ISAACMAN, DANIEL M. (1924- ).

Papers, 1942-1958. 0.4 linear ft.
Collection consists of the manuscript for a book of correspondence, including letters with Isaacman's war bride in Belgium, to friends and family during the war. Topics include the Jewish Holocaust, World War II, and immigration. Includes letters of his father, Reuben Isaacman, during a trip to Israel.

(MS-216) JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE BUREAU (CINCINNATI, OH).

Records, 1936-1952. 14.6 linear ft.
Consists of correspondence and biographical data between Jews in Nazi Germany and East European countries and rescue agencies in Cincinnati and the U.S. during the period 1936-1952.

(MS-60) LEMKIN, RAPHAEL (1901-1959).

Papers, 1942-1949. 0.5 linear ft.
Contains material relating to Lemkin's crusade for the adoption of an international law making genocide a crime. Also includes materials on the Nuremberg trials and the Nobel Peace Prize. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, speeches, press releases, and printed material. Inventory available.

(MS-646) MEMOIRS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN CANADA COLLECTION.

Records, 1999-2000. 0.4 linear ft.
Project originated in the early 1990s when faculty members at the Canadian Jewish Studies Department of Concordia University of Montreal, Canada set out to collect unpublished memoirs of Holocaust survivors in Canada. Memoirs focus on the war period (1939-1945) but contain information about survivor's post-war existence. Memoirs written in Yiddish are translated into English. Inventory available.

(MS-226) NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (CINCINNATI, OH).

Papers and audio cassettes, 1980-1982. 1.2 linear ft., 107 audio cassettes.
Oral history interviews with nearly 100 survivors of World War II living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Three groups of individuals were interviewed: (a) German and Austrian Jews who fled Nazi Germany (and Austria) from 1933-1941 and came to Cincinnati or German and Austrian Jews who were not able to escape and survived the Holocaust, (b) the children of these individuals, (c) members of organized Jewish communal groups and agencies in Cincinnati who had responsiblity for assisting the refugees in adapting to their new environment or who as individuals assisted the newcomers. Topics covered in the interviews include displaced persons, the Jewish Holocaust, immigration, Nazism and Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Papers consist of transcripts of the interviews.

(MS-145) PORTER, JACK NUSAN (1944- ).

Papers, 1967-1982. 2 linear ft.
Papers of a sociologist consisting of correspondence and other materials relating to Porter's work and research in sociology, antisemitism, and the Jewish Holocaust.

(VT-177-291) PROJECT ETERNITY.

Papers and video cassettes, 1991. 0.2 linear ft., 114 video cassettes.
Video taped oral history interviews with survivors of World War II living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Topics include displaced persons, the Jewish Holocaust, immigration, nazism and Germany and Eastern Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Papers consist of log sheets for the 35 interviews.

(MS-161) ROHRHEIMER, RENA M.

Papers, 1935-1950. 0.4 linear ft.
Correspondence with friends, relatives, committees, and organizations mainly relating to refugee problems and to Rohrheimer's efforts in arranging to get Jews out of Nazi-occupied countries and Germany; and reports, essays, and notes by Miss Rohrheimer on her trips to England, France, Egypt, Italy, Israel, and Switzerland.

(MS-693) SHANKMAN, JACOB K. (1904-1986).

Papers, 1928-1983. 0.4 linear ft.
Includes correspondence, sermons, manuscripts of writings, addresses, and other materials relating to the Jewish Holocaust, religion in the public schools, Jewish refugees in Germany during World War II, immigration to the U.S., the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the World Union for Progressive Judaism.

(MS-239) STRULL, CHARLES.

Papers, 1930-1962. 3.2 linear ft.
Papers consist of casefiles from his tenure with the Louisville-based Kentucky Committee for Service to New Americans which worked with various Jewish social service agencies to rescue victims of the Jewish Holocaust and bring them to the United States (1930-1950). The collection also includes the financial records of the Kentucky Committee for Service to New Americans (1958-1962).

(MS-615) SYRKIN, MARIE (1899-1989).

Papers, 1915-1989. 4 linear ft.
Author, educator, poet, journalist, and leader of the Zionist movement in America. Syrkin's papers include correspondence with friends and family as well as professional and political colleagues, copies of her journal articles, book reviews, addresses, and poetry, and lecture notes and syllabi from humanities and literature courses she taught at Brandeis University. Also included are materials pertaining to her work as a representative of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation traveling to displaced person camps in Germany immediately following World War II. The collection encompasses the subjects of Zionism, Israeli history and politics, Jewish life, education, feminism, Holocaust survivors, refugee camps, poetry, and literature. Inventory available.

(MS-712) UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM COMMITTEE COLLECTION OF ALFRED GOTTSCHALK.

Records, 1978-1997. 5.6 linear ft.
Consists of records keep by Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, who served on both the President's Commission on the Holocaust and the Holocaust Museum Commmittee. Included in this collection are meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, nearprint, reports, and publicity materials. Inventory available.

(MS-361) WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS.

Records, 1918-1982. 546.8 linear ft.
Collection consists of the archival records for the New York office of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), an international Jewish representative organization established in 1936. The collection spans the years 1918-1982, but the bulk of materials falls between 1940 and 1980. The headquarters of the WJC was originally in Europe (Paris and Geneva), but in July 1940, with most of Europe overrun by Nazis, the main office was moved to New York. In 1948 the executive was divided into three regional groups, but the New York office continued as a leading office for global, as well as Western Hemisphere activities. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, articles, publications, photographs, research materials, cables, press releases, and memos. Subjects covered in the collection include: organization of the WJC, Jewish unity, Jewish rights and safety, anti-semitism, human rights, Jewish communities, Arab-Jewish relations, and Soviet Jews. Materials from the 1940s reflect WJC's interests and activities pertaining to World War II, the Jewish Holocaust, relief for war victims and refugees, post-war claims against Germany, punishment of war criminals, and establishment of the State of Israel. The collection also includes some material from the American Jewish Congress (U.S. affiliate of WJC), particularly on organizational work and political activities for the relief and protection of European Jewry. Inventory available.