Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: correspondence and papers (microfilm)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1556 WL 599 |
Held at | : Wiener Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Jewish Refugees Committee, Leeds: correspondence and papers (microfilm) |
Date(s) | : 1938-1939 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 640 frames |
Name of creator(s) | : Jewish Refugee Committee, Leeds |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry. Its tasks were to arrange for the admission of refugees to Britain, their maintenance, training, employment or re-migration. A number of provincial committees were formed to deal with issues regarding Jewish refugees in these areas. The Leeds office trainee department was supervised by David Makovski.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence and papers of the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee, 1938-1939, comprising letters from local businesses regarding the recruitment of trainees/ refugees and letters from family members and guardians.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Filmed in no apparent order.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
Allied Materials
Related material:
MF Doc 27 Archives of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry (74 reels).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
November 2007
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