JDC Refugee and Relief Program

JDC Refugee and Relief Program 

JDC Refugee and Relief Program 

6.5 metres of textual records. 

A residual category designating all immigration cases not fully within specific CJC immigration programs. Includes one file of messages from overseas. Notification of sailings, overseas relief, special cases other than Displaced Persons. Interventions by UJRA personnel with Canadian government on behalf of individual immigration applicant, financing and subsequent retrieval of part or all of immigrant's transportation costs, resettlement assistance such as vocational guidance, relief and loan referrals. Also requests for information concerning property restitution and for assistance in location of individuals in Canadian and other Jewish communities. The cooperating agencies in Canada were the CJC and the JIAS, while the American and European organization most active in these cases were the WJC, the IRO, the AJDC, and the USNA.