ארכיון ב' סיגלוביץ: לקט מסמכים שונים, הקשורים לתקופת מלחמת העולם השנייה ולתוצאותיה

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war 

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war 

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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents regarding the World War II era and the outcome of the war In the file: Pp. 1-3: Affidavit of Fritz Kahn regarding activities of pro-Nazi Germans in the United States during the 1930s (presented during the Nuremberg Trials, January 1948); P. 4: Response of the Reichsstatthalter in Hessen to a claim for compensation by a Swiss citizen, July 1941; Pp. 5-8: A letter from President Roosevelt to the AJC (American Jewish Congress) and its President, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, regarding the American government's position against antisemitism, March 1944; Pp. 9-15: Translation into German of a report on the labor camp in Flossenburg prepared by an American investigating judge as part of an investigation of war crimes, June 1945; Pp. 16-17: Report on the condition of the Armenians, sent to the American authorities in Germany, April 1947; Pp. 18-28: Correspondence on antisemitism of the Fremdenpolizei (alien police) in Switzerland, between the CJA (Christlich-Juedische Arbeitsgemeinschaft in der Schweiz) and the Swiss Minister of Justice and Police, Eduard von Steiger, July 1949; correspondence starts with an application from the Executive Secretary of the Basel branch of the organization to the Minister after the Fremdenpolizei had rejected her application for an entry visa for a concentration camp survivor; in the application she accuses the Fremdenpolizei and Rothmund, its head, of antisemitism; in one of the letters, she also gives details of antisemitism in Basel; Pp. 29-39: Conclusions of a conference of non-governmental organizations on the struggle against discrimination, held in Geneva, 31 March-04 April 1955; there are also declarations condemning antisemitism and discrimination, including a declaration made by the UN Human Rights Committee; P. 40: Testimony of Richard Bear, a Jewish physician who worked in Gurs, at the trial of Prof. Leibbrand; Dr. Bear is testifying on behalf of a Jewish pharmacist at the camp, who had been married to Prof. Leibbrand and was later denounced to the authorities as a Jewess by him and their two sons (who had become Nazi extremists); the pharmacist had been deported to Gurs, no date; Pp. 41-44: Anonymous letter from an unidentified labor camp, no date; letter revised, May 1959; Pp. 45-53: Excerpts from the protocol of a trial against the German Krupp company regarding employment of forced laborers during World War II, no date; Pp. 54-56: “Press release" from a memorandum issued by the ICJW (International Council of Jewish Women) and submitted to the Human Rights Committee in Geneva; the press releases, from the 1960s, relate to difficulties involved in arranging the unification of families due to inability to exit from various countries (no exact date); Pp. 57-74: Various letters and documents relating to the press, criticism and antisemitism; P. 58: One page of an ICJW document reiterating the demand to facilitate border crossings for the purpose of family unification, in French, March 1968; Pp. 59-61: Detailed report listing money, gold and valuables that Kaltenbrunner had hidden immediately after the defeat of Germany in the Aussee region of Austria; the report is not dated and the name of its author is not given; it has been dated and stamped 17 February 1949 by the Relico organization.