Private collection Hélène Benatar (Sig. P129)
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Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
Hélène (Nelly) Cazes-Benatar (1898-1979) was a Moroccan-born female lawyer, Zionist, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee representative in Northern Africa during the Second World War. In this function, she oversaw the Joint's aid activities for Jewish refugees from Nazi occupied Europe in Northern Africa. A complete biographical summary and inventory to this collection can be found (in French) on the CAHJP's website at http://sites.huji.ac.il/cahjp/. Hélène Benatar is also known as Hélène Ben-Atar or variations thereof.
irn39211
Private collection Hélène Benatar (Sig. P129)
17,639 digital images, JPEG
18 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Contains personal papers of Hélène Benatar regarding her activities concerning Jewish refugees in Northern Africa (mostly in Morocco). The collection also contains interviews with Hélène Benatar and articles related to her.