Jewish National Fund. Head Office in Poland, Łódź Żydowski Fundusz Narodowy. Biuro Centralne w Polsce, Łódź (Sygn. 627)
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Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
The Jewish National Fund is a Jewish financial institution established in 1901 at the 5th Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. The fund raised funds for the purchase of land and the settlement of Palestine. The JNF is a non-profit organization. By 2007, it owned 13% of the total land in Israel. Since its inception, the JNF says it has planted over 240 million trees in Israel. It has also built 180 dams and reservoirs, developed 250,000 acres (1,000 km2) of land and established more than 1,000 parks. In 2002, the JNF was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State of Israel.
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Jewish National Fund. Head Office in Poland, Łódź
Żydowski Fundusz Narodowy. Biuro Centralne w Polsce, Łódź (Sygn. 627)
3,295 digital images, JPEG
4 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
The collection contains correspondence with the Commission of Foreign Currency of the National Polish Bank, as well as the files of the property matters, includes personal documents of Jews emigrated from Poland to Israel.
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Arranged in two series: 1. Commission of the foreign currency: Sales of the property of persons living in Israel; 2. Records of the property rights of Polish citizens of the Jewish origin who left Poland to Israel (Alphabetical order by the last name of the applicant).