Swiss Federal Archives records

Swiss Federal Archives records 

Swiss Federal Archives records 

955,243 digital images, JPEG 399 microfilm reels, 35 mm 209 microfilm reels, 16 mm 

Contains files concerning control of Jewish and other refugees coming into Switzerland; on activities of Swiss-Jewish rescue and charity organizations; on Swiss legations in various European countries reporting on relevant matters; on communications of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany; on establishment and operation of labor camps and homes for refugees, and the like. It includes material on Jewish self-help organizations in Switzerland, Jewish communities in Switzerland, and labor camps for Jews in Switzerland. Includes approximately 3,500 case files from the child refugee aid organization Schweizer Hilfswerk für Emigrantenkinder (SHEK). 

Organized in the following order: Microfilm reels 1- 608. Selected records of the Bestand E 2001; E 4800; E 4001; E 4110; E 4300; E 4320; E 2200; E 4260; E 2800; E 9500; J 2.55; J 2.15; E 2803; J 2.11; E 27; E 5795. Case files from the Schweizer Hilfswerk für Emigrantenkinder (SHEK), archival code J 2.55, are found on reels 422-531. Two addtional microfilm reels #609 and #610 contain duplicates of the Bestand E 2200.16 (-)-/3 and J2.15 (-) 1969/7. Reel 609: Convoi Israélites susses 1943. Israélites suisses de la arrondiss; Reel 610: Berichte, allgem. Internierlager Monatsrapporte, 1947.