us-005578-irn514036
type: RecordSet
archival history: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
biographical history: The World Jewish Congress (WJC) is an international organization founded by resolution of the First World jewish Congress, which took place in August 1936 in Geneva. The organization goal is to defend the political, social, and economic rights of Jews throughout the world. Its governing bodies were elected at the First World Jewish Congress: the executive committee headed by Stephen Wise (also the organization’s chairman), an administrative committee, headed by Nahum Goldman, and a central council headed by Louis Lipsky. At the first session of the executive committee, Sept. 6, 1936, it was decided to establish regional offices of the WJC in Geneva, New York, and London, and a central bureau in Paris. The central bureau coordinated the WJC’s work, collected information on the situation of Jews in various countries, published materials, and also lobbied at the League of Nations. In 1940, with the Second World War under way, the central bureau was transferred to New York, and a European office was established in London.
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
has beginning date: 1928-01-01
has beginning date: 1941-01-01
has end date: 1982-12-31
has end date: 1970-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: Other languages
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: swe
has or had subject: 004279
has or had subject: 329
has or had subject: 904
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 004592
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn514036
record resource extent: 13 microfilm reels, 16 mm
record resource structure: Organized in the following order: Reel 1: File C4/301; Reel 2: File C4/331; Reel 3: File C4/346; Reel 4: C4/379; Reel 5: C4/391; Reel 6: C4/415; Reel 7: C4/431; Reel 8: C4/455; Reel 9: C4/471; Reel 10: C4/502; Reel 11: C4/547; Reel 12: C4/581; Reel 13: C4/607. Arrangement is thematic.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Contains correspondence and other records from the Stockholm office of the World Jewish Congress.
title: The World Jewish Congress Stockholm office records