Anatole Ponevejsky papers

Anatole Ponevejsky papers 

Anatole Ponevejsky papers 

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The Anatole Ponevejsky papers consist of photographs documenting Ponevejsky’s work on behalf of Jewish refugees in Kobe, Japan in the early years of World War II and correspondence, printed materials, and reports documenting his continued work on behalf of Jewish refugees after he moved to the United States in the spring of 1941. Correspondence consists of invitations, agendas, and telegrams documenting Ponevejsky’s continued work on behalf of Jewish refugees after he moved to the United States in the spring of 1941, particularly regarding budgets, fundraising, visas, and the cases of 451 yeshiva students and rabbis in Japan. Photographs depict Ponevejsky with fellow committee members and refugees in Kobe. Many of the photographs are accompanied by descriptive labels in both English and Yiddish. Printed materials consist of two 1941 issues of Jewish Journal and Daily News and one 1942 issue of Yiddisher Kemfer. Reports primarily consist of copies of financial, informational, statistical reports and name lists of refugees sent to Ponevejsky after he moved to the United States in the spring of 1941. The reports document income and expenses of the refugee program in Kobe; efforts to obtain visas, help refugees reach Kobe from Vladivostok, obtain visas, and depart to the US, Palestine, and elsewhere; cooperation with other Jewish relief organizations; organizational and personnel matters; housing and provisions for refugees; the specific case of 451 yeshiva students and rabbis; the deportation of remaining refugees in Kobe to Shanghai; the number of refugees arriving in and leaving Kobe; and individual cases. 

The Anatole Ponevejsky papers are arranged as four series: I. Correspondence, 1941-1942, II. Photographs, approximately 1940-1941, III. Printed materials, 1941-1942, IV. Reports, approximately 1940-1953 (bulk 1940-1942)