Metadata: Swiss Ecumenical Refugee Aid Historical Archive
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- Archives of Contemporary History at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiv für Zeitgeschichte der ETH Zürich
- Postal address:
- Hirschengraben 62, CH-8092 Zurich
- Phone number:
- +41 44 632 40 03
- Web address:
- https://www.afz.ethz.ch/
- Email:
- afz@history.gess.ethz.ch
- Reference number:
- IB SOEF-Archiv
- Title:
- Swiss Ecumenical Refugee Aid Historical Archive
- Title (official language):
- Schweizerische Oekumenische Flüchtlingshilfe Historisches Teilarchiv
- Date(s):
- 1947/1970
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 3.2 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection holds the archive of the Schweizerische Ökumenische Flüchtlingshilfe (SOEF, Swiss Ecumenical Refugee Aid). It contains personal files of former refugees from Eastern Europe, speeches and correspondence by the head of the SOEF Silvia Plüss-Pozzi and covers the period between 1947 and 1970.
- Archival history:
- The collection was transferred to the AfZ in 2009.
- Access points: locations:
- Switzerland
- Subject terms:
- Aid and relief
- Refugees
- Access, restrictions:
- No open access. Subject to application.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020
