Metadata : Youth Aliyah workers: reports (1944)
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Reference number:
- 1091
- Title:
- Youth Aliyah workers: reports (1944)
- Title (official language):
- Youth Aliyah workers: reports (1944)
- Date(s):
- 1944
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Scope and content:
- Papers of Youth Aliyah workers, comprise typescript reports on the experiences of children who managed to escape Nazi occupied Europe and arrived in Palestine, 1944. The names of the children are represented as initials.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Youth Aliyah, a branch of the Zionist Movement, was founded with the intention of rescuing Jewish children and young people from hardship. It started its activities in Germany on the eve of the Nazis' rise to power and saved many children who had to leave their families or were orphaned by the Holocaust. It extended its work to include other countries when the need arose, and particularly after the establishment of the State of Israel, looked after many young people entrusted to its care by new immigrant parents already in the country.
- Subject terms:
- Aliyah
- Children
- Holocaust--Rescue and resistance
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/70215
- Author of the description:
- Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
- Wiener Library
- Reference number:
- 1091
- Title:
- Youth Aliyah workers: reports (1944)
- Title (official language):
- Youth Aliyah workers: reports (1944)
- Date(s):
- 1944
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Scope and content:
- Papers of Youth Aliyah workers, comprise typescript reports on the experiences of children who managed to escape Nazi occupied Europe and arrived in Palestine, 1944. The names of the children are represented as initials.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Youth Aliyah, a branch of the Zionist Movement, was founded with the intention of rescuing Jewish children and young people from hardship. It started its activities in Germany on the eve of the Nazis' rise to power and saved many children who had to leave their families or were orphaned by the Holocaust. It extended its work to include other countries when the need arose, and particularly after the establishment of the State of Israel, looked after many young people entrusted to its care by new immigrant parents already in the country.
- Subject terms:
- Aliyah
- Children
- Holocaust--Rescue and resistance
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/70215
- Author of the description:
- Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
- Wiener Library
