Belgium: General Correspondence 1957-1960

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Item ID	1064908
Title	Belgium: General Correspondence 1957-1960
Scope and Content	Correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings and reports. Topics include fundraising, education, establishment of the JDC office in Brussels, coordination with other agencies, budget and the case of John and Sonia Barsky of Los Angeles, targets of a hoax involving a claim that their nieces had survived the Holocaust.
Reference Code	G 55-64 / 4 / 6 / 35 / BG.308
Folder Number	BG.308
Old Folder Number	C-25.000A	similar items
Dates	1957-1960
Date	1/8/1957
To Date	11/9/1960
Found In	Localities: Belgium	similar items
· Reference Code	G 55-64 / 4 / 6 / 35
· Scope and Content	The Localities: Belgium series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, blueprints, press releases, handwritten notes, field trip reports, flyers, meeting agendas, postcards, newspaper clippings, and budgets. Topics include schools, synagogues, children's homes, vacation colonies, unclaimed Jewish assets, medical care in the Jewish Community of Belgium, fundraising, refugees, funding, survey of the Jewish communities in Brussels and Antwerp, U.S. Department of Agriculture supplies, SS ST. Louis, and a hoax involving a claim that the nieces of a Los Angeles couple had survived the Holocaust. Included are files on particular communities, including Jewish communities in Arlon, Liege, and Ghent.
· Full Reference	Collection: 1955-1964: Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - G 55-64 \| Sub Collection: Countries and Regions - G 55-64 / 4 \| Record Group: Belgium - G 55-64 / 4 / 6 \| Series: Localities: Belgium - G 55-64 / 4 / 6 / 35
Container	Document Case Box BG 26, Repository: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives, Jerusalem, Israel, Site: Givat Ram	similar items
· Current Location	Repository: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives, Jerusalem, Israel, Site: Givat Ram	similar items
Old Container Code	53B/54	similar items
Extent	1 inch
Language	English
Language	French
Language	German
Condition of Material	handwriting	similar items
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