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Item ID	1069577
Title	Egypt: Central Registry of Jewish Losses in Egypt - Swiss Consulate Deposits 1958-1960
Scope and Content	List of individuals who deposited documents or money at the Swiss consulate in Egypt, correspondence about retrieval of these assets, and a form for claiming them.
Reference Code	G 55-64 / 4 / 19 / 6 / EG.111
Folder Number	EG.111
Old Folder Number	457	similar items
Dates	1958-1960
Date	1/30/1958
To Date	2/10/1960
Found In	Jewish Organizations: Central Registry of Jewish Losses in Egypt	similar items
· Reference Code	G 55-64 / 4 / 19 / 6
· Scope and Content	The Jewish Organizations: Central Registry of Jewish Losses in Egypt series is comprised of 86 files and covers the years 1956-1962. In early 1957 the JDC, in cooperation with the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Agency, and the World Jewish Congress, decided to create a registry of Jewish property losses in Egypt in order to create a pool of information that could serve the interest of refugees in various ways. Over one thousand individuals were registered by late 1959. The Central Registry compiled information on Jewish refugees from Egypt, helped refugees cash letters of credit and access insurance policies, and tried to obtain international safeguarding of property. Of the files in this series, 57 contain forms filled out by registrants about their personal situations and their property losses in Egypt, and details of their incarceration in relevant instances. These files are restricted for reasons of privacy. Please see our access and restrictions policy. Other files contain copies of bulletins and circular letters issued by the Central Registry, the chronological files of the Central Registry, a list of registrants, files on particular types of property, such as deposits with the Swiss consulate in Egypt, correspondence on data tabulation, and other matters pertaining to the Central Registry. The Central Registry of Jewish Losses in Egypt was headed by Jerome J. Jacobson and staffed in turn by Zipporah B. Wiseman and Freddy M. Galimidi. When it ceased to function in the early 1960s, its files were kept by JDC.
· 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: Egypt - G 55-64 / 4 / 19 \| Series: Jewish Organizations: Central Registry of Jewish Losses in Egypt - G 55-64 / 4 / 19 / 6
Container	Document Case Box EG 12, 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	L-26	similar items
Extent	.25 inch
Language	English
Language	French
Condition of Material	Fair. Includes handwriting.	similar items
Search in Collection	1955-1964 Geneva Collection