Collection of the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled (Le-Ezrat Ha-Yeled, Help to the Child) organization, the Netherlands, 1945-1964

Collection of the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled (Le-Ezrat Ha-Yeled, Help to the Child) organization, the Netherlands, 1945-1964
 
 The Jewish non-profit organization, Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled (Help to the Child), was established after the war with the aim of taking care of Jewish foster children; the children were hurled into a sensitive situation concerning their Judaism, being that many of them had lived in non-Jewish surroundings while in hiding places during the years of the occupation in the Netherlands; in order to restore the children's identity, the non-profit organization Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled was active in placing the children with Jewish foster families and in Jewish orphanages; during the 1950s the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization merged with three other organizations: Bergstichting, Joods Jongenshuis and Rudelsheimstichting; together, they created the Gefusioneerde Instellingen;
 
 Included in the collection:
 
 Internal correspondence of the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization regarding various subjects, 1946-1953;
 
 Survey report regarding the controversy between the Jewish community and the Commissie voor Oorlogspleegkinderen (State Commission for War Orphans), 1945-1948, in English; 
 
 Correspondence between the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization and the Commissie voor Oorlogspleegkinderen (State Commission for War Orphans), 1945-1948;
 
 Correspondence between the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization and the Rudelsheimstichting Jewish Institute for Children, regarding Oorlogspleegkinderen, 1945-1947;
 
 Lists of names of Jewish orphans (Oorlogspleegkinderen), 1945-1946;
 
 Correspondence between the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization and government bodies, regarding the policies toward Jewish children (Oorlogspleegkinderen) who are wards, 1945-1950;
 
 Statistical reports regarding Jewish children who are wards (Oorlogspleegkinderen), a letter of criticism regarding the government body that is handling the OPK [Oorlogspleegkinderen], a survey of a visit by Chief Rabbi Herzog, and personal testimonies regarding the care given by the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization, 1946-1960;
 
 Documents, including documentation regarding the establishment of the Le-Ezrath Ha-Jeled organization, for the purpose of giving support to children who are wards, 1945;
 
 Legal documentation regarding the subject of the guardianship over the child Ilenka Goldfeder in the Netherlands, 1946;
 
 Historical survey, regarding Jewish orphans in the Netherlands, 1964.