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Jean Brunschvig was a young Jewish attorney who lived in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II. During the war, he helped Jewish refugees who escaped to Switzerland. He cooperated with George Mantello, the First Secretary of the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, and other people in obtaining San Salvadorian protective passes for persecuted Jews, principally in Hungary.

P.29- Personal Archive of Attorney Jean Brunschvig - Certificates from the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, 1942-1944
 
 Jean Brunschvig was a young Jewish attorney who lived in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II. During the war, he helped Jewish refugees who escaped to Switzerland. He cooperated with George Mantello, the First Secretary of the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, and ...

Collection of the Gezantschap in Zwitserland (Consulate of the Netherlands) in Bern, Switzerland, 1939-1947
 
 Included in the collection:
 
 Official documentation of the Gezantschap in Zwitserland regarding food parcels to Jews in Poland in 1944;
 Documents regarding the evacuation of Jews to locations overseas, 1943-1945;
 Documents regarding Jewish refugees, 1942-1943;
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Contains a news article from the Swedish newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet," written by consul Sigvard Kruuse, relating to rescue efforts of the Royal Swedish Consulate in Brussels (Belgium).

Contains general correspondence from the Embassy and Consulates of Belgium relating to the possibility of Jewish refugees in Vichy France to be admitted to the Belgian Congo, 1942.

Contains general correspondence from the British Embassy and Consulates in Egypt relating to illegal Jewish organizations in Palestine, illegal entry into Palestine, 1946, and the formation of a Jewish army.

Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulate in Sweden relating to the persecution of Jews and forced labor in Norway, the position of Hungarian Jews, German propaganda in Sweden, Jewish refugees and Swedish assistance, and illegal immigration.

Contains general correspondence from the British Embassy in Paris, France relating to war crimes.

Contains selected records from the Consulate General of Poland in Dublin of the Polish government-in-exile. The Consuls of the Consulate were Wacław Dobrzyński (1929-1948), Ludwik Teclaff (1948-1952), and Zofia Zaleska (1952- ). These documents relate to studies of the deportation of Poles to the USSR during 1939-1941, and annexation of the Polish eastern territories to USSR entitled “Counting Polish ...

Contains selected records of the Polish Consulate General in Jerusalem of the Polish government-in-exile.The Consuls General of the Polish Consulate General in Jerusalem were Witold Hulanicki (1936-1939), followed by Aleksy Wdziękoński (1939-1945).Includes records relating to deprivation of the Polish citizenship of Jewish soldiers in the Polish Army for desertion, activities within Jewish communities ...

Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulate in Beirut relating to Arab responses to Jews in Palestine, Arab investigations into Jewish smuggling of arms into region, Jewish immigration, and demonstrations and protests against Jews in Palestine.

Contains selected records of the Polish Consulate General in London of the Polish Government in Exile relating to deprivation of the Polish citizenship 1938-1944, deserters (mainly Jews), passport matters, Polish citizens in foreign armies (Foreign Legion), polices towards Jews in different countries, major Jewish political and social organizations in UK. Includes list of recruits (many Jews), lists ...