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Creator:  Loewenthal, Siegfried FritzSave to cart
 Title:  Siegfried Fritz Loewenthal papers  
 Dates:  1940-1941 
 Call No:  1987.010 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of correspondence, affadadvits, and receipts of Siegfried Fritz Loewenthal, concerning his attempts to bring his relatives out of Nazi-occupied countries to the United States, Ecuador, Brazil, and Uruguay. One noted correspondent is Jacob Rosenheim, president of Agudas Israel World Organization. 
 Size:  3 folders 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Vorhand, VictorSave to cart
 Title:  Victor Vorhand oral history collection  
 Dates:  1987 
 Call No:  1987.007 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Victor Vorhand served as head of Vaad Hatzala at the Czechoslovakia branch from 1946 and director of the Austrian branch from January 1949 to November 1949. He oversaw all immigration activities and religious operations. The collection contains a tape recording of an interview with Rabbi Victor Vorhand, together with photocopies of his correspondence and documents pertaining to Vaad Hatzala and the Rescue Children, Inc. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Austria | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Czechoslovakia | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Caro, Kate DiamantSave to cart
 Title:  Kate Diamant Caro oral history collection  
 Dates:  1987 
 Call No:  1987.006 
 Abstract:  Kate Diamant Caro was a German-born Jewish activist. She and her family survived the Holocaust by hiding in Belgium. Mrs. Caro's brother Maurice Diamant was active in Rescue Children, Inc. operations in Belgium in 1946. Mrs. Caro brought Charles Caro (no relation) and Irene Gutman to New York in 1947 for a Busy Buddies fundraising luncheon (coordinated by affluent American women to assist the orphans) and helped arrange for their adoptions by American families. The collection contains a tape recording and transcript of the interview with Mrs. Caro. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Belgium -- Emigration and immigration | Holocaust survivors | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Belgium | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Hausman, Nathan ; Hausman, LilaSave to cart
 Title:  Nathan and Lila Hausman oral history collection  
 Dates:  1987 
 Call No:  1987.004 
 Abstract:  Nathan and Lila Hausman held parlor meetings for Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. in their home in Brooklyn. Nathan Hausman provided affidavits for refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany. The collection contains an interview with Nathan and Lila Hausman. The tape narrates their rescue and fundraising activities with Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. 
 Size:  2 items 
 Subjects:  Holocaust survivors | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Jewish children in the Holocaust | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Rescue Children, Inc.Save to cart
 Title:  Rescue Children, Inc. Collection  
 Dates:  1946-1985 
 Call No:  1985.024 
 Abstract:  Photographs and case files of child Holocaust survivors under Rescue Children, Inc. care in Sweden, France, Belgium, England, and Germany. Also contains some administrative records and correspondence of the organization. 
 Size:  8.25 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Belgium | England | France | Germany | Holocaust survivors | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Intercountry adoption | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Belgium | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- England | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- France | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Germany | Jewish children in the Holocaust-- Sweden | Jewish orphanages -- Belgium | Jewish orphanages -- France | Jews -- Charities | Sweden | United States -- Emigration and immigration | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue