Correspondence with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1556 3000/9/1/65
  • Dates of Creation
      28/06/1957 - 04/07/1957
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      6 letters

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding information material on Nazi administrator Max Merten, with which The Wiener Library provides the JDC on occasion of Mertens arrest and war crimes trial in Greece.

Administrative / Biographical History

Founded in 1914 the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a Jewish relief organisation. Today it is the largest non-political organization dedicated to help Jews in distress all over the world whilst providing disaster relief and development assistance to non-Jewish communities as well. See Milton, S. and F.D. Bogin (eds.), http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19714, London, Garland, 1995.

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