INFORME SOBRE LAS ACTIVIDADES DEL CONGRESO JUDIO MUNDIAL DESDE EL 1º DE ENERO DE 1949 – Affairs, Political Department of the World Jewish Congress. A Comprehensive Report Documenting the WJC’s Efforts in Assisting Displaced Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust and the Search for Hiding Nazi War Criminals. Single Stencil Print. San Martin, April 1950. Spanish.
The report provides an extensive overview of five years of the World Jewish Congress’s activities: Aid to Holocaust survivors in displaced persons’ camps. Efforts to pursue Nazi war criminals hiding in various locations around the world post-war. It details actions taken with the UN International Law Commission, which was tasked with drafting principles of international law based on the Nuremberg Tribunal Charter and rulings, as well as subsequent military tribunal verdicts in Nuremberg. Key points include: Efforts to restore looted Jewish property confiscated by the Nazis in occupied countries. Example: At the request of the Jewish community in Greece, representations were made to the U.S. State Department to urge the Tripartite Gold Commission to meet the Greek demand for the return of gold worth 700,000 pounds, confiscated from Jews under German occupation. Dr. H. Robinson, Director of the Institute for Jewish Affairs, published the most comprehensive study on the Genocide Convention, based on United Nations discussions.
It was also reported that “The Union of Jewish Communities in Rome, acting at our request, intervened with the Italian authorities to grant UN citizenship status to German and Austrian Jews with regard to compensation for the losses they suffered in Italy. Following reports that the Swiss government had agreed to return to Poland funds deposited in Swiss banks by Polish Jews who died without heirs during World War II.” further steps were taken to ensure rightful restitution. Steps taken to provide temporary refuge for more than 5,000 Jewish refugees in Shanghai, whose situation was dire due to military events in the region. Requests were made to the U.S. government to admit a specific number of Jews from Japan or South Korea as an emergency measure. Initiatives to stop the persecution of Jews in Arab countries, including Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Yemen. Actions against the spread of Nazism in West Germany and its resurgence in Austria after the war. Reports on Nazi war criminals in hiding and ongoing attempts to bring them to justice.
Extremely rare. Single printing, not listed in the WorldCat global library catalog.
26 pages. Minor tears at the edges. Good condition.
