Author: JDC Archives

  Throughout the 1980s, retired JDC executive staff member Herbert Katzki carried out an ambitious program to capture the oral histories of veteran JDC staff who had served overseas during the preceding four decades. During his 61 years of service, Katzki led efforts to rescue and provide relief for Jews during and after the Holocaust. The oral history project recorded the experiences of 55 of his JDC staff colleagues and lay leaders. Today, a graduate class at Pratt Institutes School of Information and Library Science is digitizing these archival recordings using state-of-the-art technology. This project will help JDC to...

JDC Archives congratulates the Jewish Federation of Parana and the Associacao Casa de Cultura Beit Yaacov on the inauguration of the Holocaust Museum of Curitiba, the first institution of its kind in Brazil. Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Parana, with some 1,000 Jewish families. Images from JDCs extensive Photo Collection have been selected for display and for multimedia use in the new museum. We are delighted to participate in this ambitious and historic...

The JDC Archives is pleased to announce the establishment of The Fred and Ellen Lewis JDC ArchivesFellowship, funded by a generous gift to the JDC Archives from the estate of Ellen Lewis, a former JDC employee who worked for JDC from 1946-1985.Fellowships will be awarded each year to deserving scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or Jerusalem, in the field of general or Jewish history, humanitarian assistance, or related areas. For more information on the fellowship and to submit an application, click...