JDC Archives Expands Its Digital Reach through Collaboration with EHRI

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Tuesday, 28 April, 2015

The JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) Archives is now one of EHRI’s cooperating institutions, joining other repositories such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the State Archives of Belgium, the Hungarian Jewish Archives, and the German Bundesarchiv (read more).

The EHRI portal includes key information about all JDC Archives Holocaust-era collections, among them the Cyprus, Geneva, Istanbul, New York, Stockholm, and Warsaw collections.

The JDC Archives is entering into exciting partnerships with other institutions and digital projects around the world to increase the discoverability of its holdings and to encourage ongoing scholarship using JDC Archives records. These projects will continue to increase the accessibility of JDC’s rich archival collections.

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Photo: Detainees in Cyprus awaiting entry into Palestine. Caraolos, Cyprus. c.1947. © JDC Archives