Collection of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1941-1944

Collection of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1941-1944
 
 The Nazis ordered the Jewish communities in many of the occupied countries to establish a Jewish council; following the anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam on 12/02/1941, Dr. Hans Böhmcker ordered industrialist Abraham Asscher to establish a Jewish council, De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam, which would represent city's Jews at its start. Later on, the Jewish council, under the leadership of Abraham Asscher and Dr. David Cohen, handled the matters of all of the Jews in the Netherlands opposite the German occupation authorities; De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam helped the community members who paid dues to the council, issued travel permits or moving permits, and distributed a publication called "Het Joodsche Weekblad". De Joodsche Raad handed over names of Jews for deportation and names of businesses for Aryanization to the Germans; the council obtained exemptions for council members and their family members; when Jews ceased to present themselves in camps according to the deportation lists, the Germans carried out Razzia (round-ups) in the Jewish neighborhoods and deported all of the Jews; the Germans abolished De Joodsche Raad on 29/09/1943 and sent [deported] Asscher and Cohen to concentration camps;
 
 Included in the collection:
 
 Documents of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam regarding the publication, "Het Joodsche Weekblad", 1941-1942;
 Protocols of meetings, regarding help to the Jews; 
 Notes regarding the supply of food to Westerbork camp, 1942-1944;
 Lists of Jews from the Netherlands who perished in various camps during 1941-1943;
 Survey report and correspondence of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam in The Hague, regarding relief to Jews during the deportation process, 1942;
 Correspondence with people and institutions, regarding travel permits, 1941-1942;
 Letters of the "Twente" branch of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam in Goor, regarding monetary matters, 1942-1943;
 Questionnaires of the Zentralstelle fur judische Auswanderung (central office for Jewish emigration), 1941-1942.