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Gyula Illyes
Sex:
Male
Age:
48
Residence:
Budapest, Hungary
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List Number:
101
Page Number:
253
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In 1944, three non-governmental organizations in New York, the World Jewish Congress, the Zionist Organization of America, and the International Relief and Rescue Committee, compiled lists of people in Hungary and Hungarian-speaking lands that wanted to immigrate to Palestine. The lists are comprised of nearly 9,400 people in about 2600 families from Hungarian-speaking lands in present-day Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Serbia. About a third of the people lived in Budapest, a third in the rest of present-day Hungary, and a third in territory occupied by Hungary.
The lists identify families and contain names, ages, and towns. In many cases, they also contain detailed descriptions of extended families (cousins, in-laws, etc.) and street addresses. Early lists were sent directly to the Jewish Agency for Palestine. After the creation of the US Government’s War Refugee Board, the lists were sent to the Board for forwarding to the representative of the Jewish Agency in Istanbul. The lists are in the records of the War Refugee Board at the F.D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York, and appear online in three pdf files as follows:
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0460.pdf (folder 1)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0461.pdf (folder 2)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0462.pdf (folder 3).
Professor John M. Hoenig found the PDF files and indexed the names to compile this searchable name list. Levente Olosz contributed to the creation of the computerized database.
The lists identify families and contain names, ages, and towns. In many cases, they also contain detailed descriptions of extended families (cousins, in-laws, etc.) and street addresses. Early lists were sent directly to the Jewish Agency for Palestine. After the creation of the US Government’s War Refugee Board, the lists were sent to the Board for forwarding to the representative of the Jewish Agency in Istanbul. The lists are in the records of the War Refugee Board at the F.D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York, and appear online in three pdf files as follows:
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0460.pdf (folder 1)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0461.pdf (folder 2)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/wrb/wrb0462.pdf (folder 3).
Professor John M. Hoenig found the PDF files and indexed the names to compile this searchable name list. Levente Olosz contributed to the creation of the computerized database.