World ORT Union

Title: World ORT Union

Inclusive Dates: 1923-1955

ID: RG 252

Extent Information

1'8"; 3 5"lgl; 2 2.5"lgl: 1 map folder

Arrangement

Organization: This collection is arranged in folder numerical sequence

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series: I) General files (folders 1-8); II) Geographical files (9-35); III) Publicity files (36-43)

Creators

World ORT Union

Administrative/Biographical History

ORT (Obshchestvo Rasprostraneniia Truda Sredi Yevreyev or Society for Manual and Agricultural Work Among Jews) was founded in Russia in 1880. Initially the ORT was active only in Russia. In 1921, an international office, the World ORT Union was established in Berlin. After the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933, the world headquarters of ORT were moved to France. From 1943 to the present time, the head office has been in Geneva. The founding leaders of the WOU were Leon Bramson, David Lvovich and Aron Syngalowski.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Agriculture
Australia
Communal Welfare Organizations
Education
France
Israel
Latvia
Lithuania
Palestine
Poland
Rumania
Social Welfare
Soviet Union
Switzerland
United States
USSR
World ORT Union

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Records

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 114 pp., typed. Includes the records of the American ORT Federation, the (Vilna) Ort Jewish Vocational school, the Vilna ORT Society and the ORT Photo Collection. The YIVO Archives Control File also contains a catalog of materials in the ORT New York library

Administrative Information

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Description: These are fragmentary records of the WOU which consist of the following: General files: minutes of WOU meetings, 1934-1939; reports of ORT activities; reports about ORT-OSE-EMIGDIRECT joint relief campaign. Geographical files: correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, clippings sent to WOU office from ORT branches in Australia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Palestine, Poland, Rumania, Soviet Union, United States. Publicity files: clippings, press releases, brochures, posters.