The Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Boston (JCC) has received a request for witnesses, survivors or anyone who may have firsthand information about crimes and actions against Jews in Europe during World War II. Anyone having information should contact the Immigration and Naturalization Service: Martin Mendelsohn, Chief, Special Litigation Unit, 425 1 Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20536.
The INS is particularly interested in individuals with information concerning events in the following cities Riga, Labia (1940-1944) Rezenke (Rositten, Rezhitsa) Latvia (1940-1944) Aubrene, Latvia (1942); Madona (Modohn), Latvia (1941-1942); Estonia (1940-1945) Bucharest, Romania (Sept. 1940-March 1941).
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1935-1943) Treblinka(1940-1944); Ivano-Frankovsk (Poland, USSR, Ukraine) (1940-1943); Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia (1941-1943); Kaunas (Kovno); Lithuania (1941-1942); Vilnius, Lithuania (1941-1942)
burbarkas (Jurburg, Georgemburg); Lithuania (1941-1942); Panevzys (Ponevezh), Lithuania (1941-1942); Siauliai (Shavli), Lithuania (1941-1942); Skaudville, Lithuania (1941-1942); Sucutard, Romania, Hungary (1940-1944)
The National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council has informed the JCC that as a result of a December meeting with Leonel Castillo, the INS Commissioner, David Crosland, INS General Counsel, and Mendelsohn, the research resources of the Jewish community have been volunteered for future legal proceedings against alleged Nazi war criminals. Those having in formation are being asked to contact also Barbara Katz at the JCC in Boston at (617) 542-7525
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