From Zagreb to Palestine: Yugoslav Zionist Aid Networks for European Jews, 1933-1941

In the spring of 1933, Yugoslav Jewish communities founded several local aid committees for Jewish refugees from Germany. Very soon, the Zionist-led Zagreb local committee took over the management and organisation of all refugee help. Its staff built up connections with Jewish organisations at home and abroad. However, contacts with the HICEM and the AJDC in Paris proved to be decisive. The nerve-wracking refugee work often led to battles over the distribution of funds, Palestine certificat...