Jewish State Party Letters and Reports, 1933–1936 (Irving File 4O)

This document is a large historical compilation (859 pages) of letters, reports, circulars, meeting notes, organizational plans, and party communications of the Judenstaatspartei (Jewish State Party), primarily a Zionist Revisionist organization active in the early 1930s across Europe (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Bulgaria, etc).

It mainly covers the years 1933 to 1936, just before WWII, documenting efforts to build support for Jewish statehood in Palestine and organize local Jewish communities.

Disclaimer for Research, Teaching, and Public Use

Disclaimer

The documents presented herein are historical archival materials created between 1933 and 1940. They reflect the social, political, and ideological conditions of their time and may include language, perspectives, or policies that are discriminatory, offensive, or politically charged by today’s standards.

These materials are provided solely for educational, scholarly, and historical research purposes. The views expressed in these documents do not reflect those of the archivists, researchers, or any presenting institution. Users are encouraged to approach these sources with critical awareness and sensitivity to the historical context in which they were produced.

Specifically:

• File 4O contains internal correspondence of the Jewish State Party, a prewar Revisionist Zionist political group. It includes names, addresses, and personal data of individuals involved in Jewish political organizing.
• File 4L consists of Nazi SD surveillance reports targeting religious organizations. These documents may include antisemitic, anti-religious, and politically motivated statements written from the perspective of a totalitarian regime.

Readers and researchers must handle all personal and religious information with care, especially where descendants or affected communities may be involved. Public reproduction or citation of sensitive data (e.g. names, accusations, addresses) should be done respectfully, in accordance with ethical and legal standards.

Condition Note

Physical and Digital Condition

• Clarity & Legibility:

  • Most pages are clearly legible and typed; some documents include underlining, marginal markings, and handwritten annotations.

  • A few scanned pages (e.g., page 19) appear degraded or contain overexposed or corrupted sections, marked with stamps such as “ДЕФЕКТ ОРИГИНАЛА” (“defective original”).

  • The document is historically significant and fairly well-preserved in digital form.