Private collection Hélène Benatar (Sig. P129)

Hélène (Nelly) Cazes-Benatar (1898-1979) was a Moroccan-born female lawyer, Zionist, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee representative in Northern Africa during the Second World War. In this function, she oversaw the Joint's aid activities for Jewish refugees from Nazi occupied Europe in Northern Africa. A complete biographical summary and inventory to this collection can be found (in French) on the CAHJP's website at http://sites.huji.ac.il/cahjp/. Hélène Benatar is also known as Hélène Ben-Atar or variations thereof. Contains personal papers of Hélène Benatar regarding her activities concerning Jewish refugees in Northern Africa (mostly in Morocco). The collection also contains interviews with Hélène Benatar and articles related to her.