EHRI Diplomatic Reports

Identifier
ehri-diplomatic-reports
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • Danish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

219 scanned images

Scope and Content

The online edition "Diplomatic Reports" focuses on how diplomatic staff reported the persecution and murder of European Jews during World War II. It contains documents by the diplomatic staff of (temporary) allies, opponents as well as neutral countries, reporting from countries under German occupation. Next to the documents and translations, the edition offers an introduction to the countries the diplomatic staff came from, highlighting their diplomatic relations before and during the war, the general character of the reports and the role that the persecution of the Jews played in them. Currently, the edition includes reports of the diplomatic staff from Denmark, Italy, Japan and the US. Foreseeable, reports by Hungarian, Slovak and Swedish diplomats will be added.

Archivist Note

Described for a demo by Mike - EHRI-NL

Collection described on

Dates of Descriptions

2023-11-28

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.