Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture: Second World War Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto: Segunda Guerra Mondial

Identifier
irn105861
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.314.1
  • RG-72.024
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

35,349 digital images,

Creator(s)

Archival History

Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto.

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto in Argentina.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2015.

Scope and Content

Diplomatic dispatches, cables, and confidential reports sent by the Argentine embassies and consulates in Europe to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Relations and Culture in Buenos Aires during World War II and in the immediate postwar years. Includes information about Jewish refugees and visa applicants, the political relationship between Argentina and Nazi Germany, a list of the crew of the German battleship "Graf Spee", and situation reports from various Argentine diplomatic posts around the world. This is an ongoing digitization project.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Argentina. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto.

People

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

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.