Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence (FO 181)
Extent and Medium
184 digital images, TIFF
1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.
Archival History
National Archives (Great Britain)
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the National Archives (Great Britain), via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in December 2010.
Scope and Content
Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulates in the former Soviet Union relating to Jews, including liquidation in Riga, the joint allied declaration condemning Nazi atrocities, settlement of Jews in Uzbekistan, and the situation of Jews in Russia.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)
Subjects
- Jews--Russia--History--20th century.
- Refugees--Uzbekistan--History--20th century.
- Great Britain--Foreign Office.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Russia.
- Uzbekistan--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Diplomatic and consular service, British--Soviet Union.
- Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Rīga.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Soviet union--1936-1945.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from National Archives (Great Britain)