Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, Office in Istanbul (L15)
Extent and Medium
152,603 digital images, JPEG
202 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
Acquisition
Records created by the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, Office in Istanbul, L15. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Central Zionist Archives via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2011.
Scope and Content
Contains various records from the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency; including reports on persecution of Jews; reports on immigration from various countries; on integration and immigration of youth as well as of senior Zionists activists; name lists from Theresienstadt; name lists of immigrants and candidates for immigration; and documentation of searches by relatives in Europe. Also includes financial statements and correspondence regarding items brought by immigrants to Israel, and correspondence regarding “Project Afghanistan.” Contains correspondence with the World Center Pioneer (Merkas Olami of the Hechaluz), Hias-Ica Emigdirect (HICEM), Foreign Trade Institute (Makhon le-mishar huts), the Jewish Agency and other Jewish world organizations, and reports on immigration from Turkey, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Romania and other countries. Also includes passports and entry visas of immigrants, passport images of Polish Jewish candidates for immigration, and images of entry visas of Polish Jews to Israel, as well as questionnaires (with picture) of candidates for immigration (including children) from Turkey to Israel.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic. Microfilm reels # 67 and 68 have sub-reels 67b and 68b.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
Corporate Bodies
- Hias-Ica Emigration Association
- World Zionist Organization
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish--Registers.
- Jewish refugees--Turkey.
- Passports.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Refugees, Jewish--Europe.
Genre
- Questionnaires.
- Document
- Passport photographs.
- Visas.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives