Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Poland Hebrajskie Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Imigrantom (HIAS) (Sygn.351)

Identifier
irn47321
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.125
  • RG-15.222M
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Polish
  • German
  • Yiddish
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Russian
  • Italian
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47321

Extent and Medium

76,404 digital images, JPEG

63 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • HIAS (Agency)

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 351. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection includes postwar files from the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and its branch offices in Poland. Records include organizational files, Information bulletins, news releases, correspondence abroad and with branch offices, monthly reports on activities, personal files and indices of staff relating to emigration, personal search files, indices, and cards relating to efforts to trace survivors and family members.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in five series: 1. Organization files; 2. Emigration files; 3. Personal files for searching people; 4. HIAS files; 5. Miscelaneous.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • HIAS (Agency)

Subjects

  • Wrocław (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Charities.
  • Gliwice (Poland)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Jewish refugees--Europe--Registers.

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.

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