Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs records
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
digital images,
Archival History
El Archivo General del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Acquisition
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 from El Archivo General del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Scope and Content
Contains correspondence, reports, notices, diplomatic memoranda, personal indexes, and other documents relating to the situation of the Jewish population in Europe between 1943 and 1946. The collection pertains to the activities of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Holocaust and after World War II. Records include the following subjects: Jewish emigration matters; political and economic situation of the Jewish war refugees; International Red Cross, World Jewish Congress, American Jewish Distribution Committee and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration activities regarding Jewish refugees from Spain and other countries. Some documents relate to the transportation of Sephardic Jews from concentration camps to countries of origin.
System of Arrangement
Organized in the following order: Reel 1: File R-1078-6-742; R-1131-1-345; Reel 2: File R-1189-37-257; R-1189-38-151; R-1190-83-6; R-1192-69-2; R-1260-73-7; R-1261-73-3; R-1261-102-21; R-1267-293-1;R1371-13-1; R-1716-1-230; R-1716-3-375; Reel 3: R-1716-5-219; R-2179-41-16; R-2179-43-348;R-2179-45-47; R-2182-13-218
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- World Jewish Congress
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Subjects
- Madrid (Spain)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Spain.
- Spain--Foreign relations--1931-1939.
- Executive departments
- Refugees, Jewish--Europe.
- Spain--Foreign relations--1939-1975.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from El Archivo General del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores