Selected records from the British Colonial Office : Confidential general and confidential original correspondence files on Palestine
Extent and Medium
2 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
National Archives (Great Britain)
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the International Program Division in July 2001.
Scope and Content
Contains confidential records relating to the distribution of immigration certificates to Jews in DP camps in Germany, the rate of immigration, illegal immigration, and files relating to the formation of a Jewish fighting force in Palestine.
System of Arrangement
Organization is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)
Corporate Bodies
- Great Britain. Colonial Office
- Great Britain. Army. Jewish Brigade
Subjects
- Public works--Cyprus.
- Colonial administrators--Cyprus.
- Refugees, Jewish--Cyprus.
- Palestine--Economic conditions--1917-1948.
- Cyprus--Politics and government.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
- Palestine--History--1917-1948.
- Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.
- Jewish soldiers--Palestine--Sources.
- Refugees, Jewish--Palestine.
- Haavara.
- British property--Cyprus.
- Great Britain--Armed Forces--Palestine.
- Colonial administrators--Palestine.
- British property--Palestine.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
- Public works--Palestine.
- Cyprus--History--British rule, 1878-1960.
Genre
- Document
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Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from British Public Record Office