Foreign Office: General Correspondence, Russia
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel, 35 mm
Archival History
National Archives (Great Britain)
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Public Record Office (National Archives of Great Britain). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the International Program Division in July 2001.
Scope and Content
Contains correspondence relating to the treatment of Jewish businessmen in Russia, in general, and of Leon Lewisohn, in particular. Leon Lewisohn, a German-born businessman and naturalized British citizen, was ejected from Imperial Russia and denied the ability to conduct business because he was Jewish. The British Foreign Office interceded with Imperial Russia on his behalf.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological. Selected records of British Public Record Office fond FO 65
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)
People
- Lewisohn, Leon.
Corporate Bodies
- Great Britain. Foreign Office
Subjects
- Jews--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Russia--Social conditions--1801-1917.
- Jews, British--Russia--History--19th century.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia.
- Russia--Economic policy--1861-1917.
- Jews--Persecutions--Russia--19th century.
- Russia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from British Public Record Office