Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa Kolekcja polskich paszportów żydowskich emigrantów do Palestyny zdeponowanych w polskim konsulacie w Haifie (Sygn.123)

Identifier
irn524453
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.282
  • RG-15.133M
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524453

Extent and Medium

40,297 digital images, JPEG

33 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

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.123). Probably the passports have been handed over by the Polish Consulate in Palestine in Haifa to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw. From there they were transferred to ŻIH in Warsaw. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Ż̇ydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Sep. 2007.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 3747 passports of Jews, Polish citizens, that had emigrated to Palestine before the war, aiming to settle there. Most of them are with photos. Some of them with group photos, as each passport was made up for entire family.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Subjects

  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Citizenship--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Palestine.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Palestine--History--20th century.
  • Mandates--Palestine--History--Sources.
  • Passports--Jews--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel.
  • Zionism--Europe--History--20th century.

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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