Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Consulate General in Istanbul Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Stambule (Syg.500)

Identifier
irn558184
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.75.1
  • RG-15.528
Dates
1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn558184

Extent and Medium

378 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Poland. Konsulat (Istanbul, Turkey)

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

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 Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.500. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, registers, certificates, visas and other documents relating to social care for immigrants abroad, employment, refugees from Poland Oct. 1, 1939, evacuation of Polish people from Romania to Turkey, opening of the Shipping Line from Poland via Constanța to Haifa (ship "Polonia"), 1932, transport of emigrants and food/supplies by the shipping companies from Gdansk and Gdynia, Poland, 1936 (Gdynia America Shipping Lines) to Palestine via Turkey and Romania (Line Constanța-Haifa), crew lists, tourist tours to Palestine, 1933; proceedings of succession in Palestine (Stefan Norblin will), issues of visa to Palestine for Jews, and to Egypt to Polish general Tadeusz Kasprzycki.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in five series: 1. Records relating to social care for immigrants abroad, 1942-1945; 2. Evacuation of immigrants from Romania and Turkey, 1940; 3. Registers of immigrants from Poland, 1939; 4. Records of Polish Shipping Companies, opening of the Shipping Line from Gdynia, Poland to Haifa, Palestine, 1932; 5. Documents of immigration affairs, 1943-1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

  • Kasprzyski, Tadeusz, 1891-1978.
  • Norblin, Stefan.

Corporate Bodies

  • Polska Żegluga Morska
  • Polonia (Ship)
  • Kościuszko (Ship)
  • Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
  • Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)

Subjects

  • Shipping companies (Marine transportation)--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Refugees--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Poland--Foreign relation--Turkey.
  • Diplomatic and consular service
  • Poland
  • Executive departments.
  • Istanbul (Turkey)
  • Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Haifa (Israel)
  • Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Emigration & immigration--Europe--20th century.
  • Constanța (Romania)
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Turkey.
  • Gdynia (Poland)
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.

Genre

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