Ministry of Interior Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Sygn. 9)
Extent and Medium
21,492 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 9. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in May 2018. This is a digital project based on the the agreement between USHMM and the Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich (Polin), Poland.
Scope and Content
Passports of Jews who emigrated to Palestine in 1938-1939 and lost their Polish citizenship [Files 1423-1490]. Their passports were returned to Poland by the Polish Consulate as invalid. Passports include personal data and photos, sometimes it is a photo of the whole family. The collection also contains official correspondence. Note: See also related materials located in the USHMM Archives: RG-15.133M: 2007.253. Kolekcja polskich paszportów żydowskich emigrantów do Palestyny zdeponowanych w polskim konsulacie w Haifie (Sygn.123): Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa, 1933-1939.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Citizenship--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Mandates--Palestine--History--Sources.
- Passports--Palestine--History.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Palestine--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Palestine.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Zionism--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
Genre
- Passports.
- Document
- Passport photographs.