Delegation for Commerce, Shipping and Trade II 371-8 II Deputation für Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe II
Extent and Medium
500 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)
Acquisition
Records originate from the Hamburg State Archive (Staatsarchiv Hamburg). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archival Programs Division received the digitized microfilms in February 2019 from Yad Vashem, Israel, via exchange.
Scope and Content
Selected records of the Deputation für Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe (Delegation for Commerce, Shipping and Trade) relating to overall management of trade and shipping. Consists of files of rental and purchase of land, installation of shipyards, communications with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, business operations of emigrants and agents (1903-1937), a concession of the HH-America line and the Norddt.Lloyd and other transatlantic shipping companies, statistical reports from the Reich Migration Office (1918-1939), monthly reports of the Reichskommissare for the emigration in Hamburg and Bremen (1932-1936), files on immigration and foreign affairs with foreign states like: Australia, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Panama, .
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)
Subjects
- Emigration and immigration--Germany--20th century.
- Shipping companies (Marine transportation)--Germany--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Germany--Economic policy--1933-1945.
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
- Statistics.
- Correspondence.