National Migration Fond: Series of Consular Certificates of Identity Fondo Dirección Nacional de Migraciones: Serie Certificado Consular de Identidad
Extent and Medium
6,819 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014 and two accretions in 2017, and one accretion in Sep. 2019. This is ongoing project.
Scope and Content
Immigration certificates issued by various Argentine consular offices abroad or the Argentine immigration authorities in Buenos Aires for entry into Argentina. The certificates include a portrait photograph of the applicant and the applicant's fingerprints. The records pertaining to Jewish applicants were selectively digitized in Buenos Aires at the Archivo Intermedio branch archive of the National Archives of Argentina. This is an ongoing project.
System of Arrangement
Collection arranged in file order.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)
Subjects
- Refugees--Argentina--History--20th century--Registers.
- Argentina.
- Argentina--Politics and government--1943-1955.
- Jews--Argentina--Buenos Aires--History--Registers.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Argentina--20th century--Registers.
- Emigration and immigration--Argentina.
- Argentina--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Argentina--Politics and government--1910-1943.
- World War, 1939-1945--Argentina.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Argentina.
- Executive departments.
Genre
- Document
- Certificates.
- Fingerprints.
- Portrait photographs.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)