Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv

Identifier: Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1866 - 1955
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI

Web Source

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/CMq2iyUjXI3Jfy5a12Mz7S

Extent and Medium

22 linear meters of mostly textual material.

Biographical History

Olof Herman Lamm was born on 23 April 1887 in Stockholm as the son of the merchant and liberal politician Herman Lamm and Lisen Lamm (née Philipson). Both of his parents came from Swedish-Jewish families who had been among the first Jews to settle permanently in Sweden in the late 18th century. From 1919 to 1933 Olof H Lamm was the Swedish Consul General in New York. In 1933 he returned to Stockholm and became the executive director of an insurance company. In addition to these posts he had a number of different assignments and was engaged in various organisations, both Jewish and non-Jewish. For instance, he was an executive on the board of the Swedish branch of ORT and on the Israeli Chamber of Commerce in Sweden. He died in Lidingö in Stockholm in 1967.

Archival History

Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv (the archive of Consul General Olof Herman Lamm) was assembled by Signe Lamm and later donated to the Stockholm City Archives by a relative of Lamm, the archaeologist Jan Peder Lamm.

Scope and Content

Olof Lamm's archive includes documents concerning his involvement in refugee aid, and relief activities for Jews in Nazi Germany. There are also correspondence between Lamm and other Jews in Sweden, and abroad, about the situation for Jews in countries under German control. The correspondence includes negotiations with Swedish and foreign state representatives and relief organizations about refugee aid, relief and rescue initiatives.

System of Arrangement

The archive consists of two series. The A-series contains records arranged by topic and the B-series contains alphabetically arranged correspondence.

Conditions Governing Access

In order to access parts of the archive, written permission from Stockholm City Archive is required. This can be requested by e-mail: stadsarkivet@stockholm.se.

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EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0

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Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, A
- Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv. Privat korrespondens
- Stockholms Stadsarkiv
- Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, A
- English
- 1891-1955
- 124 boxes of correspondence.
- Updated 4 weeks ago
The series is part of the archive of the Swedish Jewish diplomat and businessman Consul General Olof H Lamm. It contains the personal correspondence of Lamm and his wife, Signe Lamm, with family, friends, and acquaintances about private matters, business, diplomacy, and issues regarding Jewish organizations, primarily about Jewish relief. The first 32 volumes of the collection primarily contain correspondence with Lamm’s family, including his father, the liberal politician Herman Lamm, his brothers, the Vice President of the Swedish National Bank, Erik Lamm, and the literature scholar Profe...
Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 84
- Flyktinghjälpen
- Stockholms Stadsarkiv
- Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 84
- English
- 1938-1945
- 0,15 linear meters (one box).
- Updated 4 weeks ago
File B 84 contains material related to Lamm’s work with Jewish refugees from 1938 to 1945. The volume contains records of the financial support for Jewish refugees that Lamm gathered through donations from his peers and provided to the Jewish Community of Stockholm prior to and during the years of WWII, as well as various recommendation letters written for Jewish refugees to find employment in Sweden. It also includes letters from various Jewish individuals from Sweden, Germany, Austria, and the US who requested Lamm’s assistance in the acquisition of visas, residence permits, family reunif...
Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 85
- Stockholms Stadsarkiv
- Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 85
- English
- 1938-1948
- 0,15 linear meters (one box) of textual material.
- Updated 4 weeks ago
File B 85 contains information on Lamm’s and the Swedish Jewish organizations’ endeavors to create post-war relief and rehabilitation. There are also documents relating to efforts to facilitate family reunification for Jewish refugees. Lamm tried to mobilize such initiatives domestically and internationally, proposing various relief measures in 1943 to American Governor Herbert H Lehman, who served as director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The volume contains Lamm’s correspondence regarding the 1943 Jewish relief memorandum with various prominent pe...
Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 87
- Stigbo barnhem
- Stockholms Stadsarkiv
- Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 87
- English
- 1939
- Textual records.
- Updated 4 weeks ago
B 87 consists of records related to the Stigbo orphanage, an orphanage for Jewish and “non-Aryan” children created in 1939 at the initiative of Signe Lamm, Tony Bonnier and Ingrid Sachs. The file also contains details of Signe Lamm’s work to establish and financially maintain the orphanage, asking peers and key individuals for donations and financial guarantees for the orphanage’s children. Photographs and printed material related to the orphanage can also be found in volume B 88.

Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv

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Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, A

Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 84

Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 85

Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 87