Cyprus internment camps

Identifier
irn37315
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.92
  • RG-68.113M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37315

Extent and Medium

26,189 digital images, TIFF

19 microfilm reels, 16 mm

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Alexandra Tumarinson

Archival History

Makhon le-ḥeḳer tenuʻat ha-ʻavodah ʻa. sh. Pinḥas Lavon

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Pinhas Lavon Institute for Labour Movement Research collection, Record Group RG VI – 23. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in June 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains administrative records created by Jewish internees in the internment camps in Cyprus, including correspondence with the Cyprus camp administration, legal files of the camp court, minutes and proceedings of administrative bodies within the camp, certificates issued by the Jewish Agency for Emigration to Palestine, legal files, reports, statistical lists of refugees, and more.

Subjects

  • Refugee camps--Cyprus.
  • Cyprus.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Cyprus.
  • Holocaust survivors--Cyprus.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Cyprus.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Cyprus.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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