Selected records from the Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books (FO 226)

Identifier
irn42424
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.393
  • RG-59.069
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42424

Extent and Medium

696 digital images, TIFF

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

National Archives (Great Britain)

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the National Archives (Great Britain), via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in December 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulate in Beirut relating to Arab responses to Jews in Palestine, Arab investigations into Jewish smuggling of arms into region, Jewish immigration, and demonstrations and protests against Jews in Palestine.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939--1945--Jews--Palestine--Sources.
  • Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.
  • Great Britain--Foreign Office.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Genre

  • Document
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Copies

  • The National Archives

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from National Archives (Great Britain)