Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, Office in Istanbul (L15)

Identifier
irn43614
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.102
  • RG-68.125M
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Turkish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43614

Extent and Medium

152,603 digital images, JPEG

202 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives

Acquisition

Records created by the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, Office in Istanbul, L15. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Central Zionist Archives via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains various records from the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency; including reports on persecution of Jews; reports on immigration from various countries; on integration and immigration of youth as well as of senior Zionists activists; name lists from Theresienstadt; name lists of immigrants and candidates for immigration; and documentation of searches by relatives in Europe. Also includes financial statements and correspondence regarding items brought by immigrants to Israel, and correspondence regarding “Project Afghanistan.” Contains correspondence with the World Center Pioneer (Merkas Olami of the Hechaluz), Hias-Ica Emigdirect (HICEM), Foreign Trade Institute (Makhon le-mishar huts), the Jewish Agency and other Jewish world organizations, and reports on immigration from Turkey, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Romania and other countries. Also includes passports and entry visas of immigrants, passport images of Polish Jewish candidates for immigration, and images of entry visas of Polish Jews to Israel, as well as questionnaires (with picture) of candidates for immigration (including children) from Turkey to Israel.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic. Microfilm reels # 67 and 68 have sub-reels 67b and 68b.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Passports.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Europe.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Registers.
  • Jewish refugees--Turkey.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Passport photographs.
  • Document
  • Visas.
  • Questionnaires.
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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