Records of the Organisation Internationale pour les Réfugiés

Identifier
irn502122
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0004
  • RG-43.048M
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1953
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502122

Extent and Medium

17 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Archival History

Archives nationales (France)

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division ordered the microfilming of AJ 43 from the Archives Nationales (France) in Jan. 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm reels in late Jan. 1999.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Organisation Internationale pour les Réfugiés (International Refugee Organization), and other supra-national institutions, allied in the effort to repatriate or immigrate refugees to safe havens. The bulk of the materials concern refugee Jews during the years immediately following World War II.

Corporate Bodies

  • World ORT Union
  • Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • International Committee of the Red Cross

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Germany--History--1945-1955.
  • Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jewish nationalism.
  • Jewish orphans.
  • Refugee camps.
  • France--History--1945-1958.
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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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