Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index (HO 396)

Identifier
irn509111
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.109
  • RG-59.011M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509111

Extent and Medium

245 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Great Britain

Biographical History

The Home Office (HO) is the ministerial department of the British Government responsible for immigration, security, and law and order.

Archival History

National Archives (Great Britain)

Acquisition

From the British Public Record Office (National Archives of Great Britain).The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Program Division in July 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains an alphabetical list of records of German, Austrian, and Italian nationals and their spouses who were interned or considered for internment in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia during World War II. Each record contains personal details of the individual and some information about their case. A digital copy of this collection is available via Ancestry.com.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged in various groups, according to nationality and location of internment (United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia), and other characteristics, and then largely in alphabetic order by case file names within those groups.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Corporate Bodies

  • Ettrick (Ship)
  • Duchess of York (Ship)
  • Dunera (Ship)
  • Arandora Star (Ship)

Subjects

  • Immigrants--Australia--Registers.
  • Immigrants--Great Britain--Registers.
  • Executive departments.
  • Great Britain--History--20th century--Sources.
  • Great Britain
  • Emigration and immigration--Italy--Registers.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Canada--Registers.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Great Britain--Registers.
  • Emigration and immigration--Germany--Registers.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Australia--Registers.
  • Emigration and immigration--Austria--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Great Britain--Registers.
  • Immigrants--Canada--Registers.

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.

Copies

  • The National Archives

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from British Public Record Office