War Cabinet and Cabinet: the situation in Palestine

Identifier
irn511165
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.147
  • RG-59.019M
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511165

Extent and Medium

2 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

British Public Record Office

Acquisition

Cite British Public Record Office as holder of originals

Source of acquisition is the Public Record Office (National Archives of Great Britain). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the International Program Division in Aug. 2002.

Scope and Content

Contains selected files from British Public Records Office fond CAB 27 and CAB 95. The collection consists of records and correspondence of the War Cabinet regarding Arab-Jewish unrest in Palestine rising out of the influx of new Jewish immigrants, and correspondence related to Jewish agency requests for increases in immigration limits. Also contains policy-oriented documents related to the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.

System of Arrangement

Organization is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Corporate Bodies

  • Great Britain. War Cabinet

Subjects

  • Emigration and immigration--Palestine.
  • Colonial administrators--Palestine.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Palestine--History--1917-1948.
  • British property--Palestine.
  • Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Great Britain--History--Sources.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Palestine.
  • Great Britain--Colonies--Asia.

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