Records of South African Jewish Board of Deputies
Extent and Medium
28 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
1 microfilm reel, 35 mm
digital images,
Creator(s)
- Naomi Musiker
Archival History
South African Jewish Board of Deputies
Acquisition
From the South African Jewish Board of Deputies. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Feb. 2006.
Scope and Content
Contains selected records related to government efforts to limit immigration through legislation, correspondence and lists of the Jewish Immigration Officer at the Cape, naturalization applications, shipping lists, anti-Jewish agitation in South Africa, post-war Holocaust Commemoration, as well as selected photographs of Jewish immigrants arriving in South Africa and of the South African Jewish community assisting refugees.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: South African Jewish Board of Deputies
Subjects
- South Africa--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Refugees--South Africa.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--South Africa.
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Restitution.
- South Africa--Foreign relations.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Registers.