Hungarian Refugee Registration Cards
Extent and Medium
10,977 digital images, JPEG
11 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jerusalem, Israel). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2016.
Scope and Content
Hungarian refugee registration cards, created in the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. More than 18,000 Jews fled to Austria. The AJJDC helped emigrants for resettlement, also supported two kosher kitchens in Vienna and furnished medical and religious supplies. While some emigrants stayed in Europe, other group of refugees emigrated to the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Latin America.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subjects
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--History--20th century.
- Jews, Hungarian--Europe--History--20th century.
- Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Political persecution--Hungary--History--20th century.
- New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Hungary--History--1945-1989.
- Emigration and immigration--Hungary--History--20th century.
- Revolution (Hungary : 1956)
- Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Hungary--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Latin America--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Hungary--History--20th century.
- Humanitarian assistance--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jews, Hungarian--United States--History--20th century.
- Jewish refugees--Hungary--Registers.
- Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956.
Genre
- Registration cards.
- Document
- Registers.