Foreigner Entry Management "First Class Passengers" : Immigration records Gestión de Ingreso de Extranjeros "Pasajeros de Primera Clase" : Expedientes Inmigracion

Identifier
irn559424
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.107.1
  • RG-73.003
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

7,555 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Uruguay. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Uruguay (Ministry of Foreign Relations of Uruguay). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2017. Note: Project conducted in cooperation with the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) Jerusalem

Scope and Content

801 applications for entry into Uruguay of Jews descent from Europe. The files consist of immigration applications and documentation filled out by family members (and in some cases companies) residing in Uruguay and sponsoring individuals seeking entry into Uruguay, including the names of the sponsored family member(s), their nationality and current address abroad, and other personal data. Also includes the persons' arrival date and ship information. Many of the applications feature the Uruguayan residency permit of the private sponsor, including portrait photographs of applicants. Note: The collection includes the application filled out by Gerngross family, the famous merchant family from Vienna that owned the "Gerngross" department store which still exists in Vienna to this day (File 107).

System of Arrangement

Arranged in one series: Applications of Jews applying for the entry to Uruguay (Note: Originally organized in 937 folders, 136 folders are missing). Digital folders organized: Caja (Box) 8-13; It corresponds to a box number 1-5 as it is indicated in the finding aid. The Excel concordance contains explanation how to find a digital folder for a particular name.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Uruguay. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

Subjects

Genre

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.