Records of the Danish Jewish Community : Refugees, travel of emigrants, postwar support (Group 10411)
Extent and Medium
11,520 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet.
Archival History
Statens arkiver (Denmark)
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Statens arkiver (Denmark) [Danish National Archives]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2018.
Scope and Content
Selected records of the Danish Jewish Community. This contains the following collections from the Group No. 10411: The Secretary for Jews Post-War Support, including records relating to: address searches and refugee questionnaires, 1945-1950, various correspondence relating to postwar assistance, Hechaluz, and stateless persons, unaccompanied Jewish children youth Aliyah, as well as a list of Jewish who arrived in Sweden. 1945; The Committee for Jewish Agricultural Trainees: consisting of student lists and accounting statements, 1939-1942; The Chief Rabbi Max Friediger records consisting of lists of lost or missing Jews, 1946; HIAS correspondence concerning emigrants travel including personal information such as date of birth, departure from Denmark, name, nationality, job title, address of closest friends and relatives, 1937-1952. Note: Records are restricted until 2032, access only by the permission of the Danish National Archives. Access is granted by application and must go through the Danish Data Protection Agency since the material contains personal information.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in four series: 1.The Secretary for Jews Post-War Support, 1945-1950; 2.The Committee for Jewish Agricultural Trainees (Index cards organized alphabetically); 3. Chief Rabbi Max Friediger records (a list of missing Jews); 4. HIAS records (Correspondence concerning emigrants travel), 1937-1952.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Statens arkiver (Denmark)
People
- Friediger, M. (Moses), 1884-1947.
Corporate Bodies
- HIAS (Agency)
- Hechalutz (Organization)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Denmark.
- Jewish refugees--Denmark--History--20th century.
- Denmark--Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration--Europe--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Denmark.
- Jews--Denmark--History--20th century.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Denmark.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Registers.