Ministry of Interior Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Sygn. 9)

Identifier
irn613484
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.213.1
  • RG-15.619
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn613484

Extent and Medium

21,492 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 9. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in May 2018. This is a digital project based on the the agreement between USHMM and the Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich (Polin), Poland.

Scope and Content

Passports of Jews who emigrated to Palestine in 1938-1939 and lost their Polish citizenship [Files 1423-1490]. Their passports were returned to Poland by the Polish Consulate as invalid. Passports include personal data and photos, sometimes it is a photo of the whole family. The collection also contains official correspondence. Note: See also related materials located in the USHMM Archives: RG-15.133M: 2007.253. Kolekcja polskich paszportów żydowskich emigrantów do Palestyny zdeponowanych w polskim konsulacie w Haifie (Sygn.123): Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa, 1933-1939.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Palestine.
  • Mandates--Palestine--History--Sources.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Palestine--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • Passports--Palestine--History.
  • Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Citizenship--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Zionism--Europe--History--20th century.

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.