Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú

Identifier
irn723793
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.36.1
  • RG-73.011
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1985
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn723793

Extent and Medium

1,722 digital images, TIFF

Creator(s)

  • Sociedad Israelita de Paysandu?

Biographical History

Historical background: Attempts at Jewish agricultural settlement in Uruguay proved abortive. The first was the "19 de Abril" settlement, founded in Paysandú by 38 families that had previously tried to settle in the ICA settlements in Brazil. They received 9,880 acres of land from the Institute de Colonización of the Uruguayan Republic. Overcoming a difficult beginning, the settlers met with success after a ten-year period, but the settlement gradually lost its Jewish members; during the 1930s, five Jewish families remained, and in 1950 there was only one. (Reference: Jewish Virtual Library Uruguay https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/uruguay)

Archival History

Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandu (Israelite Society of Paysandú), Uruguay. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2021. Note: This is a cooperative project with the Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) Jerusalem)

Scope and Content

Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú (Israelite Society of Paysandú), Uruguay. Includes correspondence, minutes of sessions; reports and other office documents, 1945-1948.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in eleven groups: 1. Carpeta-01-Sociedad-Israelita-de-Paysandu-Correspondencia-Enviada; 2. Carpeta-02-Archivos-1945-1948; 3. Carpeta-03-Sociedad-Israelita-de-Paysandu-Correspondencia-Recibida; 4. Carpeta-04-Escritura-y-Acta-Fundacion; 5. Carpeta-05-Actas; 6. Libro-01-Actas-de-Sesiones; 7. Libro-02-Actas; 8. Libro-03-Actas-1945-a-1950; 9. Libro-04-Actas-1950-a-1955; 10. Libro-05-Actas-1977-a-1985; 11. Libro-06-Caja.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú

Subjects

  • Jews--Uruguay--History--20th century.
  • Paysandú (Uruguay)
  • Holocaust survivors--Uruguay.
  • Uruguay
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Uruguay.
  • Uruguay--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Emigration and immigration law--Uruguay--History.
  • Jewish committees (ushmm)

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.