National Migration Fond: Series of Consular Certificates of Identity Fondo Dirección Nacional de Migraciones: Serie Certificado Consular de Identidad

Identifier
irn84085
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.63.1
  • RG-72.018
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84085

Extent and Medium

6,819 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014 and two accretions in 2017, and one accretion in Sep. 2019. This is ongoing project.

Scope and Content

Immigration certificates issued by various Argentine consular offices abroad or the Argentine immigration authorities in Buenos Aires for entry into Argentina. The certificates include a portrait photograph of the applicant and the applicant's fingerprints. The records pertaining to Jewish applicants were selectively digitized in Buenos Aires at the Archivo Intermedio branch archive of the National Archives of Argentina. This is an ongoing project.

System of Arrangement

Collection arranged in file order.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)

Subjects

  • Refugees--Argentina--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Executive departments.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Argentina--20th century--Registers.
  • Argentina--Politics and government--1910-1943.
  • Emigration and immigration--Argentina.
  • Argentina--Politics and government--1943-1955.
  • Argentina.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Argentina.
  • Jews--Argentina--Buenos Aires--History--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Argentina.
  • Argentina--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
  • Fingerprints.
  • Portrait photographs.
  • Certificates.
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.

Copies

  • Archivo General de la Nación

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)