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  1. Joseph H. Smart papers

    The Joseph H. Smart papers consist of a typed manuscript of his 1991 book Don’t Fence Me In!: Fort Ontario Refugees: How They Won Their Freedom"; a typed manuscript of his 1992 companion volume "The Documents: Friends of Fort Ontario Guest Refugees"; and the original documents that are reproduced in the companion volume. His 1991 book documents his service as the director of the Fort Ontario Emergency Shelter, and his 1992 companion volume comprising copies of the files of the Friends of Fort Ontario Guest Refugees, an organization formed by the Fort Ontario refugees to campaign for their f...

  2. Selected records from the archives of the kingdom of Belgium

    Contains records created and collected by the central and regional groups of the Association of Jews in Belgium (Association des juifs de Belgique), formed on November 25, 1941, at the order of the German occupation authorities, to serve as a national Judenrat. The materials consist mostly of registration forms containing personal data completed by all Jews in Belgium and registration forms containing data about Jewish-owned businesses and other properties. Additionally, there are files of change of address forms, organizations offering aid to refugees, immigration applications and processe...

  3. Fond du Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions (Police Générale)

    Contains various documents of the Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions including alphabetical name lists of various categories of French Jewish refugees, foreign Jewish, and non-Jewish refugees, political refugees, and Spanish, Polish, Italian, etc. refugees; administrative and other documents concerning French internment camps at Nîmes, Garrigues, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, L'Ardoise, Auch, and others; instructions and regulations regarding refugees in labor groups and refugees in internment camps.