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Country: Finland

  2. Pakolaistilastoja ym. pakolaisia ja kulkureita koskevia

    • Refugee statistics and other records concerning refugees and vagrants

    The records concern refugees (also Jewish) in Finland in the 1920s-1940s. The records include correspondence and lists of refugees. Some records concern deportation of Jews from Finland to Germany.

  3. Ulkomaalaiset Suomessa

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin I arkisto
    • Foreigners in Finland

    Group XV includes the Finnish State Police’s records concerning foreigners in Finland in 1920s-1940s. The records include e.g. reports, lists of foreigners, or newspaper clippings. Much of the material concerns Jewish refugees in Finland in 1930s-1940s (especially subgroups A, A2, A2a, B). The newspaper clippings include antisemitic articles from Finnish daily press.

  4. Lists

    1. The Finnish Jewish Archives
    2. The Jewish Community of Helsinki Archives
    3. COMMITTEES RECORDS/Refugee committee

    Lists of refugees, list of transmigrants 1946-1947, part of refugee card index. HICEM refugees’ ID cards.

  5. Ulkomaalaisia koskevat erityiset Suomeen tulokysymykset

    • Special issues concerning foreigners willing to enter Finland

    Correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings concerning foreigners willing to enter Finland in the years 1920s-50s. The material includes records concerning Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany in the late 1930s, as well as Polish and Baltic Jewish refugees in 1940.

  6. Vieraat kansallisuudet ja ulkomaalaiset Suomessa: Juutalaiset

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin II arkisto
    • Foreign nations and foreigners in Finland: Jews

    The records concern Jews and Jewish refugees in Finland in 1940s. The records include lists of the Finnish Jews and Jewish refugees, and files concerning Arno Anthoni’s trial.

  7. Other records

    1. The Finnish Jewish Archives
    2. The Jewish Community of Helsinki Archives
    3. COMMITTEES RECORDS/Refugee committee

    Statistical reports, records concerning refugees’ upkeep, travels, account receipts, etc.

  8. Other records

    1. The Finnish Jewish Archives
    2. The Jewish Community of Helsinki Archives
    3. COMMITTEES RECORDS/Refugee committee

    Records concerning refugees’ upkeep, general journal 1938-1941, cash book 1940-1941.

  9. Other records

    1. The Finnish Jewish Archives
    2. The Jewish Community of Helsinki Archives
    3. COMMITTEES RECORDS/Refugee committee

    Records concerning extradition of the Jewish refugees, e.g. documents related to Arno Anthoni’s trial in 1947, etc.

  10. Second World War

    1. The Finnish Jewish Archives
    2. The Finnish Jewish Photograph Collection
    3. OTHER PHOTOS

    Individual and group soldiers photos, “Scholkas shul” field synagogue. Memorial services and burials. Austrian Jewish refugees.

  11. Juutalaiskysymys

    • Jewish question

    Foreign Ministry's correspondence and reports concerning the situation of the Jews in Finland, Europe and Israel, Jewish refugees in Finland, and Jewish organizations.

  12. Vuosien 1939-1944 sodat ja niistä johtunut toiminta: Suhteet Saksaan

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin II arkisto
    • Wars 1939-1944: Relations with Germany

    The records concern Finland’s relations with Germany during World War II. Subgroup G 5 is especially important; it includes records concerning deportations of Jewish refugees to Germany.

  13. Henkilömapit

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin I arkisto
    • Personal files
    • Kansallisarkisto
    • EK-Valpo I, hmp
    • English, Finnish
    • 1919-1948
    • 8278 files

    The collection includes files of the Jews deported from Finland to Germany 1941–1942 as a result of the Finnish State Police action (8 folders). The collection includes also personal files of Arno Anthoni who was the chief of the Finnish State Police in 1941–1944 (3 folders).