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Country: Sweden

  1. Flyktingsektionen

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    • Sections on Refugees
    • Riksarkivet
    • 03/05
    • Swedish
    • 1920-1980
    • 45.6 Hyllmeter.

    Vid årsskiftet 1940/1941 ombildades den sedan 1933 verksamma Hjälpkommittén till ett inom församlingen integrerat organ, Flyktingsektionen, inom församlingens understödsnämnd. Understödsnämndens övriga verksamhet bedrevs av dess allmänna sektion. Flyktingsektionen bestod av församlingens föreståndare och rabbiner samt fyra av församlingen valda ledamöter. Sektionen hade till en början två avdelningar: emigrations- och understödsavdelningen samt barnavdelningen. I början av 1945 tillsatte församlingens fullmäktige en "Kommitté för utlands- och efterkrigshjälp", som i sin tur tillsatte ett ar...

  2. Övriga register över flyktingar

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Register och Liggare
    4. Register över flyktingar i Sverige
    • Other registers of refugees
    • Riksarkivet
    • C
    • Swedish
    • 1944-1948
    • Serien i kortlådor.

    Danska flyktingar på Lidingö; 1946-1948 ankomna flyktingar; Fackarbetare.

  4. Register över flyktingar, ankomna före 1945

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Register och Liggare
    4. Register över flyktingar i Sverige
    • Register about Refugees arrived before 1945
    • Riksarkivet
    • A
    • Swedish
    • 1940-1942
    • Serien i kartonger.

    Avser till Sverige på 1930-talet fram till 1942 ankomna flyktingar. Serien övertagen från Hjälpkommittén.

  6. Parlamentariska undersökningskommittén ang flyktingsärenden och säkerhetstjänst

    • State commission on the treatment of refugees and the intelligence service
    • Sandlerkommissionen
    • Riksarkivet
    • Parlamentariska undersökningskommittén ang. flyktingsärenden och säkerhetstjänst. YK 984.
    • English
    • 1945-1947
    • 57 volumes of textual records.

    The archive contains 57 volumes of archive documents from the commission's assignments during the period 1945-1947. The series Personakter till anmälningsdiariet (F: 2) contains 390 files containing reports and other documents with information about refugee cases reported by aid organizations and private individuals because they were treated incorrectly by the authorities when they tried to come to or stay in Sweden as refugees. Many of these were Jews. There is an index of the files in volume C: 1. A selection of the reported cases is also summarized anonymously in the commission's report ...

  7. Göteborgs stads kurator för statslösa flyktingar

    • City of Gothenburg counselor for stateless refugees
    • Göteborgs kommun. Göteborgs stads kurator för statslösa flyktingar

    The series include 1,529 personal files in 16 volumes. The files contain information about refugees and Holocaust survivors who came to Sweden and stayed in Gothenburg from 1937 to 1947. One volume also contains circular letters and guidelines for the treatment of refugees from the authorities and one volume contains correspondence.

  11. Kriminalpolisen i Malmö

    • Malmö Criminal Police
    • Stadsarkivet Malmö
    • Kriminalpolisen i Malmö
    • English
    • 1874-1970
    • 240,7 linear meters of textual records

    The archive includes the F7 series, which contains 12 volumes of extensive material on refugees and survivors, including survivors and refugees who arrived in Sweden during and after the Second World War. The documents from 1943-44 contain documents concerning refugees who came to Sweden from Denmark, including those who fled to Sweden in the autumn of 1943. Later documents concern refugees and survivors from other countries. The series also includes lists of survivors who came to Malmö using various boat transports and interrogation protocols. Volume F7: 9 contains the Malmö police's alpha...

  12. Statens utlänningskommission Passbyrån

    1. Statens Utlänningskommission
    • Passbyrån
    • Passport Office
    • Riksarkivet
    • Statens utlänningskommission, Passbyrån
    • English
    • 1917-1952
    • 144,5 linear meters of textual records.

    The archive includes 66 volumes containing entry cards for the registration of foreigners (including Holocaust survivors) who arrived in Sweden through the Red Cross and UNRRA in 1945. These cards generally have notations regarding Swedish placement in camps, departures, and other details. They are divided into three series: one for refugees who remained in Sweden as of 1946, one for deceased individuals from 1945 to 1946, and one series of departed refugees organized by nationality. Additionally, there are police interrogation records for refugees who did not have a so-called 'central doss...

  15. Allmän Korrespondens, Allmän

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Inkomna Handlingar
    • General Correspondence
    • Riksarkivet
    • 1A
    • Swedish
    • 1940-1945
    • Serien i kartonger.

    Arnheims korrespondens; Michaelis korrespondens; Stillschweigs korrespondens.

  16. Allmän korrespondens, David Köpniwskys (med fleras) korrespondens

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Inkomna Handlingar
    • Riksarkivet
    • 1B
    • Swedish
    • 1948-1971
    • Kartonger.

    Korrespondens ordnad enligt ämne, t.ex. kulturutskottet, föreningar, emigration, rättshjälpsbyrån. Med redovisningar och rapporter rörande andra socialsektionens verksamhet m.m.

  18. Allmän korrespondens, Edmund Rapaports korrespondens

    1. The Jewish (Mosaic) Congregation of Stockholm
    2. Flyktingsektionen
    3. Inkomna Handlingar

    Mest rörande statistik; meddelanden till kuratorerna 1954-1956; korrespondens 1955-1956.

  19. Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 84

    1. Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv
    • Flyktinghjälpen
    • Stockholms Stadsarkiv
    • Generalkonsul Olof Herman Lamms arkiv, B 84
    • English
    • 1938-1945
    • 0,15 linear meters (one box).

    File B 84 contains material related to Lamm’s work with Jewish refugees from 1938 to 1945. The volume contains records of the financial support for Jewish refugees that Lamm gathered through donations from his peers and provided to the Jewish Community of Stockholm prior to and during the years of WWII, as well as various recommendation letters written for Jewish refugees to find employment in Sweden. It also includes letters from various Jewish individuals from Sweden, Germany, Austria, and the US who requested Lamm’s assistance in the acquisition of visas, residence permits, family reunif...

  20. Judiska församlingen i Göteborg, E 5

    1. The Jewish Community of Gothenburg
    • Protokoll, sammanträden med församlingarna i Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö (1940-1949)

    In file number E 5 are minutes from meetings and other records concerning cooperation between the Jewish community of Gothenburg and its counterparts in Stockholm and Malmö, primarily regarding refugee aid. The file include the minutes of the Jewish Community of Stockholm's Children Department, protocols from meetings between Ivar Philipson, David Köpniwsky and Michael Wächter, a meeting agenda for the board meeting of the Committee for the Recued of 1945, agendas for meetings with social workers (kuratorsammanträden), documents of the Relief Committee of Gothenburg, documents regarding the...