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  1. Central Location Index of the Relatives Search Department

    In the collection there are documents, lists and index cards. There are two main sections to the collection: Index Cards and Boxes of Documents.1. Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition; 2. Boxes of documents: There are approximately 210 boxes of documents clearly divided into two kinds of material:A. The lists are located in 83 boxes including the names of those survivors for whom the organization has searched. The names appear on the index cards as well (in Part 1), because with every applicat...

  2. The Attorney Jean Brunschvig Personal Archive: Certificates from the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, 1942-1944

    The collection is composed of documents signed by Mantello certifying that the bearer of the document is a San Salvadorian citizen.

  3. Collection of Hansi and Joel Brand, activists in the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest during World War II

    In the Collection there are 97 files containing original documentation mainly regarding the following subjects: A. The history of the Jews of Hungary during the Holocaust;B. Efforts of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Hungary throguh which Hansi and Joel Brand conducted their activities, 1942-1944; G."Joel Brand: Die Geschichte eines Geschäfts"(Joel Brand, the Story of a Businessman), a radio play written by Heinar Kipphardt based on Joel Brand's life. C. The roles of various Jewish institutions which were active in the Free World whose goal it was to rescue the Jews of Hungary;D. Documen...

  4. The Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations

    In the collection there is documentation primarily regarding the background to Grossmann's activities as a press officer after World War II, along with documentation regarding the negotiations conducted between Israel and Germany concerning the reparations. The documentation includes mainly German publications regarding German legislation concerning reparations and reports of Grossmann's trips to Germany. More than half the documentation consists of press clippings.

  5. Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    The Record Group includes correspondence with relief and welfare organizations in Britain and Germany during the Nazi period and after the war, reports regarding the activities of these organizations and reports from visits of Jewish leaders in Germany after the war, including much information concerning the situation of the Jews living in various places in the country.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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).

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. The Mauritius Exile Collection

    The collection includes items created by the would-be immigrant refugees en route from Europe to Mandate Palestine, in detention at Haifa and Atlit, en route to Mauritius and as exiles while interned in detention camps there. artifacts, photographs, documents, letters, and artworks. Content includes: artifacts, mainly decorative items and utensils, toys, games, jewelry and souvenirs, handcrafted of local materials such as wood, shell, and fiber; photographs of individuals, groups, events, architectural and natural sites, and documentary photos of their journeys; documents such as diaries, p...

  14. Deuxième Guerre mondiale (1935-1988)

    1. Ministère des Affaires étrangères
    2. Maison-mère - Ministère des Affaires étrangères

    This series contains among other folders: - AE-03834 Mesures prises par la "Zivilverwaltung" à l'égard des réfugiés juifs allemands et polonais (1940) and AE-03929 Rapatriement: Défense faite aux Juifs et aux Français de rentrer au Luxembourg (Ordonnance de la "Zivilverwaltung" 1940)