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Selected records from the British Colonial Office : Confidential general and confidential original correspondence files on Palestine

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.101 | RG Number: RG-59.002M

Overview

Description: Contains confidential records relating to the distribution of immigration certificates to Jews in DP camps in Germany, the rate of immigration, illegal immigration, and files relating to the formation of a Jewish fighting force in Palestine.
Date: 1944-1947
Reference: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/catalogues-and-online-records.htm

Physical Details

Language: English
Extent: 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Organization is thematic

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Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Applications for permission to use copies for publication (including web-site publication), exhibition or broadcast or any other purpose must be addressed to TNA Image Library, the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU (image-library@nationalarchives.gov.uk).
Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: British property--Cyprus. British property--Palestine. Colonial administrators--Cyprus. Colonial administrators--Palestine. Public works--Cyprus. Public works--Palestine. Haavara. Jewish soldiers--Palestine--Sources. Refugees, Jewish--Cyprus. Refugees, Jewish--Palestine.
Geographic Name: Great Britain--Colonies--Asia. Great Britain--Armed Forces--Palestine. Cyprus--History--British rule, 1878-1960. Cyprus--Politics and government. Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945. Palestine--History--1917-1948. Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Palestine--Economic conditions--1917-1948.
Corporate Name: Great Britain. Colonial Office Great Britain. Army. Jewish Brigade

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: National Archives (Great Britain)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the International Program Division in July 2001.

Record last modified:: 2023-08-25 09:12:53
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