Overview
- Description
- Consists of digital images of the archival holdings of the Allied Migration Section, a department within the Vatican Secretary of State responsible for dealing, mainly in English, with the political and military representatives of the Allies and for handling correspondence with private individuals seeking to emigrate from Europe during the Second World War and in the postwar period (1940 to 1961) (AAV, Migrazione Sezione Alleati). The records through October 1958, i.e. the death of Pope Pius XII, are currently accessible. The records feature documentation pertaining to the emigration from Europe to English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia) and Latin America; assistance to refugees and prisoners returning from prison camps; support for family reunification; the distribution of preparatory material for conferences and congresses on emigration with international offices and institutes and transmission of related volumes of deeds and resolutions. The collection also features archival records regarding the immediate post-war emigration from Europe to Latin America, especially Argentina, facilitated with the help of the Vatican’s Secretary of State and other offices of the Holy See. Includes communication between the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington. D.C., the U.S. Department of State, and the Vatican Secretary of State, as well as ship registers, ship names, and internal and external communications and reports.
- Alternate Title
- Segreteria di Stato: Migrazione Sezione Alleati
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1961
bulk: 1940-1958
- Collection Creator
- Vatican City. Secretariat of State.
Vatican City. Secretariat of State. Allied Migration Section - Biography
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The Secretariat of State (Vatican City) is the oldest department in the Roman Curia, the central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church. It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State and performs all of the political and diplomatic functions of the Holy See. The Secretariat is currently divided into two sections: the Section for General Affairs and the Section for Relations with States. During the 19th and most of the 20th century, the Section for Relations with States was called the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.
The Allied Migration Section (MSA) was a department within the Secretary of State responsible for dealing, mainly in English, with the political and military representatives of the Allies and for handling correspondence with private individuals seeking to emigrate from Europe during the Second World War and the post-war period (1940-1961).
Physical Details
- Extent
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24,825 digital files : JPEG.
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged loosely in chronological order: MSA 1, 1947-1949, 1,285 pp.; MSA 2, 1947-1949/1958, 967 pp.; MSA 3, 1947-1949; MSA 4, 1947-1950; MSA 5, 1948-1949; MSA 6, 1948-1951; MSA 7, 1947-1950/1952/1954-1958/1959; MSA 8, 1949-1951/1954-1957; MSA 9, 1949-1951/1952; MSA 10, 1950-1953/1954/1951-1956; MSA 11, 1951-1956; MSA 12, 1951-1956; 1952-1957; MSA 13, 1952-1954; MSA 14, 1952-1954; MSA 15, 1952-1957; MSA 16, 1953-1957; MSA 17, 1954-1957; MSA 18 1956-1957; MSA 19; MSA 20.
(Indice 1332 - Segreteria di Stato, Sezione Alleati, by Francesca Di Giovanni and Giuseppina Rosetti, Vatican City, 2021.)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in read-only format in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) reading room at the David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center. The collection cannot be copied, scanned, reproduced, published, downloaded, or sent. Users will be required to fill out and sign an internal USHMM User Declaration in which the restrictions on access and use are listed.
- Conditions on Use
- The collection can only be used for temporary research and study activities carried out within the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The collection cannot be used for editorial and/or professional purposes, including, but not limited to, publications and temporary exhibitions. The collection cannot be altered in any way. The collection cannot be shared outside of the USHMM. The USHMM is responsible for its users. Users will be required to fill out an internal USHMM User Declaration in which the restrictions on access and use are listed. Users must contact the AAV to request duplicate scans of documents and usage permission.
- Copyright Holder
- Archivio Apostolico Vaticano
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vatican City. Argentina. United States. Latin America.
- Personal Name
- Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
- Corporate Name
- Catholic Church
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archivio Apostolico Vaticano
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received this collection from the Vatican Apostolic Archives (Archivio Apostolico Vaticano) in 2022 as part of the Museum’s Vatican Archives Initiative. The Museum sent a team of scholars and archivists to Vatican City to survey the Vatican’s archival materials for the pontificate of Pope Pius XII (1939-1958), to which Pope Francis granted access in March 2020. The Museum’s team selected portions of the archives for digital scanning to make accessible in Washington, DC in support of rigorous scholarship, education, and interpretation. These new resources will continue the Museum’s extensive work with theologians, clergy, and scholars who are interested in the role of Christianity and Christians, in particular the Catholic Church and its views of Jews historically and during the Holocaust.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-21 13:39:57
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