Overview
- Description
- Contains personal files of Polish citizens of Jewish origin residing in Egypt, as well as records relating to the emigration of Jews to Palestine (report from 1938), and a newspaper, “La Tribune Juive,” of September 22 1937 (an issue about ethnic minorities).
- Alternate Title
- Legation of the Republic of Poland in Cairo
- Date
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inclusive:
1937-1939
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Reference
- Guide to the Archives of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, vol. I, compiled and edited by: Waclaw Milewski, Andrzej Suchcitz and Andrzej Gorczycki, Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London 1985.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Passports. Questionnaires.
- Extent
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109 digital files : PDF ; 2,52 GB.
1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..
- System of Arrangement
- Name list is in alphabetical order.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- Fair use only. The Cooperative Agreement does not clarify restrictions.
- Copyright Holder
- Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Government in exile--History. Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Egypt--Cairo--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Jews, Polish--Egypt--Cairo--History--Registers. Emigration and immigration--Poland. Emigration and immigration--Jewish--Palestine. Diplomatic and consular service
- Geographic Name
- Cairo (Egypt)--Foreign relations--Poland--History. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Poland--Emigration and immigration. Poland Egypt
- Corporate Name
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London, England, Record Group: A.50. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received these records from the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in September 2011.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-26 12:58:11
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44198
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