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Hebrajskie Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Imigrantom (HIAS) (Sygn.351)

Document | Accession Number: 2012.125 | RG Number: RG-15.222M

This collection includes postwar files from the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and its branch offices in Poland. Records include organizational files, Information bulletins, news releases, correspondence abroad and with branch offices, monthly reports on activities, personal files and indices of staff relating to emigration, personal search files, indices, and cards relating to efforts to trace survivors and family members.

Alternate Title
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Poland
Date
inclusive:  1946-1949
Language
English
Polish
German
Yiddish
Spanish
French
Russian
Italian
Czech
Hungarian
Portuguese
Genre/Form
Reports.
Affidavits.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Extent
76,404 digital images : JPEG ; 201 GB .
63 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
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.

About This Document

Document Creator
HIAS (Agency)
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in five series: 1. Organization files; 2. Emigration files; 3. Personal files for searching people; 4. HIAS files; 5. Miscelaneous.
Reference
M. Wischnitzer, Visas to Freedom. The History of HIAS. Cleveland- New York : World Pub. Co., 1956.

Epsztein, T. Reszka, A. Inwentarz Archiwum Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society w Polsce (1946-1949). Warszawa: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelblumaa, 2006.

Special Collection
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 351. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 2012.

Rights and 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
Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.

Copyright Holder
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
 
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