Overview
- Description
- Contains membership card index of the Asociación Filantrópica Israelita (AFI), with approximately 20,000 names of Jewish refugees, mostly from Nazi Germany (including Nazi annexed Austria), who emigrated to Argentina between the years 1933 to 1939. Also includes the names and biographical data of a few Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and other countries in Europe. The card index was periodically updated through the 1970s.
- Alternate Title
- Jewish Philanthropic Association : Membership Card Index
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-1970
- Collection Creator
- Asociación Filantrópica Israelita
- Biography
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The Asociación Filantrópica Israelita (AFI) was founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1933 by German-Jewish immigrants with the aim to assist fellow Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution and had emigrated to Argentina.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Card indexes.
- Extent
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29,626 digital images : PDF ; 18.1 GB.
5 DVD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in...
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged alphabetically: DVD 1: A-F; DVD 2: G-J; DVD 3: K-M; DVD 4: N-S1; DVD 5: S2-Z.
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
- Records cannot be published on the Internet or World Wide Web without the written permission of the Asociación Filantrópica Israelita (AFI).
- Copyright Holder
- Asociación Filantrópica Israelita
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Asociación Filantrópica Israelita
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Asociación Filantrópica Israelita (AFI), Argentina. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the AFI via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in October 2012.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-09 07:41:57
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