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Selected records from the Portuguese National Archives

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.43 | RG Number: RG-42.002

Overview

Description: Contains selected records of Portuguese agencies under António Salazar's regime. Included in this collection are correspondence, reports, mostly relating to Jewish refugees and trade relations with other nations, the question of sending German Jewish refugees to Portuguese colonies, and the Salazar’s personal archives.
Date: inclusive: 1930-1950
Reference: Flunser Pimentel. Irene. Judeus em Portugal durante a II Guerra Mundial. Esfera dos Livros : Lisbon 2006.

Mucznik, Ester. Portugueses non Holocausto. Lisbon: Esfera dos Livros, 2012.

Milgram, Esther. A Diplomacia de Salazar. Lisbon: Gradiva Publicações, 2010.

Milgram, Avraham. Portugal, Salazar, and the Jews. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2011.

Physical Details

Language: Portuguese Spanish French English
Extent: 14,271 digital images.
System of Arrangement: Arranged in seven series: 1. Legião Portuguesa; 2. Arquivo Official Salazar; 3. Correspondência officielle; 4. Negocios Estrangeiros; 5. Serviços de Informação; 6. Secretario Nacional de Informação; 7. Secretaria-Geral da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros.

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. Duplication and publication of documents/microfilm reels or digital images for third parties require the written permission of the Portuguese National Archives.
Copyright Holder: Arquivo Naçional da Torre do Tombo

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Portugal--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Portugal--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Portugal--History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Portugal.
Geographic Name: Portugal--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century. Portugal--Politics and government--1910-1974.
Personal Name: Ferro, António, 1895-1956. Salazar, António de Oliveira, 1889-1970.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Arquivo Naçional da Torre do Tombo
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Arquivo Naçional da Torre do Tombo (Portuguese National Archives). Records created by various government agencies under the Salazar dictatorship. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2013.

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 17:49:48
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