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Directiunea generala a politie Paspoarte

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0271 | RG Number: RG-25.032M

Overview

Description: Contains records from the office of the General Directorate of Passports (Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte) related to Jewish emigration to Palestine from Romania. Includes a name list of Romanian Jews who traveled to Palestine on the ships "Kasbek, "Mefkur," "Morina," "Selahadin," "Toros," and "Bulbul."
Alternate Title: General directorate of Passports Office records
Date: inclusive: 1940-1944
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.
Collection Creator: Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte

Physical Details

Language: Romanian
Genre/Form: Passports.
Extent: 6,073 digital images : JPEG ; 14.3 GB.
7 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arranged thematically

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
Copyright Holder: Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Romania--History--20th century. Passenger ships.
Geographic Name: Romania--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Corporate Name: Kasbek (Ship) Bulbul (Ship) Mefkure (Ship) Morina (Ship) Selahadin (Ship) Toros (Ship)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the General Directorate of Passports Office Romania, formerly the General Directorate of Police-Archive of Emigration, and a branch of the Romanian Ministry. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 1999.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

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