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Foreign Office: General Correspondence, FO 371

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.104 | RG Number: RG-59.006M

Overview

Description: Contains correspondence relating to persecution and atrocities against Jews; refugees from Germany and Austria; disturbances in Palestine; the formation of a Jewish fighting force; immigration issues; German war criminals, and files on the conditions for Jews in occupied Europe including, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Hungary, Iraq, and Poland.
Date: inclusive: 1938-1949
Reference: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/catalogues-and-online-records.htm

Physical Details

Language: English
Extent: 22,973 digital images : TIFF ; 2.32 GB.
97 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
2 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..
System of Arrangement: Organization is thematic. Selected records of British Public Record Office fond FO 371

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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: Applications for permission to use copies for publication (including web-site publication), exhibition or broadcast or any other purpose must be addressed to TNA Image Library, the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU (image-library@nationalarchives.gov.uk).
Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Refugees, Jewish--Europe. Refugees, Jewish--Germany. Refugees, Jewish--Palestine.
Geographic Name: Austria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Madagascar--Emigration and immigration. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948. Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Great Britain--Colonies--Asia.
Corporate Name: Great Britain. Foreign Office

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: National Archives (Great Britain)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Public Record Office (National Archives of United Kingdom). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Program Division in July 2001. Reels 49 through 98 were later added to the collection on 29 Aug. 2002, additional accretion arrived in 2010 and 2011 (Ca. 25,000 digital images).

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