Overview
- Description
- The collection contains diverse documents from 1939 to 1963, concerning the situation for Jews in Europe in general, Spanish Jews, and individual cases of Jews seeking asylum in Spain. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence related to securing transit visas to Spain for Jews attempting to escape Nazi persecution.
- Date
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1939-1963
- Collection Creator
- Spain. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperacio?n
Physical Details
- Extent
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21 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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
- No digitization of images is permitted without the written permission of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Copyright Holder
- El Archivo General de la Administración del Ministerio de Cultura
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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El Archivo General de la Administración del Ministerio de Cultura
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From the El Archivo General de la Administración del Ministerio de Cultura (The General Administration Archive of the Ministry of Culture), Madrid, Spain. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2002.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:10:15
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512445
Additional Resources
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- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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-
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