Overview
- Description
- The collection contains 3747 passports of Jews, Polish citizens, that had emigrated to Palestine before the war, aiming to settle there. Most of them are with photos. Some of them with group photos, as each passport was made up for entire family.
- Alternate Title
- Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa
- Date
-
inclusive:
1930-1939
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Passports. Passport photographs.
- Extent
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40,297 digital images : JPEG ; 14.4 GB.
33 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
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
- Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.
- Copyright Holder
- Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Palestine. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Palestine--History--20th century. Zionism--Europe--History--20th century. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Passports--Jews--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Israel. Mandates--Palestine--History--Sources. Citizenship--Poland--History--20th century.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), (Sygn.123). Probably the passports have been handed over by the Polish Consulate in Palestine in Haifa to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw. From there they were transferred to ŻIH in Warsaw. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Ż̇ydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Sep. 2007.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:12:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524453
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