Overview
- Description
- Correspondence, registers, certificates, visas and other documents relating to social care for immigrants abroad, employment, refugees from Poland Oct. 1, 1939, evacuation of Polish people from Romania to Turkey, opening of the Shipping Line from Poland via Constanța to Haifa (ship "Polonia"), 1932, transport of emigrants and food/supplies by the shipping companies from Gdansk and Gdynia, Poland, 1936 (Gdynia America Shipping Lines) to Palestine via Turkey and Romania (Line Constanța-Haifa), crew lists, tourist tours to Palestine, 1933; proceedings of succession in Palestine (Stefan Norblin will), issues of visa to Palestine for Jews, and to Egypt to Polish general Tadeusz Kasprzycki.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Consulate General in Istanbul
- Date
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inclusive:
1932-1945
- 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
- Poland. Konsulat (Istanbul, Turkey)
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Certificates. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Registers. Telegrams. Visas. Wills.
- Extent
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378 digital images : PDF ; 169 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in five series: 1. Records relating to social care for immigrants abroad, 1942-1945; 2. Evacuation of immigrants from Romania and Turkey, 1940; 3. Registers of immigrants from Poland, 1939;
4. Records of Polish Shipping Companies, opening of the Shipping Line from Gdynia, Poland to Haifa, Palestine, 1932; 5. Documents of immigration affairs, 1943-1945.
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
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century. Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Turkey. Emigration & immigration--Europe--20th century. Shipping companies (Marine transportation)--Poland--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Refugees--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Diplomatic and consular service Executive departments. Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
- Geographic Name
- Constanța (Romania) Gdańsk (Poland) Gdynia (Poland) Haifa (Israel) Istanbul (Turkey) Poland--Foreign relation--Turkey. Poland
- Personal Name
- Kasprzyski, Tadeusz, 1891-1978. Norblin, Stefan.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.500. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:51:51
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