Overview
- Description
- Notes, circulars, correspondence, memorandums, telegrams, speeches, reports, registers, newspaper clippings relating to search of the opportunities for Polish agricultural settlement and Jewish immigration in Honduras, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Venezuela; social welfare for emigrants and Polish refugees in Mexico, recruitment of Polish workers in Central America, illegal immigration, circulars concerning the forgery of passports, passport regulations of the Free City of Gdańsk, establishment in Mexico of the Committee for the Care of Polish Refugees, negotiations with the Mexican government on the arrival of Polish refugees; Lists of Polish refugees in India, in Karachi (Pakistan), in Africa, and refugees arriving in Mexico, a list of Jews who had received Honduran passports in Switzerland and were found in the Vittel camp, refugees in Camp Santa Rosa (León, Mexico), boarding of refugees on USS "Hermitage", activities of Jewish organizations in Mexico and Central America countries. protests against antisemitism and Polish-Jewish relations in Mexico, USA and Peru, and records about the extermination of Jews during German occupation in Poland and other European countries.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Diplomatic Legation in Mexico City
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1945
- 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. Poselstwo (Mexico)
- Reference
- http://www.sybirak1940.com/kolonia-santa-rosa-ndash-meksyk.html
http://santarosa.com.pl/dziennik-henryka-stebelskiego
Chmielewski, Jan Witold. Polskie Osiedle Santa Rosa w Meksyku, 1943-1946. Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA-JR, 2015.
RG-59.046: 2010.306. Kolekcja Generala Wladyslawa Andersa (KGA.11): General Władysław Anders collection, 1939-1947.
Physical Details
- Extent
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8,399 digital images : PDF ; 3.88 PDF .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. Emigration of Poles, Jews and other Polish miniorities to Latin America, 1931-1945; 2. Santa Rosa camp in Mexico, assistance to Polish citizens, registers of refugees, 1943-1945; 3. Activities of Jewish organizations in Mexico and Central America countries, 1933-1945.
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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
- 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. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Mexico. Polish people--Evacuation and relocation, 1939-1945--Registers. Polish refugees--Mexico--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--South America--History--20th century--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe. Executive departments. Diplomatic and consular service
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.593. 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
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 09:13:56
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