Records of the Danish Jewish Community : Refugees, travel of emigrants, postwar support (Group 10411)

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2018.118.1 | RG Number: RG-44.010

Overview

Description: Selected records of the Danish Jewish Community. This contains the following collections from the Group No. 10411: The Secretary for Jews Post-War Support, including records relating to: address searches and refugee questionnaires, 1945-1950, various correspondence relating to postwar assistance, Hechaluz, and stateless persons, unaccompanied Jewish children youth Aliyah, as well as a list of Jewish who arrived in Sweden. 1945; The Committee for Jewish Agricultural Trainees: consisting of student lists and accounting statements, 1939-1942; The Chief Rabbi Max Friediger records consisting of lists of lost or missing Jews, 1946; HIAS correspondence concerning emigrants travel including personal information such as date of birth, departure from Denmark, name, nationality, job title, address of closest friends and relatives, 1937-1952.

Note: Records are restricted until 2032, access only by the permission of the Danish National Archives. Access is granted by application and must go through the Danish Data Protection Agency since the material contains personal information.
Date: inclusive: 1937-1952
Collection Creator: Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet.

Language: Danish German English
Genre/Form: Registers. Correspondence.
Extent: 11,520 digital images : JPEG.
System of Arrangement: Arranged in four series: 1.The Secretary for Jews Post-War Support, 1945-1950; 2.The Committee for Jewish Agricultural Trainees (Index cards organized alphabetically); 3. Chief Rabbi Max Friediger records (a list of missing Jews); 4. HIAS records (Correspondence concerning emigrants travel), 1937-1952.

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Permission must be requested from the Danish National Archives to view records until 75 past the most recent date in the collection. Researchers may contact for a permission Mr. Ulf Kyneb, Arkivar at mailbox@sa.dk
Conditions on Use: Fair use only. Permission for any publication must be obtain from the Danish National Archives.
Copyright Holder: Statens arkiver (Denmark)

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Denmark. Jews--Denmark--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Denmark--History--20th century. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Denmark. Emigration and immigration--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Denmark.
Geographic Name: Denmark--Emigration and immigration.
Personal Name: Friediger, M. (Moses), 1884-1947.
Corporate Name: HIAS (Agency) Hechalutz (Organization)

Holder of Originals: Statens arkiver (Denmark)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Statens arkiver (Denmark) [Danish National Archives]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2018.