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Selected records of the Swedish Jewish community

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.108.1 | RG Number: RG-66.009

Overview

Description: This collection consists of about 125,000 registration cards from various collections of the Swedish Jewish Community, including: registers of individuals who were rescued in 1945; registers of payments, loans, financial assistance, and scholarships; registers of refugees in Sweden; card registers of refugee children; registers of deported Jews; registers of emigrants; and registers of records for restitution.
Date: inclusive: 1930-1977
Collection Creator: Council for Swedish Jewish Communities

Physical Details

Language: Swedish
Genre/Form: Registers.
Extent: 180,570 digital images : JPEG.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Restricted group of records requires a permission. Any request for a permission to access and use a restricted part of materials should be directed to the Council of the Swedish Jewish Community.
Conditions on Use: Fair use only. Restricted group of records requires a use permission. Any request for a permission to access and use a restricted part of materials should be directed to the Council of the Swedish Jewish Community.
Copyright Holder: Sweden. Riksarkivet

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Sweden--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Sweden--History--20th century. Emigration & immigration--Sweden--1940-1950. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Sweden. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
Geographic Name: Sweden--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Sweden--Politics and government--History--20th century.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Sweden. Riksarkivet
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Riksarkivet, Sweden (Swedish 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 2019. This is a cooperative project between the Council for Swedish Jewish Communities, USHMM, Yad Vashem and Swedish National Archives.

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