Record group 2024-12-02/28 - General directorate of Passports Office records Directiunea generala a politie Paspoarte

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Reference code

RO RO/INSHR-EW 2024-12-02/28

Title

General directorate of Passports Office records Directiunea generala a politie Paspoarte

Date(s)

  • 1939 - 1944 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

7 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

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Archival history

Source of acquisition is the General Directorate of Passports Office Romania, formerly the General Directorate of Police-Archive of Emigration, and a branch of the Romanian Ministry. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 1999. A copy of this RG was donated to INSH RO by USHMM in 2006.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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. Source of acquisition is the General Directorate of Passports Office Romania, formerly the General Directorate of Police-Archive of Emigration, and a branch of the Romanian Ministry. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 1999.

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Scope and content

Contains records from the office of the General Directorate of Passports (Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte) related to Jewish emigration to Palestine from Romania. Includes a name list of Romanian Jews who traveled to Palestine on the ships "Kasbek, "Mefkur," "Morina," "Selahadin," "Toros," and "Bulbul."

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Arranged thematically

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Copyright Holder: Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor, Directia Generala de Pasapoarte

Language of material

  • Romanian

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Language(s)

  • English

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