Displaced Persons from Bergen-Belsen moved to Sweden - 24 July 1945

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Background

This data file contains the names of displaced persons from various countries who were in Bergen-Belsen and moved to Sweden.  The file is dated 14 July 1945.  The collection contains information from records of the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) European Regional Office.  The official citation: United Nations Archives S-0523-0646, UNRRA, European Regional Office.  The files are also available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC [USHMM Acc. 1997.A. 0235, Reel 5].

Database

There are 1,606 records in the collection.

There are 9 nationality sub-lists within this collection.  Each sub-list covers a "partial list of Displaced Persons who were moved under the general supervision of UNRRA from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp to Sweden, for special care."  Page 4 of the Hungarian sub-list is missing.

The sub-lists are for the following nationalities: Austrian (14 persons), Czechoslovakian (290), Dutch (9), Greek (13), Hungarian (361), Italian (3), Polish (744), Romanian (133), and Yugoslavian (41 persons).

The fields of the database are as follows:

Acknowledgements

The information contained in this database was indexed from the files of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM Acc. 1997.A.0235, Reel 5).  This information is accessible to you today thanks to the effort of the following JewishGen volunteers who are responsible for the transcription of this file: Nolan Altman (coordinator), Carol Edan, Edward Mitelsbach, Shimon Neumann, Hans Nord, Ralph Salinger and Nicolas Trokiner.

Nolan Altman
May 2004

Searching the Database

This database is searchable via both JewishGen's Holocaust Database and All Scandinavia Database.

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Last Update: 18 Oct 2004 by WSB