Lists of Non-DP Immigrants Leaving Italy Under HIAS Auspices, 1947–1949
1,113 RecordsHolocaust · Survivors · Refugees/DPs · Italy
Introduction by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
BackgroundThe Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) is the world’s oldest refugee agency, formally incorporated in 1903. HIAS emerged from the work of several agencies which supported Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe beginning in the 1880s.
This data set comes from records of HIAS’s work in France during the war years. HIAS provided assistance to refugees in the form of legal support, monetary aid, and family reunification services, among other things, during this timeframe.
Fields Recorded
The fields for this database are as follows:
Below are the names of the lists within this collection.
Lists in This Collection
| List | Description |
|---|---|
| List 1 | Nominal Roll of Departures for November 1949 |
| List 2 | HIAS Proteges Bound for Australia Embarked on Board M/S Surriento in Genoa on November 1, 1949 |
| List 3 | List of HIAS Passengers Bound for Australia Embarked Aboard M/S Surriento in Genoa on the 12th August 1949 |
| List 4 | Emigration to Other Countries (September 1949) |
| List 5 | Emigration to Other Countries (November 1948 - August 1949) |
| List 6 | Transmigrant From France and Austria Departed For Australia on Board S/S Surriento 0n August 12th, 1949 |
| List 7 | Emigration to Other Countries (March 1948 - July 1949) |
| List 8 | Emigration to Other Countries (August 1948 - June 1949) |
| List 9 | Emigration to Other Countries (February 1949 - May 1949) |
| List 10 | Emigration to Other Countries (April 1949) |
| List 11 | Emigration to Other Countries (March 1948 - March 1949) |
| List 12 | Persons who Left Italy (January 1949) |
| List 13 | Emigration (March 1948) |
| List 14 | Transmigration (March 1948) |
| List 15 | Repatriation (March 1948) |
| List 16 | Departures of Transmigrants from Italy to Their Countries of Destination, Sponsored by HIAS (July 1947 through December 1948) |
Acknowledgements
The information contained in this database was indexed from the files available from the Center for Jewish History’s collection of scanned source documents from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. This data set is from the “Records of HIAS-HICEM Main Office in Europe (RG 245.5, France I-IV)”, File: Box 79, Folder: France IV-249, Reel: 19.29). It can be accessed online at archives.cjh.org
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May 2025
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