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Lists of Non-Displaced Persons Act (DP) Immigrants Leaving Italy Under HIAS Auspices, 1947 - 1949

Introduction by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

BACKGROUND

The 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.

DATABASE

This database includes 1,113 records of non-DP persons leaving Italy under HIAS auspices between 1947 and 1949.

The fields for this database are as follows:

  • Image # (Scan image number within the YIVO folder)
  • Surname
  • Given name
  • Date of birth
  • Nationality
  • Country of origin
  • Transit country
  • Final destination
  • Departure date
  • Means of departure & name of ship
  • Source (List #)
  • Comments

Below are the names of the lists within this collection.

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 https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/176163

Thank you to Nolan Altman, Director of Data Acquisition and Coordinator of Holocaust Database, for his continued devotion and dedication to JewishGen's important work.  

May 2025

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