List of Names of Missing Persons, 1945–1946

1,529 Records

Holocaust · Victims · Survivors · Europe (multiple)

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.

Fields Recorded

The fields for this database are as follows:

Image # (Scan image number within the YIVO folder)       
Surname
Given name
Maiden name
Title
Date of birth / Age
Place of birth
Nationality
Former address
Present address
Information received from
Source (List #)
Comments

Below are the names of the lists within this collection. Lists in French are translated below the French title.:

List Description
1 List No. XII of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (03-Jun-1946)
2 List No. VIII of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (01-Feb-1946)
3 List No. VII of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (02-Jan-1946)
4 List No. VII of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (02-Jan-1946)
5 List No. VIII of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (01-Feb-1946)
6 List No. VI of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (29-Nov-1945)
7 List No. VI of persons Found or Reported to be Dead (02-Jan-1946)
8 Missing Persons of German Nationality (22-Oct-1945)
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 96, Folder: France IV-465, Reel: 19.48). It can be accessed online at archives.cjh.org

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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