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List of Refugees from Stockholm, Bucharest, Constanza (Romania), Rome, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam Leaving HIAS Care for Various Destinations (1950)

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• Background
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• Acknowledgements

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 2,608 refugees from Stockholm, Bucharest, Constanza, Rome, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam to various destinations. records of emigrants, leaving French ports, going to various destination.

The fields for this database are as follows:

  • Image # (Scan image number within the YIVO folder)       
  • Surname
  • Given name
  • Maiden name
  • Country of origin
  • Final destination
  • Immediate / transit destinations
  • Means of transportation (if by ship, ship name)
  • Source (List #)
  • Comments

Below are the names of the lists within this collection.

List 1

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of December 1950

List 2

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of November 1950

List 3

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of October 1950

List 4

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of September 1950

List 5

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of August 1950

List 6

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of July 1950

List 7

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of June 1950

List 8

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of May 1950

List 9

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of April 1950

List 10

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of March 1950

List 11

Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of February 1950

List 12

List of HIAS Proteges Departed Aboard the S/S Surriento on November 26, 1950 Bound for Australia

List 13

Cases Departed November 1950

List 14

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 25-Sep-1950)

List 15

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 05-Dec-1950)

List 16

Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 14-Nov-1950)

List 17

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 09-Nov-1950)

List 18

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 24-Oct-1950)

List 19

Cases Departed October 1950

List 20

Cases Departed October 1950

List 21

List of Emigrants (Dated 25-October-1950)

List 21

Lista Degli Emigranti (Dated 25-October-1950)

List 22

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 11-Oct-1950)

List 23

Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 24-Oct-1950)

List 24

Cases Departed September 1950

List 25

Cases Departed August 1950

List 26

Expense Letter (Dated 25-Sep-1950)

List 27

List of HIAS Protegees Departed from Genoa Aboard the S/S Surriento on September 10, 1950 Bound for Australia

List 28

Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 06-Sep-1950)

List 29

Expense Letter (Dated 06-Sep-1950)

List 30

Person Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 24-Aug-1950)

List 31

Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 03-Aug-1950)

List 32

Liste De Nos Proteges Partis Le 18 Juin 1950 De Genes A Bord Du S/S Surriento A Destination De L'Australie

 

List of Our Proteges Who Left Genoa on June 18, 1950 on Board the S/S Surriento for Australia

List 33

Elenco Dei Nostri Assistiti Che Si Sono Imbarcati Sulla M/N Napoli Iln 30 July 1950 A Destinazione Dell 'Australa

 

List of our clients who embarked on the M/N Napoli on 30 July 1950 bound for Australia

List 34

Person Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 08-Aug-1950)

List 35

Departure Cases During July 1950

List 36

Person Left on Board S/S Napoli from Genoa (Dated 30-Jul-1950)

List 37

Person Left Under the DP Bill, Via Bremen (Dated 26-Jul-1950)

List 38

Closed Cases Departed under the DP Bill via Bremen on 28-June-1950 for USA

List 39

Closed Cases for Departures (Dated 13-Jul-1950)

List 40

Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill via Bremen on June 14th, 1950 for USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)

List 41

Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill For USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)

List 42

Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill via Bremen on June 14th, 1950 for USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)

List 43

Persons Left under the DP Bill, via Bremen (Dated June 14, 1950)

List 44

Person Left Under DP Bill (Dated 13-Jun-1950)

List 45

Person Left Under DP Bill via Bremen (Dated 14-Jun-1950)

List 46

Departure Cases During May 1950

List 47

Persons Left Under DP Bill Expenses (Dated 05 & 06-Jun-1950)

List 48

Persons Left Under DP Bill Expenses , via Bremen (Dated 05-Jun-1950)

List 49

List of HIAS Protegees Departed Aboard the S/S Napoli from Genoa on May 2nd, 1950 Bound for Australia

List 50

Persons Left Expenses (Dated 09-Nov-1950)

List 51

Persons Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 09-Nov-1950)

List 52

Lista Degli Emigranti Che Si Sono Imbarcati a Genova il 2 Maggio 1950 sulla M/N Napoli a Destinazione Dell 'Auatralia

 

List of Emigrants Who Embarked in Genoa on May 2, 1950 on the M/N Napoli to Australia

List 53

Departures of HIAS Cases Not Including Transmigrants to DP Bill

List 54

Persons Departed in March 1950

List 55

List of HIAS Protegees Embarked on S/S Surriento in Genoa on January 18th, 1950 Bound for Australia

List 56

Nominal Roll Of Departures For January 1950

List 57

Emigration From Israel in December 1950 Letter (Dated 01-Jan-1951)

List 57

Emigration From Israel in March 1950 Letter (Dated 03-Apr-1950)

List 58

Emigration From Israel in June 1950 Letter (Dated 03-Jul-1950)

List 59

Emigration From Israel in April 1950 Letter (Dated 02-May-1950)

List 60

List of Migrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on August 3rd From The Port of Constanza

List 61

List of Emigrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on July 27th From The Port of Constanza

List 62

List of Emigrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on July 13th From The Port of Constanza

List 63

List of Departures June 1950

List 64

List of Emigrants Assisted by this Office Who Left For Israel on June 1st From the Port of Constantza

List 65

List of Departures May 1950

List 66

List of Departures April 1950

List 67

List of Departures December 1950

List 68

List of Departures November 1950

List 69

List of Departures - October 1950

List 70

List of Departures - September 1950

List 71

Person Left 26-Sep-1950

List 72

List of Departures April 1950

List 73

List of Departures August 1950

List 74

List of Departures July 1950

List 75

List of Departures June 1950

List 76

List of Departures May 1950

List 77

List of Departures March 1950

List 78

List of Departures March 1950

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 76, Folder: France IV-217, Reel: 19.24-19.25).  It can be accessed online at https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/176115

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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