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.
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.
Below are the names of the lists within this collection.
List 1
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of December 1950
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List 2
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of November 1950
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List 3
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of October 1950
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List 4
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of September 1950
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List 5
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of August 1950
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List 6
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of July 1950
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List 7
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of June 1950
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List 8
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of May 1950
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List 9
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of April 1950
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List 10
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of March 1950
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List 11
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Departure List from HIAS, Amsterdam, Over the Month of February 1950
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List 12
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List of HIAS Proteges Departed Aboard the S/S Surriento on November 26, 1950 Bound for Australia
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List 13
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Cases Departed November 1950
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List 14
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 25-Sep-1950)
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List 15
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 05-Dec-1950)
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List 16
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Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 14-Nov-1950)
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List 17
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 09-Nov-1950)
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List 18
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 24-Oct-1950)
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List 19
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Cases Departed October 1950
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List 20
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Cases Departed October 1950
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List 21
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List of Emigrants (Dated 25-October-1950)
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List 21
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Lista Degli Emigranti (Dated 25-October-1950)
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List 22
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 11-Oct-1950)
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List 23
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Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 24-Oct-1950)
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List 24
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Cases Departed September 1950
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List 25
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Cases Departed August 1950
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List 26
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Expense Letter (Dated 25-Sep-1950)
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List 27
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List of HIAS Protegees Departed from Genoa Aboard the S/S Surriento on September 10, 1950 Bound for Australia
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List 28
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Under the DP Bill (Letter dated 06-Sep-1950)
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List 29
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Expense Letter (Dated 06-Sep-1950)
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List 30
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Person Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 24-Aug-1950)
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List 31
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Closed Case Departures (Letter dated 03-Aug-1950)
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List 32
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Liste De Nos Proteges Partis Le 18 Juin 1950 De Genes A Bord Du S/S Surriento A Destination De L'Australie
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List of Our Proteges Who Left Genoa on June 18, 1950 on Board the S/S Surriento for Australia
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List 33
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Elenco Dei Nostri Assistiti Che Si Sono Imbarcati Sulla M/N Napoli Iln 30 July 1950 A Destinazione Dell 'Australa
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List of our clients who embarked on the M/N Napoli on 30 July 1950 bound for Australia
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List 34
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Person Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 08-Aug-1950)
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List 35
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Departure Cases During July 1950
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List 36
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Person Left on Board S/S Napoli from Genoa (Dated 30-Jul-1950)
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List 37
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Person Left Under the DP Bill, Via Bremen (Dated 26-Jul-1950)
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List 38
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Closed Cases Departed under the DP Bill via Bremen on 28-June-1950 for USA
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List 39
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Closed Cases for Departures (Dated 13-Jul-1950)
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List 40
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Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill via Bremen on June 14th, 1950 for USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)
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List 41
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Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill For USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)
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List 42
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Closed Cases for Departures Under the DP Bill via Bremen on June 14th, 1950 for USA (Dated 13-Jul-1950)
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List 43
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Persons Left under the DP Bill, via Bremen (Dated June 14, 1950)
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List 44
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Person Left Under DP Bill (Dated 13-Jun-1950)
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List 45
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Person Left Under DP Bill via Bremen (Dated 14-Jun-1950)
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List 46
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Departure Cases During May 1950
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List 47
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Persons Left Under DP Bill Expenses (Dated 05 & 06-Jun-1950)
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List 48
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Persons Left Under DP Bill Expenses , via Bremen (Dated 05-Jun-1950)
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List 49
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List of HIAS Protegees Departed Aboard the S/S Napoli from Genoa on May 2nd, 1950 Bound for Australia
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List 50
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Persons Left Expenses (Dated 09-Nov-1950)
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List 51
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Persons Left Under the DP Bill (Dated 09-Nov-1950)
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List 52
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Lista Degli Emigranti Che Si Sono Imbarcati a Genova il 2 Maggio 1950 sulla M/N Napoli a Destinazione Dell 'Auatralia
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List of Emigrants Who Embarked in Genoa on May 2, 1950 on the M/N Napoli to Australia
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List 53
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Departures of HIAS Cases Not Including Transmigrants to DP Bill
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List 54
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Persons Departed in March 1950
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List 55
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List of HIAS Protegees Embarked on S/S Surriento in Genoa on January 18th, 1950 Bound for Australia
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List 56
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Nominal Roll Of Departures For January 1950
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List 57
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Emigration From Israel in December 1950 Letter (Dated 01-Jan-1951)
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List 57
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Emigration From Israel in March 1950 Letter (Dated 03-Apr-1950)
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List 58
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Emigration From Israel in June 1950 Letter (Dated 03-Jul-1950)
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List 59
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Emigration From Israel in April 1950 Letter (Dated 02-May-1950)
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List 60
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List of Migrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on August 3rd From The Port of Constanza
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List 61
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List of Emigrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on July 27th From The Port of Constanza
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List 62
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List of Emigrants Assisted by This Office Who Left For Isreal on July 13th From The Port of Constanza
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List 63
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List of Departures June 1950
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List 64
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List of Emigrants Assisted by this Office Who Left For Israel on June 1st From the Port of Constantza
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List 65
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List of Departures May 1950
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List 66
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List of Departures April 1950
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List 67
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List of Departures December 1950
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List 68
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List of Departures November 1950
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List 69
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List of Departures - October 1950
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List 70
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List of Departures - September 1950
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List 71
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Person Left 26-Sep-1950
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List 72
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List of Departures April 1950
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List 73
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List of Departures August 1950
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List 74
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List of Departures July 1950
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List 75
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List of Departures June 1950
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List 76
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List of Departures May 1950
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List 77
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List of Departures March 1950
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List 78
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List of Departures March 1950
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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
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