Departure Lists for Refugees Assisted by BEL-HIAS, 1949

773 Records

Holocaust · Survivors · Refugees/DPs · Belgium

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

Date of birth

Place of birth

Nationality

Address in Belgium

Marital status

Spouse surname

Spouse given name

Spouse date of birth

Spouse place of birth

Port of embarkation and ship name

Transit country

Final destination

Departure date

Source (List #)

Comments

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

Lists in This Collection

List	Description
List 1	Persons Left in October 1949
List 2	HIAS of America Deportation Records
List 3	Persons Left in September 1949
List 4	Persons Left in July 1949
List 5	Persons Left in February 1949
List 6	Persons Left in January 1949
List 7	List of Persons Subject to the Mandate of the I.R.O.
	Liste Des Personnes Relevant Du Mandat de L'I.R.O.
List 8	List of Departures (July 1947 - December 1948)
List 9	Report About HIAS Activities (July 16th - July 30th)
List 10	List of Departures (June 1949)
List 11	Report About Activities (May 1 - May 15th, 1949)
List 12	List of Departures (April 1949)
List 13	Persons Left in March 1949

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 80, Folder: France IV-257, Reel: 19.30). 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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