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Lists of Displaced Persons(DPs) Sailing to Canada, 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 447 records of displaced persons sailing to Canada.

The fields for this database are as follows:

  • Image # (Scan image number within the YIVO folder)       
  • Surname
  • Given name
  • Date of birth / Age
  • Place of birth
  • Citizenship
  • Date of departure
  • Final destination
  • Means of travel
  • Relative’s surname
  • Relative’s given name
  • Relative’s city
  • Relative’s relation
  • Source (List #)
  • Comments

Below are the names of the lists within this collection.

List 1

Daily Departures (25-Mar-1949)

List 2

Daily Departures (28-Mar-1949)

List 20

Jewish Domestics Sailing Cuxhaven February 11, 1949 on the SS Samaria

List 21

Jewish Garment Workers Sailing Cuxhaven February 11, 1949 on the SS Samaria

List 3

Daily Departures (28-Mar-1949)

List 4

Daily Departures (20-Jul-1949)

List 5

Persons Who Left from HIAS Bremen Area - Month of May, 1949

List 6

Persons Who Left from HIAS Bremen Area - Month of May, 1949

List 7

Resettlement Claims on PCIRO for Departures from February 1948 through June 1948.

List 8

Departures from HIAS - Munich, Period from 01 Jun - 30 Jun, 1949

List 9

Departures from HIAS - Munich, Period from 01 Mar - 31 Mar, 1949

List 10

Nominal Roll of Emigrants Having Left Directly from British Zone, Germany

List 11

Departures from HIAS - Munich, Period from 01 Feb - 18 Feb, 1949

List 12

Canadian Close Relatives Scheme.  Jewish Immigrants Sailing April 25th, 1949 from Cuxhaven on the "SS Samaria".

List 13

List of Departures (1947 - 1948 - Jan. 1949)

List 14

Canadian Close Relatives Scheme.  Jewish Immigrants Sailing March 31, 1949 from Cuxhaven on the "SS Scythia".

List 15

Jewish Garment Workers Sailing March 31, 1949 from Cuxhaven on the SS Scythia

List 16

Jewish Garment Workers Sailing March 31, 1949 from Cuxhaven on the SS Scythia

List 17

Canadian Close Relatives Scheme.  Jewish Immigrants Now at Grohn Camp Awaiting Transportation to Canada

List 18

Canadian Close Relatives Scheme.  Jewish Immigrants Sailing Cuxhaven February 11, 1949 on the SS Samaria

List 19

Canadian Close Relatives Scheme.  Jewish Immigrants Awaiting Transportation in Grohn Camp

List 20

Jewish Domestics Sailing Cuxhaven February 11, 1949 on the SS Samaria

List 21

Jewish Garment Workers Sailing Cuxhaven February 11, 1949 on the SS Samaria

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 82, Folder: France IV-292, Reel: 19.32).  It can be accessed online at https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/176206

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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