Lists of Displaced Persons (DPs) Sailing to Canada, 1949

447 Records

Holocaust · Survivors · Refugees/DPs · 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

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.

Lists in This Collection

List	Description
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 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

Searching This Database

This database is searchable via the JewishGen Unified Search and the JewishGen Holocaust Collection.

Databases like this one are made possible entirely through volunteer effort and generous donors. Your contribution helps fund transcription, research, and preservation of Jewish records.

Support JewishGen