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List of Emigrants Leaving French Ports, Going to Various Destinations (1947-1949)

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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 817 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
  • Date of birth / Age
  • Place of birth
  • Nationality
  • Departure date
  • Departed from
  • Transit country
  • Destination
  • Source (List #)
  • Comments

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

List 1

Liste de Nos Proteges Devant s'Embarquer Sur Le S/S Surriento Quittant Gones Le 31-Oct-1949 a Destination De La'Australia

 

List of our Passengers to Embark on the S/S Surriento leaving Genoa on 31-Oct-1949 Bound for Australia

List 2

Liste De Nos Proteges Partis Le 31-Oct-1949 De Genes, A Bord du S/S Surriento A Destination De L'Australie

 

List of Our Passengers Who Left Genoa on 31-Oct-1949, Aboard the S/S Surriento, Bound for Australia

List 3

Liste Des Personnes Parties Le 22-Nov-1948 A Bord Du S/S Jagiello - Depart De Cannes

 

List of Persons Who Left on 22-Nov-1948 Aboard the S/S Jagiello - Departure from Cannes

List 4

List of Our Passengers Sailed From Marseile on 20-Nov-1948 Aboard S/S Eridan to Australia

List 5

Liste Des Passagers Partis Le 22-Oct-1948 Du Havre A Bord Du S/S Washington

 

List of Passengers Who Left Le Havre On October 22, 1948 On Board The S/S Washington

List 6

Liste Des Personnes Parties Le 14-Oct-1948 De Cannes A Bord Du S/S Sobieski

 

List of People Who Left Cannes on 14-Oct-1948 on Board the S/S Sobieski

List 7

Liste Des Personnes Parties Le 06-Nov-1948 Du Havre A Bord Du S/S Scythia

 

List of Persons Who Left Le Havre on 06-Nov-1948 on Board the S/S Scythia

List 8

Liste Des Proteges De L'I.R.O Partis Sur Le S/S Jamique Le 30-Sep-1948 Du Havre

 

List of I.R.O. Proteges Who Left on the S/S Jamique on 30-Sep-1948 from Le Havre

List 9

Liste Des Passeger Parties Le 30-Sep-1948 De Cannes A Bord Du S/S Jagiello

 

List of Passengers who left Cannes on 30-Sept-1948 on board the S/S Jagiello

List 10

Liste Des Passagers Devant Partier Le 09-Sep-1948 A Bord Du S/S Sobieski De Cannes

 

List of Passengers Due to Depart on 09-Sep-1948 Aboard the S/S Sobieski from Cannes

List 11

Liste Des Personnes Partant De Paris et Cannes.  Depart S/S Sobieski De Cannes Le 09-Sep-1948.  

 

List of People Leaving Paris and Cannes. Departure S/S Sobieski From Cannes On 09-Sep-1948.

List 12

Departes S/S Sobieski Du 09-Sep-1948

 

Departures S/S Sobieski From 09-Sep-1948

List 13

Liste De Personnes Parties Sur Le S/S Groix Quittant Le Havre Le 18-Aug-1948

 

List of People Who Left on the S/S Groix Leaving Le Havre on 18-Aug-1948

List 14

Liste De Notre Contingent I.R.O Partis Sur Le S/S Groix Quittant Le Havre Le 18-Aug-1948 A Destination De L'Amerique Du Sud

 

List of our I.R.O Contingent who left on the S/S Groix leaving Le Havre on 18-Aug-1948 for South America

List 15

Liste De Perrsonnes Parties Sur Le S/S Groix Quittant Le Havre Le 18-Aug-1948

 

List of People Who Left on the S/S Groix Leaving Le Havre on 18-Aug-1948

List 16

Liste De Notre Contingent I.R.O. Partis Sur Le S/S Groix Quittant Le Havre le 18-Aug-1948 A Destination De L'Amerique Du Sud

 

List of our I.R.O. Contingent who left on the S/S Groix leaving Le Havre on 18-Aug-1948 for South America

List 17

Liste Des Passagers Partis Le 12-Aug-1948 De Cannes A Bord Du S/S Jagiello

 

List of Passengers who left Cannes on 12-Aug-1948 on board the S/S Jagiello

List 18

Liste De Nos Emigrants Qui Sont Partis Sur Le S/S Desirade Le 30-Jul-1948 De Bordeaux

 

List of our emigrants who left on the S/S Desirade on 30-Jul-1948 from Bordeaux

List 19

Liste Des Passagers De L'Avion Du 23-Jul-1948

 

List of Airline Passengers 23-Jul-1948

List 20

Liste Des Passagers De L'Avion du 04-Jul-1948

 

List of Airline Passengers 04-Jul-1948

List 21

Liste De Nos Proteges Se Rendant Au Chile Tansit Bresil

 

List of our protégés going to Chile and Brazil

List 22

Liste Des Billets De Chemin De Fer Pour Les Passagers Du S/S Formose Parti De Bordeaux Le 16-Dec-1947

 

List of Railway Tickets for Passengers of the S/S Formose Departing from Bordeaux on 16-Dec-1947

List 23

Liste Des Candidats S/S Formose Quittant Sur Le Bordeaux Le 09-Dec-1947

 

List of Candidates S/S Formose Leaving Bordeaux on 09-Dec-1947

List 24

List of Candidates S/S Formose Leaving Bordeaux on 16-Dec-1947

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 96, Folder: France IV-466, Reel: 19.48).  It can be accessed online at https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/176380

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.  

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