List of Refugees From Cities in Occupied Germany, Leaving HIAS’ Care for Various Destinations, 1949 - 1950
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 720 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
- Country of origin
- Citizenship
- Departure date
- Final destination
- Transit country
- Means of transportation
- Address of relatives in Canada
- Source (List #)
- Comments
Below are the names of the lists within this collection.
List
1
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Departure
from HIAS Munich (November 1 -30, 1950)
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List
2
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Movements
from Munich Office to non-US countries during month of November
1950
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List
3
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Departure
from HIAS Munich (October 1 -31, 1950)
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List
4
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IRO
Individual Migration Monthly Nominal Roll of Movements Completed,
Month Ending June 1950
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List
5
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IRO
Individual Migration Monthly Nominal Roll of Movements Completed,
Month Ending July 1950
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List
6
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Departure
from HIAS Munich (April 1-30, 1950)
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List
7
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Daily
list of departures (June 25, 1950)
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List
8
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Daily
list of departures (August 21, 1950)
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List
9
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Canadian
close relatives
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List
10
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IRO
individual Migration monthly nominal roll of movements completed,
month ending November 1950
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List
11
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Arrivals
from July 11-20, 1951
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List
12
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Arrivals
from July 1-10, 1951
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List
13
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Arrivals
from June 16-30, 1951
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List
14
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Arrivals
from May 21-31, 1951
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List
15
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Arrivals
from Jun 1-15, 1951
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List
16
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Arrivals
from May 11-20, 1951
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List
17
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Arrivals
from May 1-10, 1951
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List
18
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Arrivals
from Apr 21-30, 1951
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List
19
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Arrivals
from April 11-20, 1951
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List
20
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Arrivals
from April 1-10, 1951
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List
21
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Arrivals
from March 21-31, 1951
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List
22
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Arrivals
from March 11-20, 1951
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List
23
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Arrivals
from March 1-10, 1951
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List
24
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Arrivals
from February 1-10, 1951
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List
25
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Arrivals
from February 11-20, 1951
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List
26
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Arrivals
from February 21-28, 1951
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List
27
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Arrivals
from January 1-10, 1951
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List
28
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Arrivals
from January 11-20, 1951
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List
29
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Arrivals
from January 21-31, 1951
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List
30
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Arrivals
from December 11-20, 1950
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List
31
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Arrivals
from November 11-20, 1950
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List
32
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Arrivals
from November 21-30, 1950
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List
33
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Arrivals
from March 6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 1950
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List
34
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Arrivals
from March 14,15,16,17,18,19,20, 1950
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List
35
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Arrivals
from March 21,22,23,24,25,26, 1950
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List
36
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Nominal
roll of emigrants having directly left from the British zone of
Germany
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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 76, Folder: France
IV-219, Reel: 19.25). It can be accessed online at
https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/7/archival_objects/176117
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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