Monthly Lists of Departures From The UK, 1949

192 Records

Holocaust · Survivors · Refugees/DPs · United Kingdom

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

This database includes 192 records of departures from the UK to Israel, U.S., Canada, and Australia.

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
Date of departure
Port of departure
Destination
Vessel name
Source (List #)

Below are the names of the lists within this collection.

List Description
List 1 Nominal Roll of Persons Sent to Israel In September 1949
List 2 Nominal Roll of Persons Sent to Israel In August 1949
List 3 Nominal Roll of Persons Sent to Israel In July 1949
List 4 Nominal Roll of Persons Sent to Israel In May 1949
List 5 Departures in January 1949
List 6 Departures in February 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 84, Folder: France IV-312, Reel: 19.34). 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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