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Evian Conference Papers (microfilm)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 503

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Evian Conference Papers (microfilm)

Date(s): 1938

Level of description: collection

Extent: c400 frames

Name of creator(s): Evian Conference

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Conference on the problem of Jewish refugees was held in Evian, France, on the shore of Lake Geneva, in July 1938. Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed this international conference in the wake of Germany's annexation of Austria in March 1938, which substantially exacerbated the refugee problem. Delegates from 32 countries gathered from 6 to 15 July 1938. As the sessions proceeded, delegate after delegate excused his country from accepting additional refugees. The Evian Conference failed in its primary objective - to find safe haven for the Jews of Nazi Germany. Even the establishment of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees just before the conference adjourned was unable to make a difference.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes, reports, speeches and correspondence of the Evian Conference, France, July 1938, convened to address the issue of Jewish refugees from Nazi rule.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English French

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Physical characteristics:

Microfilm

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Records of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (London Metropolitan Archives): File- Refugees, Evian Conference Acc/3121/E/03/269 India Office Records Public and Judicial Department (British Library) File 3071, Evian Conference, IOR/L/PJ/7/2014 National Archives: CO323/1605/1-4; FO919/5; T160/842

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.