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Jewish refugees in Portugal


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 683

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Jewish refugees in Portugal

Date(s): 1930s

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees | Portugal and others

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This miscellaneous collection of reports document the situation of German Jewish refugees in Portugal in the 1930s. Reference is made to the Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees and to its founder Augusto d'Esaguy.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to Jewish refugees in Portugal, 1930s, comprise reports documenting the situation of German Jewish refugees in Portugal in the 1930s, including reports from the Portuguese Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees and a biographical outline of the life and work of Augusto d'Esaguy.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, German and French

System of arrangement:

Arranged in original order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Jews | Religious groups
Refugees | Migrants

Personal names
d'Esaguy | Augusto | fl 1930 | doctor

Corporate names
Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees | Portugal

Places
Portugal | Western Europe | Europe