Archives of Europe: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/euro1.html
Lots of Norway links: http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/idpac/institutions/st.html
Lots of Poland links: http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/idpac/institutions/st.html
Lisbon became the center for tens of thousands of refugees from Central
Europe, the Low Countries, and France. Although
Portugal sought in 1940 to halt the entry of refugees and the issuance of visas
for them, many Portuguese disregarded their government's policies. Aristides
de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat in Bordeau, France, disobeyed his
government's orders and issued 10,000 visas before he was recalled and dismissed.
During 1941 and 1942 the Portuguese Government allowed 5,000 refugees to pass through
Portugal to the United States. General Records 1936-1945, 1950-1952 (Entry 3126) http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/finding-aid/civilian/rg-84-portugal.html Portuguese National Archives Arquivos Nacionais Centro Nacional de Cultura Cinemateca Portuguesa Instituto Português da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro Instituto Camões Instituto Portugues da Arte Cinematográfica e do Audiovisual Instituto Português de Museus Instituto Portugues do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Russian Archives http://www.rusarchives.ru/index.shtml
Mikhail Kroutikhin's long list of researching Russian roots
http://www.mtu-net.ru/rrr/russia.htm
International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam's guide to the Russian
archives
http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/#abb_b
University of Toronto guide to Russian archives
http://www.interlog.com/~moslon/olga.htm
Russian archive links provided Olga E. Glagoleva, Ph.D. http://www.interlog.com/~moslon/olga/links.htm
Moscow Library Association
Russian Federation of Library Associations
Russian Federation of Library Societies and Associations
Russian Library Association
Ministry of Culture in Slovak Republic
Tel.: 00421 2 59391 155
Slovak National Museum
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)
Reliefweb Library: http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/intro.pdf
Zürich city archives - Stadtarchiv
St. Gallen city archives - Stadtarchiv
English website:
"You can write to the archives in Ukraine in English language. If the local registry office (RAHS) has the documents that you need not many of them will respond to letters seeking information for genealogical purposes. They will respond to an AHKETA (form) that is sent to them via the Consulate of Ukraine. RAHS documents are not open to the public. If you have relatives
in Ukraine, they can approach the RAHS, and also a local researcher can access RAHS if the researcher can develop insider connections (grease the wheel).
TsDIAL is the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L'viv.
RAHS is Reyestratsiya aktiv hromadians'koho stanu ("registry office").
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/index.php#Lviv.
Diana Peltz email: archives@cl.lv.ukrel.net Lavrentiy Krupniak
Bohdan Yurkiv: "UkeSource"..we locate villages free & follow up your ancestory.
Office: Hrabovskoho St.
Derzhavnyi arkhiv Zakarpats'koi oblasti - State Archive of Transcarpathian Oblast
English version: http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/
National Archives of United Kingdom Direct gov: http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
Ukrainian
Brama links in United Kingdom http://www.brama.com/diaspora/uk-england.html
The General Secretariat
United Nations Archives
Marleen Buelinckx, Information Management Officer
UN website: http://www.un.org
Title: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Records, 1943-1950.
United Nations Relief & Rehabilition Administration Teams (UNRRA Teams 1945) Bookmark this new site:
International Refugee Organization (IRO),
Book: L. W. Holborn, The International Refugee Organization (1956).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Copyright © 1994, 2000, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press.
The International Refugee Organization search
Holocaust Research
Inquiries concerning the journal Harvard Ukrainian Studies, please contact
Tymish Holowinsky E-mail: holowins@fas.harvard.edu
U S. Immigration & Naturalization Service: The Einwanderungszentrale of
Nazi Germany had the complete vital statistics of every foreigner entering
into Germany (name, age, place of original, date of entry and two photos (full
face and profile). Using these files, the UNNRA and IRO (replacement organization
for the UNNRA) categorized, provided medical exams, X-rays, TB and VD, mental
and educational exams to determine who was eligible for immigration to the
US and distant ports. Genealogiest click here for Freedom of Information
form G639 or go to their website
for information:
Requesting Freedom of Information Records:
(2) Manner of requesting records. All Freedom of Information Act requests must
be in writing. Requests may be submitted in person or by mail. If a request
is made by mail, both the envelope and its contents must be clearly marked:
``FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST'' or ``INFORMATION REQUEST.''
(3) Fee - A requester automatically agrees to pay fees up to $25.00 by filing
a Freedom of Information Act request unless a waiver or reduction of fees is
sought.
National Archives (NARA) in College Park, Maryland finding aid for displaced
persons. I started to place the displaced persons files and the box numbers here,
but it got too big. There are just too many files. It's fun just reading the
list: http://www.archives.gov/publications/finding_aids/holocaust_era_assets/military_agency_records_part_3.html Do
a Find 'displaced persons'.
National Archives at College Park
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Library & archives, Catalog
The Shevchenko Scientific Society Library and Archives
has the following archives dealing with Ukrainian Displaced Person Camps in Austria
and Germany:
1) DP Camp in Cornberg, Germany, 1945-49; Svitliana Andrushkiw,
Director
Western
Historical Manuscript Collection http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0248.htm
(314) 516-5143
United States Comm. for the Care of European Children
This was the agency who took care of orphaned children admitted under the displaced persons act. I don't know if this address is still current, if it was disbanded or assigned to another agency.
Back to Addresses by country, A-MNetherlands
Norway
National Archives of Norway http://www.riksarkivet.no/
English version: http://www.riksarkivet.no/english/about.html
addresses & email: http://www.riksarkivet.no/english/about/contact.html
Poland
Check with Polish Archives for birth records, Polish army records.
http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/index.eng.html
Portugal
The national archives (Arquivos Nacionais Torre do Tombo) are the home to the
PIDE/DGS (secret police), Salazar and Interior Ministry files.
Torre do Tombo
Alameda da Universidade
1600 Lisboa
Tel.: 7937212; 7937221
Fax: 7937230
Rua A.M. Cardoso, 68
1200 Lisboa
Tel.: 3466722; 3423829
Fax: 3428250
Rua Barata Salgueiro, 39
1200 Lisboa
Tel.: 546279; 547509
Fax: 3523180
Rua Ocidental ao Campo Grande 83
1700 Lisboa
Tel.: 7950130
Fax: 7933607
Praça do Principe Real, 14-1°
P-1200 Lisboa
Tel.: 351 (1) 346 45 08
Fax: 351 (1) 347 20 49
Rua de S. Pedro de Alcântara, 45, 1o
1200 Lisboa
Tel.: 3462051; 3468485
Fax: 3472777
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
Calçada da Ajuda
1300 Lisboa
Tel.: 3647213; 3646926
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
Calçada da Ajuda
1300 Lisboa
Tel.: 3646926; 3647087
Fax: 3637047
Russia
Ukrainians
in Russia Brama links http://www.brama.com/diaspora/russia.html
ArcheoBiblioBase Russian Archives http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto
The All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature
Uljanovskaja Street 1
103031 Moskau
Tel. or Fax 007/095/925-6018
öffentliche Historische Bibliothek Russlands
Starosatzki per. 9a
101000 Moskau
Tel. 007/095/202 4056 Fax 007/095/200 2255
State Historical Library
Starosadski #9
101000 Moskau
ul. Sadovaja, 18
191069 St. Petersburg
Tel. u. Fax 007/812/110 5861 E-mail: rba@nlr.ru
URL: http://www.rba.ru:8101/english.html
URL: http://www.rba.ru:8101/
Slovenia
archives: PREDSTAVITEV ARHIVA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE:
http://www.sigov.si/cgi-bin/spl/ars/1.htm?language=slo
STERSTVO KULTURY SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY
Adresa: Nam. SNP 33.
813 31 Bratislava
Slovenska republika
Fax: 00421 2 5939 1174
E-mail:mksr@culture.gov.sk
Museum of Ukrainian-Ruthenian Culture in Svidnik
ul. Centrana 258, 089 01 Svidnik
phone: +421-54 / 7882 100, 101, 102
fax: +421-54 / 7882 102
Spain
Sweden
Archives, Riksarkivet, Stockholm: http://www.ra.se/
English version: http://www.ra.se/indexengelska.html
Lots of Sweden links: http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/idpac/institutions/st.html
Switzerland
Information about prisoners of war may be received from the Central Tracing Office (formerly Central Office for Prisoners Of War) of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva:
Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
GEN / ARCH
19, avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Genève Switzerland
Palais des Nations
CH - 1202 GENEVE 10
Switzerland
http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kap01/stadtarchiv/
http://www.st.gallen.ch/stadtarchiv/
Ukraine
State Committee on Archives of Ukraine
24 Solom'ianska St. Kyiv 03110 Ukraine
Tel.: (380 44) 275-2777
Fax: (380 44) 275-3655
E-mail: mail@archives.gov.ua
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/contacts.php
I hear her archives is closing for an indefinite period of time so maybe they cancelled e-mail.
Sambir, Lvivska Oblast.
81400 Ukraine
Tel: +380 6767 37267 ( Ukrainian communication only )
Tel: +61 42204 5433 ( Ukrainian & English communication )
Fax: +61 39459 6454 ( Ukrainian & English communication )
E-Mail: boss@alphalink.com.au
Web: http://www.bohdanyurkiv.cityslide.com/page/page/177993.htm
Address: 88005, Uzhhorod, vul. Mynais'ka, 14a (korp. 1);
90200, Beregovo, pl. Heroiv, 4a (korp. 2)
Tel: (38-0312) 2-35-49, 2-06-10 (korp. 1); (03141) 2-32-10 (korp. 2)
Fax: 2-35-49
E-mail: archiv@uzh.ukrtel.net;
Zakarchive@ukr.net
Website: http://www.archives.gov.ua/Archives/index.php?ra07
webmaster@archives.gov.ua
United Kingdom
There may be records in the Public Record Office at Kew / London about the POW
Camp after the end of the war and the resettlement of DPs in Great Britain.
See http://www.dpcamps.org/britishZone.html
Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
Tel: 020 8876 3444, Fax: 020 8392 5286
contact: http://www.direct.gov.uk/Helpdesk/AskTheEditor/fs/en
The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain
49 Linden Gardens
We locate and obtain UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
birth, marriage or death certificates:
Notting Hill Gate
London W2 4HG
England UK
Tel. +44 20 7229 8392
Fax. +44 20 7792 2499
Email: gensec@augb.co.uk
James Frank
British Red Cross UK Office
james@bmd-certificates.co.uk
http://www.bmd-certificates.co.uk
BMD Certificates
2nd Floor
145-157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY
United Kingdom
44 Moorfields
LONDON, EC2Y 9AL UK
iwd@redcross.org.uk (International tracing
and message services)United Nations Archives Website
UNESCO archives portal search listings of all archives in the world
Archives and Records Centre
304 East 45th Street
Ground Floor
New York, New York 10017
Fax: 212.963.4414
Telephone: 212 963-8683; 212 963-8612
E-mail: arms@un.org
Archives and Records Management
Tel: 212) 963-5442
Fax: 212) 963-4414
E-mail: buelinckx@un.org
How to research: http://www.un.org/Depts/archives/research.html
What in archives: http://www.un.org/Depts/archives/whats_in.html
How to order photos: http://www.un.org/av/photo/
Search: http://www.un.org/search/
Description: The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was established in 1943 to take care of the physical needs of war victims in the United Nations countries. Although it ceased operating in 1946, liquidation under an Administrator for Liquidation took until 1949. UNRRA's headquarters were in Washington, D.C., it had a European Regional Office in London and missions and offices in many European, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and Latin American countries. More at: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005685
http://www.crommelin.org/history/Biographies/1914Edward/UnrraScrapbook/index.html
Web site by Miff Crommelin temporary agency of the United Nations, established in 1946. In arranging for the care and the repatriation or resettlement of Europeans made homeless by World War II, the organization brought to a conclusion part of the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. IRO terminated its work in 1952, having resettled c.1,000,000 persons. It was superseded by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
United States
American Red Cross: The Holocaust & War Victims Tracing and Info Center
4700 Mt. Hope Dr.
Baltimore, MD 21215-3231
Tel (410) 764-5311
Fax (410) 764-4638
Center Genealogy Institute
15 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
http://www.cjh.org/family/pdf/Holocaust.pdf
The
U.S. Citizenship & Nationalization Services http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=6f2a4154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
This agency will tell you all the camps your parents were in if they entered
the US.
(1) Place. Records should be requested from the office that maintains the records
sought, if known, or from the Headquarters of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, 425 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20536.
But you may prefer the printer
friendly version.: http://www.archives.gov/publications/finding_aids/holocaust_era_assets/print_friendly.html?page=military_agency_records_part_3_content.html&title=NARA
| Publications | Finding Aids%3A Holocaust-Era Assets Military Agency Records,
Part 3
8601 Adelphi Rd
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone for Still Pictures Nara: 301) 837-3530
Private vendors for reproduction of still photos:
Archival Research Internatinal 1-800 499 7468
Do You Graphics Toll free 1-800-418-8344
King Visual Tecnology 1-800-235-7009
63 Fourth Ave.
New York, NY 10003-5200 / USA
Tel: 212-254-5130 / Fax: 212-254-5239
e-mail: library@shevchenko.org
2) DP Camp "Orlyk" Bertesgaden, Germany, 1945-50;
3) DP Camps in Germany (Aschaffenburg, Blomberg, Burgdorf, Finssen, Furikschulle-Munchen,
Tager-Kaserne, Karlsfeld, Regenburg, Somme-Kaserne) and Austria (Insbruk,
Landeck, Salzburg) - documentation is fragmentary and incomplete.
We also have photographs dealing with various aspects life in DP Camps. If anyone
has any documents or papers from this period and would like to contribute them
to our existing archives we would be grateful.
Shevchenko Scientific Society Library
sl 248 METROPOLITAN AREA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Box 20, file 721. UNNRA and Food for Europe, 1944-1946
Box 20, file 725. Wartime service, 1942-1944
Box 34, file 1113. United Nations, 1943-1951
222 Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri-St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Rd
St. Louis, MO 63121
whmc@umsl.edu
215 Fourth Ave
New York, NY
The Germans do keep better records. I had received the records of my in-laws marriage, holy cow !! it has their parents full names dates of birth, place of birth and marriage. Also received Romans birth certificate...I have all of their slave labours work cards... I applied for pension for mom. They back paid her from 65 now 82. Judy Hrynenko
Congratulations!
I've just visited your website again and you have done wonders here!! Lots of
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Bravo Olga, Alexandra T. Gibson
Dear Olga Kaczmar,
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