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Immigration

Immigration is the act of coming into another country to live. Explore more content related to immigration during the Holocaust (1933–1945) and after.

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A typed and stamped letter with handwritten details in black ink.
Document
A notice sent by the American Consulate General in Berlin regarding immigration visas
Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita," carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. [LCID: 13000]
Article
Aliyah Bet
Media Essay
Aliyah Bet - Photograph
A new immigrant arriving in the United States under the auspices of USNA
Photo
Arriving in the United States
Breckinridge Long (1881–1958). Long was an Assistant Secretary in the US State Department during World War II, from 1940-1944. [LCID: 02859]
Article
Breckinridge Long
Charlene Schiff [LCID: csa0809f]
Oral History
Charlene Schiff describes difficulties in gaining entry to the United States in the aftermath of the Holocaust
Cuban immigration papers issued to Ella Schatz, a passenger on board the Orinoco, en route to Cuba. [LCID: 62540]
Photo
Cuban immigration papers
Zionist group gather with banners outside the Deggendorf displaced persons camp to demonstrate for Jewish immigration to Palestine. [LCID: 70582]
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Demonstration for Jewish immigration to Palestine
US immigration visa application of Hans Ament
Article
Documents Required to Obtain a Visa
Media Essay
Emigration and the Evian Conference - Photographs
Delegates to the Evian Conference, where the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany was discussed. [LCID: 47173]
Timeline Event
Evian Conference
Media Essay
Evian Conference
Evian Conference fails to aid refugees [LCID: dfe0702f]
Film
Evian Conference fails to aid refugees
Postcard showing Evian-les-Bains at the time of the 1938 International Conference on Refugees. [LCID: 62907]
Photo
Evian-les-Bains
Roundup of Jews. Paris, France, ca. 1942. [LCID: 32095]
Article
France
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
Article
Frances Perkins

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