Collection includes correspondence from the Turkish Embassy and Consulate in Paris to the Germany Ambassador and the Commandant of (ID: 30885)
Title or Main Description:
Collection includes correspondence from the Turkish Embassy and Consulate in Paris to the Germany Ambassador and the Commandant of Drancy on behalf of various Turkish (including Turkish Jewish) citizens who had been arrested. There are also lists of names of Turkish citizens (including many Jews) both living in Paris and interned in Drancy
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
- USHMM Archives Collection:
- not accessioned as of 10/95
- Source Institution: Stanford Shaw, Professor of Turkish and Judeo-Turkish History, University of California, Los Angeles (Department of History, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1473)
Provenance:
Stanford Shaw collected this documentation from the archives of the Turkish Embassy and Consulate in Paris while doing research for his book TURKEY AND THE HOLOCAUST: TURKEY'S ROLE IN RESCUING TURKISH AND EUROPEAN JEWRY FROM NAZI PERSECUTION, 1933-1945. -- New York University Press : London, 1993.
Keywords:
- Jews --Turkey.
- Jews, Turkish.
- Rescues.
Language and Other Notes:
Text in French and Turkish.
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
Former Q&A Name Lists Database File Number-- AA0471