Collection of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst (Government Service for Foreigners in the Netherlands), 1929-1945

Collection of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst (Government Service for Foreigners in the Netherlands), 1929-1945
 
 Koninklijke Marechaussee - the Border Police, subordinate to the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands, was responsible for the implementation of the policies toward foreigners in the Netherlands until 1940; its function included the issuing of entrance visas, registration of foreigners, and guarding of the country's borders; during the Nazi occupation period, the Germans controlled the borders of the Netherlands and set the policies towards foreigners; despite this, the Dutch border authorities continued to exist and also to be active during 1940-1945;
 
 Included in the collection:
 
 Documents regarding the establishment of the Refugees Registration Office in the Netherlands; 
 Lists of refugees in the Netherlands, 1933;
 Documents regarding the smuggle of Jews into the Netherlands; 
 Documentation regarding Communists, including Jews;
 Official documentation of the Border Police, arranged in alphabetical order;
 Documents of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst, regarding the Comite voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen (Committee for Jewish Refugees);
 Documentation regarding the influx of Jewish refugees from Germany to the Netherlands, 1937-1938;
 Official documentation regarding the handling of Jewish refugees in the Netherlands, including minors, 1933-1936;
 Appeals to the Rijksvreemdelingendienst by Jews from outside the Netherlands, regarding entrance visas, 1938-1939;
 Appeals by representatives of the Joint Commission and the Wereldverbond Kinder-Alyah, regarding the aliya of children to Eretz Israel and regarding entrance visas to the Netherlands, 1939;
 Appeals to the Rijksvreemdelingendienst by German Jews, regarding transit visas for the purpose of emigration to the United States, South America, South Africa, the Far East, Eretz Israel and England, including for children, 1939-1940;
 Administrative documentation of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst, regarding financial matters such as telephone expenses;
 Documents regarding entrance visas for Gypsies from Eastern Europe, 1929-1936;
 Documents regarding Jewish orphans, 1936-1939;
 Documentation of the Rijksvreemdelingendienst, regarding Palestinapioniers (Eretz Israel pioneers), 1934-1939;
 Correspondence by the Rijksvreemdelingendienst with people and institutions, regarding statanlozenpas (stateless Jews);
 Correspondence by the Rijksvreemdelingendienst with local authorities, regarding the reporting of foreigners;
 Documents regarding refugee camps in the Netherlands, including Westerbork.