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Many Russians departed from Russia via Hanko (Hango in Swedish) in Finland. Latvians, and Estonians probably departed from the ports of Hanko in Finland, Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden, Copenhagen, Denmark and Bremen and Hamburg in Germany. There are on-line passenger lists for Hanko since 1892, for Hamburg and Copenhagen, but the lists of Gothenburg are only on CD-Rom. For more information on "Jewish Life in Scandinavia", write to the Scandinavian National Tourist Offices, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019 Finland Though many never think of this country as a country that accepted Jews, many Russian Jews came through Finland, especially the port of Hanko (Hango in Swedish) in Finland. There are on-line passenger lists for Hanko since 1892, as well as for Hamburg and Copenhagen, but the lists of Gothenburg, Sweden are only on CD-Rom. The small Jewish community is spread out over three cities: The Swedish and Norwegian passenger lists were actually lists kept by the local police of people leaving the country. These lists generally include: Name, Age, Destination, Last residence 9the specific place of residence is given about half the time; otherwise, it lists only Finland) For a list of the ports and their records available through he Family History Library A valuable site to help find a person, maps, etc. is Global Gazetteer is a great web site. It is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. A tab separated list is available for each country. World-Wide Gazetteer Museum of Family History - several links of interest Translating Translating Services - Click Here Translating - there are many translating services, some for free, available to help with your translating needs in most languages including Norwegian, Finish, Suomi and Swedish. One of these sites is Just in case you didn't think of it, contact a nearby university or college's foreign language department. They may offer to write letters and translate letters into English. A nominal fee is usually charged. Translation Service - a commercial site offering many language translating programs
The American - Scandinavian Foundation - Archives - The National Archives of Finland (Kansallisarkisto Riksarkivet) http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/ref_emi.htm Central Council of Jewish Communities in Finland Centre for Scandinavian Studies - The Flinders University of South Australia - Emigration from Finland and Sweden - loads of great information about ships, passengers, routes etc. This site's webmaster is Staffan Storteir. I suggest you click on the 'down arrow' and select one of the many subjects show. The down arrow is in the upper left hand corer of the Emigrant tracking page. The DenmarkSIG has a list of approximately 1,000 names compiled from books on Jewish history in Sweden and it is now online. This list gives information about : Emigration to America; Birthplaces and other genealogical information. Emigration And Immigration - concise guide by the FamilySearch.org http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/ref_emi.htm Emigrant Register - "The Emigrant Register was established in 1989 as a service for genealogists and the descendants of Finnish Emigrants. Sources include passport records (different years in different provinces), passenger records of the Finland Steamship Company (Suomen Hoyrylaiva Osakeyhtio) and information on Finns deceased abroad. A computerized database is being developed. Site is in English. http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/migration/er_search.htm Emigration from Finland and Scandinavia - General F.A.A. Line's Passenger Lists - Finish American Heritage Society of CT - links and information regarding emigration from Finland and other Scandinavian countries Finnish Genealogy: Passenger Lists - introduction by Leif Mether (in Finnish) www.genealogia.fi Hamina - a small town in Finland that had some Jewish presence in the late 1800s Jewish Community of Oslo 'Jewry in Finland' The Journey from Finland to America (in Finnish) - Maps of Finland Map of Finland See also 'Statistics on the Finns in Australia 1921 - 1996' authored by Jouni Korkiasaari and 'Emigration from Finland to Australia 1945-96' (Finnish citizens by Jouni Korkiasaari Translating Services - Click Here Just in case you didn't think of it, contact a nearby university or college's foreign language department. They may offer to write letters and translate letters into English. A nominal fee is usually charged. Norway Today, few Jews (under 1,000) live outside of Oslo, though a few live in northerly Trondheim about 150). Oslo is the nation's capital. With the exception of the Viking period, Norway was sometimes part of Denmark and sometimes protected by Sweden. In the 17th and 18th centuries when Denmark controlled the country, Danish Jews gained temporary entry and "Portuguese" Jewish traders would traded with Norwegians. A Jew Solomon Heine, poet Heinrich's uncle, conducted a banking business here. It wasn't until 1845 did the Norwegian government allow Jews to live in the country, but until the Russian pogroms in the 1880s, few Jews entered. As peddlers, these immigrants eventually became business owners. Shehita (kosher slaughtering) was forbidden until 1930. Norway invited Jews from Czechoslovakia and German to establish themselves before the threats of the Holocaust and many did. On April 8, 1940, when Germany attacked Norway, thee were about 1,700 Jews in the country with almost 800 deported to Auschwitz though 30 of them survived. The American - Scandinavian Foundation - The Swedish and Norwegian passenger lists were actually lists kept by the local police of people leaving the country. These lists generally include: Name, Age, Destination, Last residence 9the specific place of residence is given about half the time; otherwise, it lists only Finland) For a list of the ports and their records available through he Family History Library
"Jewish Military Casualties in the Polish Armies in World War II" - history, names and burial places of the Jewish soldiers in the Polish armies, including those who fought in France, Norway, North Africa and Switzerland. Authored by Benjamin Mertchak - a 5 volume set. For more information check out http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/ "The History of the Jews in Norway" - written in Norwegian language. General Archives - National Archives of Norway - in Oslo Centre for Scandinavian Studies - The Flinders University of South Australia - Emigrant Ships from Norway - Emigration from Finland and Sweden - loads of great information about ships, passengers, routes etc. This site's webmaster is Staffan Storteir. I suggest you click on the 'down arrow' and select one of the many subjects show. The down arrow is in the upper left hand corer of the Emigrant tracking page. Many Russian Jews, on their way to other countries, came through the ports of Stockholm and Gothenburg. Finish American Heritage Society of CT - links and information regarding emigration from Finland and other Scandinavian countries Hunting Passenger Lists - a guide on how to trace Norwegian emigrants from various records - Jewish Museum - located in and around the building at Calmeyersgate 15, that until 1942, housed Oslo's second synagogue. Map of Norway Mosaiske Trosamfund - located at Bergstien 13, maintains a community center with activities and a synagogue. The web site is in Norwegian. Norwegian Archives - click on English Try this site for the 1900 Norwegian census, some emigrant lists for several harbors
and some other items that may be of interest. Norwegian Resistance Museum - located at Bygning 21; Phone 47 23 093 280 has a section on the wartime fate of Norwegian Jews. The site is in English, German and of course in Norwegian. Oslo - the majority of Norway's Jews live in this city. About 150 Jews live in Resistance Museum - located in Oslo offers exhibits of various Resistance activities during WW II, including the sabotage of Norway's heavy-water plant. Kirk Douglas made a movie about this entitled "The Heroes of Telemark". The Northernmost Jewish Community - Tronheim, Norway Translation Service - a commercial site offering many language translating programs  LingvoSoft Dictionary software English <-> Yiddish for Windows - 400,000 wordsWith this LingvoSoft smart dictionary software on your computer, you can easily switch between English and Yiddish, for prompt translations of 400,000 words both ways! Download Free Trial now Translating Services - Click Here Just in case you didn't think of it, contact a nearby university or college's foreign language department. They may offer to write letters and translate letters into English. A nominal fee is usually charged.
Sweden Sweden's Jewish population today numbers about 18,000 out of a general Sweden's Jewish community started with a small group from Germany, and The first Jew, Aron Isaac, who was a seal engraver, is considered the first Citizenship was granted Swedish Jews in 1838 and were known as 'Mosaic The Swedish and Norwegian passenger lists were actually lists kept by the local police of people leaving the country. These lists generally include: Name, Age, Destination, Last residence 9the specific place of residence is given about half the time; otherwise, it lists only Finland) For a list of the ports and their records available through he Family History Library On a trip, my wife and I made to Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine in 1995, we planned to rest in Sweden and meet our Swedish cousins. And although the hotel accommodations were a lot better than the ones we had experienced in Russia and Ukraine, we didn't rest as we were wined and dined and wined some more by these newly found relatives. They even have a favorite Chinese restaurant in Stockholm! We learned that many of the Jews of Sweden and Norway, originally came from Poland and Lithuania prior to, and during WWII. Most families settled in the larger cities. The President of the Jewish Community of Stockholm is Lena Posner-Koröel in 2007. I know of only the one synagogue in Stockholm and I spoke briefly to the Rabbi by telephone. He had gone to Rabbinical school with an old high school friend of mine and I was passing on the mutual friend's regards. Unfortunately we didn't have the opportunity to meet face-to-face as I would have like to have learned more about the Jews of Sweden. Some of my newly found Swedish cousins (Zacharias) who live in Stockholm.
By the way, there were at least 260 Swedes who served in the Waffen-SS (Nazi SS Group), among them several who admitted to having participated in war crimes, according to a story in the Jerusalem Report, January 17, 2000, page 9. I was sorry to have read that fact, but then that is a very small percentage and shouldn't be held against the Swedish people. Virtual Jewish History Tour of Sweden
"Jewish Military Casualties in the Polish Armies in World War II" - history, names and burial places of the Jewish soldiers in the Polish armies, including those who fought in France, Norway, North Africa and Switzerland. Authored by Benjamin Mertchak - a 5 volume set. For more information check out http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/meirtchak/meirtchak.htm General The American - Scandinavian Foundation - A tribute to the Swedish American Line - Archives - National Archives - in Stockholm This information might be valuable for those of you who are researching
Centre for Scandinavian Studies - The Flinders University of South Australia Emigration from Finland and Sweden - loads of great information about ships, passengers, routes etc. This site's webmaster is Staffan Storteir. I suggest you click on the 'down arrow' and select one of the many subjects show. The down arrow is in the upper left hand corer of the Emigrant tracking page. European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden - 21 Nybrogatan St. Stockholm, Sweden Find Your Swedish Roots - Finish American Heritage Society of CT - links and information regarding emigration from Finland and other Scandinavian countries Gothenburg's Grand Synagogue Gothenburg - there are about 1,800 Jews officially registered in this city which includes two worship halls, plus the special provisions made for Sephardim and Chabadniks. There are an estimated 500 to 1,000 non-affiliated Jews here. Phyllis Ellen Funke wrote an interesting article in the April 2002 issue of Hadassah Magazine and I would suggest you obtain a copy should this city be of interest to you. This is the largest port in Scandinavia and Sweden's second city with a population of nearly 500,000. It is located in southern Sweden on the western coast. 'The area of Gothenburg - or GÖTEBORG (pronounced Yur-te-boy) - wasn't In 1780, the Swedish Royal Board of Trade made it possible for Jews to request Schutzjuden (protected Jewish) status and Jews began coming to the city including the Delbancos, Henriqueses, Schlesingers and von Reises. These families helped build a synagogue at what is now Kyrkogatan 44 and it was consecrated in 1808. The Great Synagogue at Ostra Larmgatan 12 was built in 1855 and is considered Sweden's oldest synagogue. Today, Sigvard Rubinowitz, a professor of organizational psychology at the University of Gothenburg offers lectures on the city's and country's Jewish history and relevant sightseeing programs. He can be reached at 46 31 302 13059. The programs are only offered in Swedish, however. Great Synagogue - located in Stockholm, it was erected in 1870. It is conservative and holds services on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. Jewish Communities Jewish Community of Stockholm Phone: 46 8 679 29 17 Jewish Genealogical Society of Sweden Judaica House - located at Nybrogatan 19-21, in Stockholm, is the large and busy Jewish Community Center. The building houses the Hillel School, Mendelsohn Library (Yiddish and Swedish books), a kosher dairy cafeteria and a gym. Museum of Family History - several good links PAIDEIA - the European Institute of Jewish Studies in Sweden Stockholm - List of Survivors: Stockholm 1946; 807 Persons The Swedish-American Historical Society - Translation Service - a commercial site offering many language translating programs LingvoSoft Dictionary software English <-> Yiddish for Windows - 400,000 words | |||||||||||||||||
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