Metadata: Main Archive – State Holdings
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Nidwalden
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Nidwalden
- Postal address:
- Stansstaderstrasse 54, CH-6370 Stans
- Phone number:
- +41 41 618 51 51
- Web address:
- https://www.nw.ch/staatsarchiv/116
- Email:
- staatsarchiv@nw.ch
- Reference number:
- StANW D
- Title:
- Main Archive – State Holdings
- Title (official language):
- Hauptarchiv – Staatliche Bestände
- Creator/accumulator:
- Foreigners‘ Police of Nidwalden
- Date(s):
- 1935/1987
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 1.6 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The Main Archive of the State Archive of Nidwalden holds a number of documents that are of interest from a Jewish perspective. The State Holdings, for example, include a collection that contains files of the immigration authorities from 1935 to 1987, which mainly deal with investigations into guest workers‘ accommodation, pedlars and illegal employment, but also details the reception of Vietnamese and Czechoslovakian refugees. In addition, there is information on Jewish refugees from the Second World War. [StANW D 2700]
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive of Nidwalden is the public archive of the canton. It preserves unique cultural assets from more than 800 years of Nidwalden history. The Main Archive contains documents from 1218 until today. New records are constantly being added to the archive.
- Subject terms:
- Refugees
- World War II
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archivverzeichnis.nw.ch/home/#/
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020