Metadata: Main Archive – Cantonal Official Register Series
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 A
- Title:
- Main Archive – Cantonal Official Register Series
- Title (official language):
- Hauptarchiv – Kantonale Amtsbuchserien
- Creator/accumulator:
- Foreigners‘ Police of Nidwalden
- Date(s):
- 1919/1948
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.6 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The Cantonal Official Register Series contains one file of interest from a Jewish perspective. It is a register of the immigration authorities and covers the years 1919 to 1948 and contains entries on Jewish refugees from the Second World War. [StANW A 1901]
- 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
