Reclaim a Piece of Your Personal History
HIAS archives are rich with over 100 years of Jewish history. They chronicle the modern day drama of a people who have migrated throughout the world for centuries. After the Holocaust, HIAS assisted thousands of Jews to leave a devastated Europe and to find new homes and build new lives in freedom. Working in the displaced persons camps, HIAS helped survivors locate family in the United States, secure visas, and travel to their new homelands. HIAS archives contain the arrival cards for those individuals and families who migrated from the displaced persons camps to the United States. Those cards can be located and copied as a testament to your family's endurance.

HIAS Arrival Card Request Form
If you would like a copy of your family's arrival card, please provide the necesary informationto the best of your ability, in our Arrival Card Request Form. Every effort will be made to locate this document and forward a copy to you. However, when working with archival material it is not possible to guarantee a successful search. If your family's arrival card is not located, HIAS will contact you.

Click here for English language Arrival Card request form (pdf)

Click here for Russian language Arrival Card request form (pdf)

Please return the completed form to HIAS with a check or money order for $30.00 payable to HIAS. You may mail this form to:

HIAS Location Serviyce
333 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10001-5004