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Name: Bention Vainstein. Year of birth: 1898. Name: Sarah Vainstein. Year of birth:...
Catalogue reference: HO 294/358
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This record is about the Name: Bention Vainstein. Year of birth: 1898. Name: Sarah Vainstein. Year of birth:... dating from 1939-1947 in the series Czechoslovak Refugee Trust: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 294/358
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Name: Bention Vainstein.
Year of birth:
1898 .Name: Sarah Vainstein.
Year of birth:
1901 . -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Case numbers 7045, 7045A
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 50 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Refugees
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2159009/
Series information
HO 294
Czechoslovak Refugee Trust: Records
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