EMIGRANȚI ROMÂNI ÎN PORTUL ANVERS ÎN PERIOADA INTERBELICĂ
ROMANIAN EMIGRANTS IN THE PORT OF ANVERS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: In this research, we set out to analyze the road and the problems that Romanians encountered towards the “New World”. The Belgian shipping company Red Star Line played a major role in transporting passengers to North or Latin America through the port of Antwerp, offering services more or less accepted by emigrants. The issue of visa recognition, payment of tickets to the Americas, passing a medical examination in Antwerp or compliance with US or Canadian law were the main obstacles that passengers encountered annually. The help offered by the EZRA association from Antwerp to the Romanian Jews and not only, was their second chance to fulfill their dream. The unique documents found in the Belgian archives and the press of the time help us to understand a part of the image of the interwar period less known by the Romanian or the European historiography.

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