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Correspondence by Stephen Wise with various organizations regarding refugees before and after the war, and the immigration laws in the United States

Correspondence by Stephen Wise with various organizations regarding refugees before and after the war, and the immigration laws in the United States - Correspondence regarding the settlement of refugees from Europe in Alaska (1937-1938); - Correspondence regarding displays of antisemitism in Austria, and help for the emigration of Jews (1938); - Correspondence regarding the struggle to change the immigration laws in the United States, regarding restrictions on immigration, regarding deportation, and proposals for the amendment of the immigration laws of 1924, presented to the US House of Representatives Immigration Committee (1930); - Booklet titled, "Should Canada Admit Refugees?", 1938; - Report regarding the transfer of children from Buchenwald to France, refugees in various countries, and immigration to the United States and to Canada (1923-1924), help to children from Germany to emigrate to the United States (1935) and to make aliya to Eretz Israel (1936-1937); main activists: Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children; - Correspondence regarding British immigration laws and the struggle to open the gates of Eretz Israel (1939, 1945), help to refugee children (1946) and DPs (1949) following the war; - Correspondence regarding Jewish refugees in Poland, [including] a report regarding the refugees' social and economic situation, camps, and help to the Jews (1939); - Report prepared by the Jewish National Committee in 1944, regarding a request for financial help following the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Sobibor uprising, the Treblinka uprising and the Vilna uprising, and the giving of help to refugees after the war (1946, 1949); - Correspondence regarding restrictions on immigration to the United States, the immigration laws, letters of criticism, and proposals for a solution (1924-1925, 1938 and 1945); Note: the name Max J. Kohler is mentioned.
item Id
3684431
Type of material
Newspaper clippings
Official documentation
Reports
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
French
English
German
Yiddish
Record Group
P.34 - Stephen Wise Archive
Date of Creation - earliest
14/12/1911
Date of Creation - latest
10/01/1949
Name of Submitter
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
600
Archival Signature
ROLL 74-62 BOX 97
Location of Originals
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Connected to Item
P.34: Collection of Rabbi Stephen Wise, American Zionist leader