Correspondence regarding refugees and immigration to the United States
Correspondence regarding refugees and immigration to the United States
Correspondence regarding refugees and immigration to the United States
- Personal letters sent by Jews from Europe, with a request for assistance in immigrating to the United States and to Eretz Israel, including a description of their hardships in their country of origin (1921-1936);
- Report sent to US President Truman by the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, regarding DPs and the DP camps in Europe, including in Germany and Austria, and regarding Eretz Israel and aliya (1945);
- Report, including criticism and responses, regarding the immigration laws and restrictions on immigration to the United States (1926), and help to deportees on Ellis Island, 1929-1932.
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item Id
3684432
Type of material
Official documentation
Reports
File Number
להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם
Language
English
German
Record Group
P.34 - Stephen Wise Archive
Date of Creation - earliest
01/11/1921
Date of Creation - latest
06/02/1946
Name of Submitter
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
600
Archival Signature
ROLL 74-62 BOX 98
Location of Originals
AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Connected to Item
P.34: Collection of Rabbi Stephen Wise, American Zionist leader