Jewish refugees.
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bergen-Belsen Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS Group 137
Abstract
Photographs taken following the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
Dates:
1945
Dominican Republic Settlement Association Anniversary Scrapbook and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0398
Abstract
A scrapbook commemorating the 1st Anniversary of the founding of a Jewish refugee settlement at Sousa, in the Dominican Republic, in January 1940. Also included are 15 photographs of various Latin and South American diplomatic groups visiting the Pan-American Union in Washington, D.C. during the 1940s.
Dates:
1941-1947
Schönwald Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0510
Abstract
The collection includes letters, telegrams, and postcards sent to Henry Wald mostly between 1939 and 1941 by his parents and other relatives. While Henry Wald could escape Nazi Germany - he settled in Lincoln, Nebraska - his parents were waiting for a visa to leave Germany. They hoped to be reunited in the United States. The letters were transcribed and translated to English. An article detailing the history of the family under the Nazi regime by University of Florida professor emeritus of...
Dates:
1939 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1941