Jewish Labor Committee Photographs Bulk, 1940-1959 1930s-1980s, (Bulk 1940s-1950s)

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Jewish Labor Committee Photographs Bulk, 1940-1959 1930s-1980s, (Bulk 1940s-1950s)

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The Jewish Labor Committee was founded in 1934 for the purpose of organizing opposition to fascism and providing assistance to its victims. It maintained close contact with European resistance movements, and was able to effect the rescue of several thousand labor and socialist activists, their families and other refugees. After World War II, the Committee continued its program of relief to Holocaust victims and reconstruction of Jewish culture by financing Yiddish libraries, schools, and cultural centers throughout Europe and Israel, in addition to campaigning for trade union rights and against religious discrimination. The bulk of the material relates to the years immediately following World War II through the 1950s, and includes many photographs relating to the Committee's relief programs for Holocaust victims, especially children. Of special interest are images of the children's performances: singing, dancing, theater. Also depicted are supporters, including: David Dubinsky, Leon Blum, and Jacob Pat. In addition, there are images of Committee-supported Yiddish libraries, schools, and cultural centers, as well as, several hundred portrait photographs of individual children from the Committee's Child Adoption program.

10.5 linear feet, (12 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331182

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982

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Held, Adolph, 1885-1969

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Meiksin, Bella.

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