Joseph Roos papers 1921-1999

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Joseph Roos papers 1921-1999

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This collection contains papers documenting the activities of Joseph Roos (1905-1999) from his retirement from the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council in 1969 until his death in 1999. These papers include correspondence, research files, memoranda and publications. Some documentation of Roos's earlier activities investigating the activities of the German Bund in Los Angeles in the 1930s is also present.

13.0 Linear feet; 13 boxes, 1 map case folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651515

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Pitt, Leonard, 1941-

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Roos, Joseph, 1905-1999

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Biographical Note Joseph Roos (1905-1999) was a pioneering community relations adviser and activist who helped to infiltrate the prewar Nazi movement in Los Angeles. Roos was born in Vienna, Austria, and came to the United States in 1928. He became a Chicago newspaperman during the height of the Depression and in 1933 worked with George C. Marshall to launch the first government investigation of Nazi activities in America. Roos ca...

Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles

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University of Southern California. Library

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Biography/History Saida Gerrard: b. April 9, 1923, Toronto, Canada. d. May 4, 2005, Los Angeles, California. Saida Gerrard was a performer, choreographer, student and teacher of modern dance. She grew up in Toronto, Canada in a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her parents were amateur musicians who exposed her to music and dance at an early age. As a child, she studied music and dance at the Hambourg Conservatory of Music in T...

Ferenz, F. K.

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German American Bund

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Fascist organization in the United States. From the description of German American Bund records, 1936-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869948 Biographical/Historical Note Fascist organization in the United States. From the guide to the German American Bund records, 1936-1941, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...