Records, 1938-1984.

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Records, 1938-1984.

Includes correspondence, reports, agreements, and other materials concerning negotiations for settlement of refugees; establishment and administration of colony at Sosúa; emigration, 1943-1951, and immigration, 1939-1961, to Dominican Republic; and Centro Israelitica de la Republica Dominica, 1957-1961. Also, contains diary of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Dominican Republic Settlement Association official James N. Rosenberg on trip to Dominican Republic, 1940; minutes of settlers' committees, 1944-1945, and directors and stockholders meetings, 1939-1976; publicity, including correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and releases, 1939-1970; and miscellaneous financial, administrative, and property records. Correspondents include James N. Rosenberg, Charles J. Lieberman, Joseph Rosen, Maurice Hexter, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Rafael L. Trujillo.

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...

Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.

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Organization affiliated with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee formed to promote settlement in the Dominican Republic of refugees from the Nazis. From the description of Records, 1938-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155467823 ...

Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961

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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (b. 24 October 1891, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic–d., 30 May 1961, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic)was a notorious president of the Dominican Republic. He joined the National Guard in 1918 and was promoted from cadet to general and commander-in chief of the Army in only nine years. During the rebellion against Pres. Horacio Vásquez in 1930, Trujillo cut a deal with rebel leader in order to run for president. He won the presidency in 1930 with 99% of the v...

Lieberman, Charles Joel, 1944-

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Rosen, Joseph, A., 1877-1949

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Rosenberg, James Naumburg, 1874-1970

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Centro Israelitica de la República Dominica.

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Maurice Beck Hexter

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