Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1945.

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Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1945.

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One item of correspondence directly concerns the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Dreiser's correspondence to Truman is typed onto a telegram sent to him by this committee.

2 items (2 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)

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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee

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The Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee (JAFRC) emerged in 1941superseding several earlier committees and organizations that had been developed to secure humanitarian aid for refugees of the Spanish Civil War. Along with providing humanitarian aid, the JAFRC was “dedicated to the rescue and relief of thousands of anti-fascist fighters trapped in Vichy France, and North Africa so that they [could] return to the active fight against the Axis.” Dr. Edward Barsky, leader of American me...