Hal Hanauer Myers papers, 1938-1966 (bulk 1938-1954).

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Hal Hanauer Myers papers, 1938-1966 (bulk 1938-1954).

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Consists of speeches, correspondence and envelopes, calendars, school notebooks, various ID cards, scrapbook pages, a brief autobiographical speech given at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah, wartime correspondence with his sister and family, notebooks used in the refugee camp to learn English and French, books and photographs. The collection relates to Jewish life in Germany in the 1930s, attempts to save German Jews from the Holocaust, and the Myers family of Cleveland.

2 containers (.80 linear feet)

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284359

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Myers family.

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Hanauer, Ruth.

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Myers, Hal Hanauer, 1930-

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Born Hans Hanauer to a Jewish family in Karlsruhe, Germany, Hans was one of the children at the French concentration camp Camp de Gurs who were rescued by Quakers in Jan. 1941. He and his brother, Dieter, eventually were placed with Cleveland philanthropists David and Inez Myers. Hans stayed in Cleveland, attended Case Institute of Technology, and eventually changed his name to Hal Hanauer Myers. From the description of Hal Hanauer Myers papers, 1938-1966 (bulk 1938-1954). (Rhineland...