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Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943, 1946.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 575 Folder 456
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 2 items (2 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 456.
- Place of Publication:
- 1943, 1946.
- Biography/History:
- The Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe was a Jewish activist group led by Peter H. Bergson and Ben Hecht, among others; founded in 1943, the group publicized the extermination of the Jewish people ongoing under Nazi reign in Europe and pressured the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt to take measures to save Jewish refugees.
- Summary:
- 1 item is an appeal to Werfel to endorse a petition organized by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe.
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