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  Business correspondence

  Letter from SelfHelp of Emigres from Central Europe, January 1941

  • 1941-Jan

  Letter from SelfHelp of Emigres from Central Europe regarding package shipments to France. They have collaborated with Help for Jews from Baden & Palatinate and the American Friends Service Committee to send food to…

  • Creator Of Work Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
  • Subject Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc., American Friends Service Committee, World War (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp), Political refugees
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, October 21, 1940

  • 1940-Oct-21

  Letter from Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, informing members that they can now send up to fifty U.S. dollars per month to refugees in France.

  Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc. was founded in 1936…

  • Author Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
  • Subject Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc., Refugees, Jewish refugees, World War (1939-1945)
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Photograph of Alfred and Eva Schnell

  • After 1920 – before 1944

  Photograph of Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), Eva Schnell (1913-1944), and Eva's mother seated in lawn chairs. Eva's mother is seated in the foreground.

  • Subject Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944
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  15 items
  Ephemera

  Post office mailing receipts

  • 1937 – 1945

  Receipts for mailed packages from 1939-1945, postmarked in New York City, New York, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Likely receipts for packages sent by Max Bredig (1902-1977) to friends and family in…

  • Creator Of Work United States Postal Service
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Shipping, United States Postal Service, Postal service
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  3 items
  Business correspondence

  Censorship information from the American Red Cross

  • 1940s

  Censorship information provided by the American Red Cross. During the Second World War, international correspondence was censored by the United States Military and Post Office to protect sensitive information.

  • Creator Of Work American Red Cross
  • Subject Censorship, American Red Cross, World War (1939-1945), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  2 items
  Manuscripts

  Note about Alfred and Eva Schnell's Letters, 1945

  • Decade starting 1945

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes about the last letter he received from Alfred Schnell (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944).

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Alfred Reis to Max Bredig, February 15, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-15

  Letter from Alfred Reis (1882-1951) to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Reis thanks Bredig for his assistance in obtaining American immigration visas for himself and his family. He additionally requests the contact…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Emigration and immigration, World War (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Alfred Reis to Max Bredig, December 19, 1940

  • 1940-Dec-19

  Alfred Reis (1882-1951) requests information from Max Bredig (1902-1977) regarding the professional atmosphere for scientists in the U.S.A. He additionally inquires about the well-being of the Bredig family.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Alfred Reis to Georg Bredig, June 13, 1941

  • 1941-Jun-13

  Letter from Alfred Reis (1882-1951) to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Reis tells Bredig that he is preparing for his departure from France to the United States.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Emigration and immigration
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Alfred Reis to Georg Bredig, June 13, 1941

  • 1941-Jun-13

  Alfred Reis (1882-1951) tells Georg Bredig (1902-1977) that he met his daughter Marianne Homburger (1902-1986), her husband Victor Homburger (1888-1968), and Victor's Brother Paul Homburger (1882-1965) in France while…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965, Emigration and immigration, World War (1939-1945), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Chemists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Alfred Reis to Kasimir Fajans, October 1940

  • 1940-Oct-21

  Alfred Reis (1882-1951) asks Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to help him gather testimonials to verify his work as a researcher and teacher in order for him to obtain a visa.

  • Addressee Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, Emigration and immigration, Scientists, Chemists, World War (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Radiogram from Alfred Reis to Max Bredig, January 29, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-29

  Radiogram from Alfred Reis (1882-1951) to Max Bredig (1902-1977). Reis asks Bredig to send him and Professor Herzfeld copies of an affidavit, a "friendship letter," and supporting documentation for his sponsorship. …

  • Author Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Telegraph, World War (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration
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  Records (Documents)

  Blank United States Affidavit application

  • 1940s

  A document which an individual signs to accept financial responsibility for an applicant who is coming to live in the United States.

  • Creator Of Work United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Subject United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Affidavits, Emigration and immigration
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Hans A. Straus to Georg Bredig, September 16, 1940

  • 1940-Sep-16

  Hans Straus thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his willingness to help with the immigration of Alfred Reis (1882-1951) to the United States.

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Straus, H. A.
  • Subject Straus, H. A., Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Affidavit by Abel Cary Thomas in support of Alfred Reis

  • 1941-Jan-31

  Affidavit in support of the immigration of Dr. Alfred Reis (1882-1951), written by Abel Cary Thomas, an employee of Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. Max Bredig (1902-1977) has written at the top of the letter…

  • Creator Of Work Thomas, Abel Cary
  • Addressee United States. Consul General (Marseilles, France)
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Thomas, Abel Cary, Affidavits, Emigration and immigration, Jewish refugees, United States. President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from H. A. Straus to The Emergency Rescue Committee

  • 1940s

  Hans A. Straus writes to the Emergency Rescue Committee on behalf of Dr. Alfred Reis (1882-1951), to request the Committee contact the President's Advisory Committee to access Reis' documentation for immigration.

  • Author Straus, H. A.
  • Addressee International Rescue Committee, Loeb, Lotta
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, International Rescue Committee, Straus, H. A., Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Jewish refugees, Emigration and immigration
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Alfred Reis, March 30, 1941

  • 1941-Mar-30

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Alfred Reis (1882-1951), a German Jewish refugee in France, that he has acquired affidavits to support Reis' application for an American immigration visa. Bredig additionally mentions that…

  • Addressee Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Nazi concentration camps, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Hans Straus, September 14, 1940

  • 1940-Sep-14

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Hans Straus that he forwarded him a letter written by his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Straus, H. A.
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Straus, H. A.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Alvin Johnson to Georg Bredig, September 17, 1940

  • 1940-Sep-17

  Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874-1971) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending information about Alfred Reis (1882-1951). Bredig is trying to get Reis accepted into a program by The New School for Social Research that…

  • Author Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Contributor New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)
  • Subject Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997), Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Hans Kaufmann to Max Bredig, March 1941

  • 1941-Mar

  Hans Kaufmann requests donations to support a German Jewish doctor, Dr. Karl Mayer, and his family. The Mayers recently fled Nazi-occupied Germany and are currently living as refugees in Persia.

  • Author Kaufmann, Hans
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Kaufmann, Hans, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Hans Kaufmann to Max Bredig, June 1941

  • 1941-Jun-04

  Hans Kaufmann confirms that he received a donation from Max Bredig (1902-1977) to assist with the emigration of a Jewish refugee.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Kaufmann, Hans
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Kaufmann, Hans, Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Elsabet to Max Bredig, April 1941

  • 1941-Apr-05

  A relative of the Bredig family provides an update to Max Bredig (1902-1977) on family members who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp. She also conveys well-wishes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), who recently…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Elsabet
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Nazi concentration camps, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Business correspondence

  Letter to Mr. Strauss from Bernard Aschner, January 1941

  • 1941-Jan-25

  Bernard Aschner declines the mailing of financial documentation requested by Mr. Strauss.

  • Author Aschner, Bernard
  • Addressee Strauss, Leon
  • Subject Aschner, Bernard, Affidavits
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Alvin Johnson to Georg Bredig, April 1941

  • 1941-Apr-30

  Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874-1971) informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that Alfred Reis (1882-1951) was not accepted into their project, which was to rescue European refugee scholars. In the letter, Johnson explains that…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971
  • Subject Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Jewish refugees, Refugees, World War (1939-1945), New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)
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  6 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Georg Bredig to Alvin S. Johnson, September 14, 1940

  • 1940-Sep-14

  Letter from Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to Alvin S. Johnson (1874-1971) concerning Alfred Reis (1882-1951). Bredig praises Reis professionally, calling him one of his most talented associates. Digitized content includes…

  • Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Addressee Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971
  • Subject Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971