| | Creator: | Enright, Maurice, 1905-1977 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Maurice Enright Papers | | | | Dates: | 1921-1978 | | | | Call No: | 1993.020 | | | | Abstract: | Maurice Enright was active in Jewish communal affairs, especially those affiliated with the Poale Agudath Israel. After the close of World War II, he traveled to Europe three times between 1946 and 1948 as a representative of the Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children organizations. These post-war activities are the major focus of this collection, which consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Size: | 2.25 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Ba-Sha'ar | Custody of children -- Israel | France | Holocaust survivors -- France | Holocaust survivors -- Switzerland | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal Narratives | Intercountry adoption | Israel | Jewish children in the Holocaust -- France | Jewish orphanages -- France | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- Migrations | Palestine | Refugees, Jewish | United States -- Emigration and immigration | World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps | |
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