Guide to the Nathan and Lila Hausman Oral History Collection
1987
Collection Overview | |
| Creator: | Hausman, Nathan |
| Creator: | Hausman, Lila |
| Title: | Nathan and Lila Hausman oral history collection |
| Dates: | 1987 |
| Size: | 2 items |
| Abstract: | Nathan and Lila Hausman held parlor meetings for Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. in their home in Brooklyn. Nathan Hausman provided affidavits for refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany. The collection contains an interview with Nathan and Lila Hausman. The tape narrates their rescue and fundraising activities with Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. |
| Languages: | Materials are in English. |
| Call No: | 1987.004 |
Finding aid encoded December, 2008
Finding aid encoded in English.
Nathan and Lila Hausman held parlor meetings for Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. at their home in Brooklyn. The first meeting of Rescue Children, Inc., hosted by the Hausmans in 1944, raised $42,000 for the cause. Nathan Hausman also provided affidavits for refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany.
The collection contains an interview with Nathan and Lila Hausman of Brooklyn, New York. The tape narrates the rescue and fundraising activities of the Hausmans and their work with Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. It also includes a four-page typed summary of the interview.
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