Eleanor Roosevelt

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503293
• English
• 1939-1957
• folders 24 , 23 microfiche,
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains letters, essays, and articles relating to the life and career of Armand Eisler. Among the topics covered are Eisler genealogy, post-war Austria, international politics, and the Middle East. Included with the papers is a copy of "The Terror as a System: the Concentration Camp" by Ernst Federn. Included in the correspondence are letters signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Felix Frankfurter, Virginia Gildersleeve, Harold Stassen, and post-war Austrian presidents Karl Renner and Adolf Schärf.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn634483
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

In New York, a group of well-dressed men and women gather around Jack Benny and Eleanor Roosevelt. Artwork on the walls behind them. Mrs. Roosevelt purchases the first ticket for 25 cents for the Motion Picture Art Fund for German Refugees. The First Lady says "I'm very happy to buy this ticket from you..." The tickets are for a drawing of art works from Jack Benny, the radio and movie comedian.

1. David and Lucinda Pollack collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn565735
• English
• overall: Height: 22.875 inches (58.103 cm) | Width: 17.875 inches (45.403 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster designed by Norman Rockwell advertising for the Children’s Crusade for Children penny sharing relief drive to provide assistance for the war stricken children of Europe. The program was organized during the winter of 1939-1940 under the leadership of Marion G. Canby and Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The program was supported by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and special tin collection cans were decorated with the design featured on this poster and distributed to schools around the country. The children were instructed to give as many pennies as they were years old. The principal or a delega...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn530837
• English
• overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Diameter: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Metal fundraising collection can used by the Children’s Crusade for Children. The Children’s Crusade for Children was a penny sharing relief program with the purpose of providing assistance to the war stricken children of Europe. The program was organized during the winter of 1939-1940 under the leadership of Marion G. Canby and Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The program was supported by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and special tin collection cans were decorated with artwork designed by Norman Rockwell and distributed to schools around the country. The children were instructed to give as many pen...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn594992
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of Gisela Rosenthal and her family. Includes birth certificates in German and Czech issued for Gisela Rosenthal in 1926, 1927 and 1935.; correspondence from the US Department of State to Samuel Rosenthal in London, where he fled with his wife Regina where they were awaiting US visas; a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt, dated March 21, 1945, thanking Samuel for a gift he sent; a naturalization certificate for Gisela Tucker, dated 1948; and photographs of Gisela as an baby and toddler with, potentially, her parents in Germany. Copy drawing ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503001
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of a copy of an undated letter by Helen Waren, an actress in Europe at the close of World War II. In her letter she describes her experiences with Allied troops in Europe, displaced persons camps, and displaced Jews suffering persecution after the war. Also included is a 21 Nov 1945 letter by Maj. Charles Heitzberg of the War Department - Office of the Chief of Staff describing the origins of the letter to Lt. General Lucius D. Clay.

1. Henry Morgenthau family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn96059
• English
• 1930-1950
• boxes oversize boxes 61 15
• Updated 7 months ago

The Morgenthau family collection documents the interpersonal relationships between members of the family of Henry Jr. and Elinor Morgenthau and their children, Henry III, Robert, and Joan. Series 1, a chronological series, includes family documents, miscellaneous correspondence, clippings, school papers, publications, invitations, calling cards, business materials, photographs, and other ephemera collected by members of the family throughout the 20th century. Henry Morgenthau III is the nexus of the collection; therefore many of the documents from the 1930s relate to his schooling, the 1940...

1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504522
• English
• 2 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Oral history collection of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn508054
• English
• 2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Oral history interviews of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn503096
• English
• 2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. University of Wisconsin-River Falls oral history collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn512460
• English
• 1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago

1. Oral history interviews of the Larry Papier collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn511628
• English
• 1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 7 months ago