Correspondence with Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ)
Extent and Medium
20 letters
Creator(s)
- Executive Council of Australian Jewry
Biographical History
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) is an umbrella organization and representative body of the Australian Jewish community.
Scope and Content
Correspondence primarily regarding the Council’s campaign to prevent postwar immigration of former Nazis or Nazi collaborators to Australia as well as fascist activities of A. K. Chesterton and of Croatian Immigrants in Australia. The bundle includes a Council dossier several European immigrants who allegedly had a Nazi past.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
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People
- Chesterton, A.K. (Arthur Kenneth)
Subjects
- Immigration
- Jewish organisations
- Antisemitism, defence against
Places
- Australia