Executive Files

Identifier: 1
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1977
Level of Description: Sub-series
Source: EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

18.4 linear feet (46 Hollinger boxes)

Scope and Content

Consists of executive office files of the Political Department. This subseries contains papers of three persons: Maurice L. Perlzweig, Robert S. Marcus, and Oscar Karbach. The Perlzweig papers contain 35 boxes spanning the years 1919—1977 and contains extensive files on the activities of the Political Department during this time. Maurice L. Perlzweig's papers also include personal materials, especially from his career as a rabbi in London (ca. 1919—1940) and Toronto (1947—1949). The Robert S. Marcus papers, 1932—1933 and 1937—1951, are five boxes and include alphabetical files of special assistance cases for persons seeking assistance with immigration/visa problems during the years 1946—1948. The Oscar Karbach files cover the years 1942—1960 and consist of five boxes of correspondence and publications.

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Maurice L. Perlzweig
- The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- a
- English
- 1919-1977
- 14 linear feet (35 Hollinger boxes)
- Updated 6 years ago
Box B1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1940 Box B1. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1941 January-November Box B1. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1941 December Box B1. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1942 Box B1. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1943 January-June Box B1. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1943 July-December Box B1. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1944 Box B1. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1945 Box B2. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1946 Box B2. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1947 January-April Box B2. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1947 May-December Box B2. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1948 Box B2. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1949 Box B2. Fo...
Robert S. Marcus
- The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- b
- English
- 1937-1951
- 2 linear feet (5 Hollinger boxes)
- Updated 6 years ago
Box B36. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1944, 1946 Box B36. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1947 July-December Box B36. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1948 January-June Box B36. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1948 July-September Box B36. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1948 October-December Box B36. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1949 January-April Box B36. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1949 May-June Box B36. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1949 July-September Box B37. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1949 October-December Box B37. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1950 Box B37. Folder 3. Correspondence, personal, 1941, 1946-1950 Box B37. Folder ...
Oscar Karbach
- The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- c
- English
- 1942-1960
- 2.4 linear feet (6 Hollinger boxes)
- Updated 6 years ago
Box B41. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1946, 1949-1950 Box B41. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1951 Box B41. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1952 Box B41. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1953 January-May Box B41. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1953 June-December Box B42. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1954-1955 Box B42. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1956-1959 Box B42. Folder 3. Frey, Wilhelm, 1953 Box B42. Folder 4. Hyman, Abraham, 1954 Box B42. Folder 5. Jansen, Peter Kurt, Bulgaria, 1956 November Box B42. Folder 6. Lazarus, Jacques, reports, Algeria, 1952-1953 Box B42. Folder 7. Lestschinsky, Jacob, 1954 August Box B42. Fo...