New York Department of Investigation report

Identifier
YY364
Language of Description
English
Dates
1944
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI

Scope and Content

Relates to causes of, and recommends measures to prevent, antisemitic vandalism and violence in New York City. The memorandum of l69 pages was submitted by the Commission of Investigation to Mayor F. H. LaGuardia on January 5, l944 and was based on case reports of 69 antisemitic disturbances from September l942 to March l943. A nearly equal number of incidents took place from March l943 to January l944. The report concluded that 3l incidents were of an antisemitic nature.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1 folder (Ts Jews U6N532)

Finding Aids

Archivist Note

Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson

Sources

  • The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0