Agro-Joint Activity in Russia

Identifier
irn1000622
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.27.2
  • RG-60.0400
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Betty Troper Yager

Scope and Content

Rolling titles describe development of Agro-Joint by JDC in 1924 and of assistance given to Jews with the cooperation of the Russian government. MS of Dr. Joseph Rosen, Director of Agro-Joint, Dr. Grower, Dr. Yefim Lubarsky, Vice-President of the Agro-Joint, and Morris C. Troper, European Director of the JDC. More titles state that the Agro-Joint acted as the operating agent of the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlement in Russia. The president of this organization was James Rosenberg, and Paul Baerwald was the treasurer. Photos of Rosenberg, Felix Warburg, and Baerwald and a photo of Julius Rosenwald. Activities of Agro-Joint depicted with small map and illustrations.

Note(s)

  • See also Film ID 2569, Story 3468 for outtakes/similar scenes from this film. See also NCJF's holdings under the title: "Founding a New Life: A Story of Rehabilitation" on USHMM Film IDs 2291, 2309, 504, and 522. Some of the scenes Morris Troper shot on his 1936 trip were used in this film.

Subjects

  • JDC (JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE)
  • JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
  • MAPS
  • SOVIET UNION
  • JEWS

Places

  • Simferopol, Soviet Union
  • , Ukraine
  • , Soviet Union
  • , Crimea

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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