Gaynor I. Jacobson collection Tad Szulc papers

Identifier
irn503560
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0067
  • RG-34.002
Dates
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1989
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503560

Extent and Medium

38 linear in.,

52 microfiche,

Creator(s)

  • Tad Szulc

Biographical History

Tad Szulc (1926-2001), a former correspondent for the New York Times, was born Tadeusz Szulc in Warsaw. He moved to Brazil in 1940 and immigrated to the United States in 1949. His book, The Secret Alliance: The Extraordinary Story of the Rescue of the Jews Since World War II, describes the clandestine postwar migration of Holocaust survivors to British Mandatory Palestine.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tad Szulc

Tad Szulc collected the materials while conducting research for various books (among them "Rescue!") and articles relating to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). The transcripts for taped interviews, which make up the bulk of the collection, were created from 1988 to 1989. Szulc donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in July 1991, stipulating that it should be named the "Gaynor I. Jacobson" collection.

Scope and Content

Contains transcripts of oral history interviews, correspondence, reports, and photographs compiled by Tad Szulc while conducting research on the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Among the materials is information concerning Jewish emigration, displaced persons, Holocaust survivors, and Jews in predominantly Arab countries during the 1960s through the 1990s. Also includes the research notes used by Tad Szulc while writing "Rescue."

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Jacobson, Gaynor I.
  • Szulc, Tad.

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Migrations.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
  • Jews--Europe.
  • Jews--Israel.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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