Jacob Beser collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Jacob Beser donated the Jacob Beser collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
Scope and Content
The Jacob Beser collection consists of meeting minutes of the German-Jewish Children's Aid, Inc., Baltimore Branch, from 1934-1941. The organization sought to bring German-Jewish children to the United States during the Nazi era, with the hope of eventually reuniting them with their birth families.
System of Arrangement
The Jacob Beser collection is arranged chronologically.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: The Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, Inc.
People
- Beser, Jacob.
Corporate Bodies
- German-Jewish Children's Aid (Organization)
Subjects
- Children.
- Jewish orphans.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Charities.
Genre
- Document
- Minutes.
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.