Ernst Baerwald speech

Identifier
irn517858
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.28
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517858

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ulrich Straus donated this speech to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 14, 2005. Hans Straus, the donor's father, was a close friend of Ernst Baerwald.

Scope and Content

Consists of one speech, 10 pages, delivered by Ernst Baerwald to a Jewish congregation in Oakland, CA, in the spring of 1941, regarding the immigration of European Jews to China and Japan. Mr. Baerwald, who had lived in Japan for almost 30 years, attests to the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and appeals for funding for these refugees. He also mentions the help that Jan Zwartendijk, Chiune Sugihara (both unnamed in the speech), and Moses Beckleman had provided to refugees in Lithuania.

Genre

  • Document
  • Speeches.
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