Morris Troper collection

Identifier: irn523421
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Betty Troper Yager in 2005.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, and clippings concerning the efforts of Morris Troper, European director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, in assisting more than 900 Jewish passengers aboard the MS St. Louis and his success in ultimately securing their safe refuge in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, and France. Also included in the collection are two 16 mm film reels of the Agro-Joint activity in Russia in 1936 that was shot by Morris Troper for the Joint Distribution Committee.

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Morris Troper papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn676052
- English
- box oversize folders 1 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The Morris Troper papers consist of a biographical sketch of Morris Troper and correspondence, photographs, printed materials, reports, and subject files documenting Morris Troper’s work for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, especially his work negotiating safe landing for the passengers of the MS St. Louis in 1939. Betty Troper Yager’s biography of her father is an undated four-page sketch of her father’s life and work. Correspondence primarily consists of letters and telegrams documenting the experiences and negotiations for the relief of passengers aboard the MS St. Louis...

Morris Troper collection

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Morris Troper papers