Mossad LeAliyah collection
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize box
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1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family Fund.
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020. The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family Fund.
Scope and Content
Four photo albums (approximately 540 photographs) and a typewritten report document the activity of a representative of the "Mossad LeAliya" (Institute for Immigration) in Iran, Turkey, and Israel in the late 1940s to early 1950s in preparation for bringing Jews to Israel. The information documents an investigative journey from Tehran, Iran, to Haifa, Israel. Includes printed reports: "The Suez Canal of the revolution: outlines of the history of the Communist Movement in Iran,” dated 7.8.1951 (Hebrew); Prisoners of Zion in Eastern European countries, from the establishment of the state to this day,” dated 17.2.1954 (Hebrew); Travelogue, printed leaf listing dates and cities visited by the representative (Hebrew).
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Subjects
- Tehran (Iran)
- Haifa (Israel)
- Turkey.
Genre
- Reports.
- Photograph albums.
- Document