The American Jewish Historical Society meets the U.S. War Department’s Military Intelligence Branch
by Michael D. Montalbano, Institutional / Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Although propaganda existed in a variety of forms prior to the 20th century, its scale and use of the technology during World War I was unprecedented. To counteract the intended effects of propaganda, governments established various defenses, the main…
Out of the Archives: From Labor to Justice
by Rachel C. Miller, Senior Project Archivist, Center for Jewish History
The quotidian cross-out on this letterhead represents a pivotal moment in U.S. immigration history, when, following the outbreak of war in Europe, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration deemed immigration a security concern over an economic one and transferred the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from…
From the partners’ collections: “Let my people go!”
Description: Full color painting of Soviet Jewish exodus
Creator: Emor (?)
Medium: Poster, colored
Date: undated
Call Number: I-181.018
Collection: National Conference on Soviet Jewry Records
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=250089
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
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From the partners’ collections: Molly Picon aboard the ocean liner Lloyd Triestino
Creator/Photographer: Lloyd Triestino Servizio Fotografico. Mailed via Cartolina Postale.
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Date: undated
Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=172106
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
Parent Collection: Molly Picon Papers
Call Number: P-38
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