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Gaynor I. Jacobson collection

Document | Accession Number: 1991.A.0067 | RG Number: RG-34.002

Contains transcripts of oral history interviews, correspondence, reports, and photographs compiled by Tad Szulc while conducting research on the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Among the materials is information concerning Jewish emigration, displaced persons, Holocaust survivors, and Jews in predominantly Arab countries during the 1960s through the 1990s. Also includes the research notes used by Tad Szulc while writing "Rescue."

Subtitle
Tad Szulc papers
Date
1950-1989
Language
English
French
Hebrew
Polish
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
38 linear in..
52 microfiche.
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tad Szulc

About This Document

Document Creator
Tad Szulc
Biography
Tad Szulc (1926-2001), a former correspondent for the New York Times, was born Tadeusz Szulc in Warsaw. He moved to Brazil in 1940 and immigrated to the United States in 1949. His book, The Secret Alliance: The Extraordinary Story of the Rescue of the Jews Since World War II, describes the clandestine postwar migration of Holocaust survivors to British Mandatory Palestine.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Tad Szulc collected the materials while conducting research for various books (among them "Rescue!") and articles relating to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). The transcripts for taped interviews, which make up the bulk of the collection, were created from 1988 to 1989. Szulc donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in July 1991, stipulating that it should be named the "Gaynor I. Jacobson" collection.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-08-25 09:38:43
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