Morris Troper collection

Overview

Collection Summary

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.

Provenance

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