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Outside pages of an invitation to a gala concert at the Metropolitan Opera House to aid Danish refugees in Sweden.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 42011
Outside pages of an invitation to a gala concert at the Metropolitan Opera House to aid Danish refugees in Sweden.

Outside pages of an invitation to a gala concert at the Metropolitan Opera House to aid Danish refugees in Sweden.

Date
1944 February 17
Locale
New York City, NY United States
Photo Designation
WORLD RESPONSE (1933-1955) -- Assistance Committees/Fund-raising -- Pre-war/Wartime
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ellis D.Gordon

About This Photograph

Event History
The concert was arranged by Danish singer Lauritz Melchoir, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and sponsored by the National American Denmark Association, Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha, and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. Performers included principal artists of the Metropolitan.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005209.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Lindsay Harris

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Ellis D.Gordon
Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.302.1a
 
Record last modified: 2001-08-16 00:00:00
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