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Aided by HIAS-ICA, Refugees Leave Lisbon
Page from the 1941 HIAS Annual Report with photograph of Jewish refugees in Lisbon, Portugal, boarding the SS Serpa Pinto bound for a destination in the "Western hemisphere." Their emigration was facilitated by HIAS-ICA.
Rescue Thru Emigration
Cover of the 1941 HIAS Annual Report: HIAS is portrayed as a "tower of hope" for Jewish emigres.
1940 HIAS Actitives
Cover of the 1940 HIAS Activities in the Untied States and Oversea Countries
Anxious for Their Relatives
Illustration from HIAS's 1939 Annual Message and Reports: American Jews at HIAS headquarters in New York, seeking information about advice on how to bring relatives trapped in Nazi-occupied Europe to the United States.
First Rest and Welcome
Illustration from HIAS's 1939 Annual Message and Reports: newly arrived Jewish refugees at the HIAS office in New York.
The Door of Hope
Illustration from HIAS's Annual Message and Reports: American Jews coming to HIAS headquarters in New York, seeking advice on how to help family members trapped in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Illustration from the 1936 HIAS Annual Message and Reports
Illustration from the 1936 HIAS Annual Message and Reports displaying the various services and departments of the organization.
1935 HIAS Annual Message and Reports
Review of HIAS and HICEM Activities from the 1935 Annual Message. The second paragraph describes the increasing difficulties for Jewish migrants to immigrate to the United States.
Plymouth Rock 1949
CCDP (Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons) radio program "Plymouth Rock 1949," written by Paul Tripp, produced by Ted Hudis, and broadcast on WNYC. It features a banjo-strumming/singing Uncle Sam (Ray Middleton) who presents a musical argument…
This is New Jersey
"This is New Jersey," a radio play about a family of refugees who become chicken farmers in New Jersey, was broadcast in 1947 or 1948 as part of a weekly series produced by the New Jersey Department of Economic Development, and was most likely…
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