An Account Concerning the DP Camps
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- Title:
- An Account Concerning the DP Camps
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Poland
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief - Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- ca. 1946
- Site:
- American Zone, Germany
Poland
Germany - Address (Creator):
- Poland
- Identifier:
- 5276b45f07_39
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (document genre)
political ideologies and attitudes
official reports
communism
financial aid
political ideologies and attitudes
communism
financial aid
emigration
resettlement
refugees
refugee camps
antisemitism - Subject:
- Postwar Reconstruction and Relief Work- Fundraising, Holocaust, Poland
World War II Holocaust
Political
Jewish Left
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Intelligentsia
Communism
Repatriation
Antisemitism
Nazism and Fascism
Soviet Union
War Refugees and Rescue - Description:
- 2 pages. Translated Summary: Drescribes a trip from Poland into Germany to assess the situation in DP Camps, primarily in the US-controlled zone in the region around Munich. Complains of reactionary forces, including the US and English, and Jewish aid groups, that have influenced the environment in the camps. Issues discussed include antisemitism in the camps; political forces that, for example, result in very few displaced Lithuanian Jews attempting to return to Soviet Lithuania; Jewish nationalist sentiment in the camps; a lack of communist groups in the camps. Complains that those in the camps who sympathize "with us" get no help from outside the camps.
- Note:
- The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
- Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 45
- Folder:
- 7
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu