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Florence Mendheim Collection of Anti-Semitic Propaganda

Collection

Identifier: AR 25441

Abstract

This collection of mainly anti-Semitic material was compiled by a Jewish librarian of German descent who infiltrated the pro-Nazi community developing in New York City in the years leading up to World War II. The bulk of the collection consists of publications and printed matter, with the notable exception of narrative reports that describe first-hand experiences and observations of Nazi-affiliated events. Document types include advertisements, event announcements, books, clippings, correspondence, magazines and newspapers, travel guides, political memorabilia, and other print ephemera.

Dates: 1917-1994; Majority of material found within 1922-1948

Found in: Leo Baeck Institute

Jacob Xenab Cohen, papers

Collection

Identifier: P-661

Abstract

Consists of correspondence, articles, speeches, travel notes, ephemera and other documents pertaining to the career of a civil-engineer Jacob Xenab Cohen, who retired from that profession in 1924 to become a practicing rabbi. Includes materials from Cohen's campaigns against employment discrimination and Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe from 1932 to 1945.

Dates: undated, 1913-1978

Found in: American Jewish Historical Society

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Language: Spanish; Castilian X
Names: Cohen, J. X. (Jacob Xenab), 1889-1955 X

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