F02_P02: Jewish Flight from Nazi Germany
1936 March 11, Front side - Envelope from Berlin to HIAS in Washington, D.C., United States.
Grey envelope with typed text in English using black ink. At the top right corner, a 25-pfennig stamp depicting President Paul von Hindenburg. Overtop, a black ink cancellation dated March 11, 1936. To the left, a black ink overprint stamp in German is present.
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F02_P02: Jewish Flight from Nazi GermanyEntry/Object ID
2008.4.18Scope and Content
1936 March 11, envelope from Berlin to HIAS in Washington, D.C., United States.Context
An organization called HICEM was founded in 1927 to assist Jewish emigration. The name combined the acronyms of three Jewish migration agencies – HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society) of New York, ICA (Jewish Colonization Association) of Paris, and Emigdirect of Berlin. Work of this group expanded greatly after the Nazi triumph in Germany, but Emigdirect was forced to withdraw in 1934. With the onset of war, ICA, which had registered as a British philanthropy despite its base in France, was forbidden to operate outside the Sterling currency community. Those events left the burden of assisting Jews who needed rescue to HIAS in the United States and its European affiliates. Because HIAS evaded and flouted the currency regulations, it was able to help 90,000 Jews escape the Holocaust. An envelope sent March 11, 1936, from Berlin to HIAS in Washington, D.C.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
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Philatelic Material