Object ID
2016.1.34
Object Name
Copy, Reprographic
Date
1939
Files
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Description
Group of children waving at Statue of Liberty
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
These children are among a group of 50 Jewish refugees, imperiled by Nazi Germany, aged 5 to 14, from Vienna, waving at the Statue of Liberty as liner pulls into New York harbor, en route to Philadelphia, where they will be placed with foster families. They were brought to the United States by Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus, assimilated Jews from Philadelphia. Other powerful Jewish leaders from Philadelphia exhorted the Krauses to call their mission off lest it fomented more domestic antisemitism. It is believed that Roosevelt did not do all he could do to increase immigration of the beleaguered Jews of Europe precisely because of American Jews’ unwillingness to support their European brethren.
Dimensions
11 1/8 x 8"
Keywords
Refugees, Children, Eleanor Kraus, Gilbert Kraus
Subcollection
Early
Recommended Citation
"Copy of Press Photo of Jewish Refugee Children Aboard Liner President Harding" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.34.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1294