Maurice Laserson collection

Identifier
irn47341
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.136
  • RG-69.007M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1963
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Russian
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1,565 digital images, TIFF

3 microfilm reels, 35 mm

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica - Fisher Library

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in July 2012 via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project.

Scope and Content

This collection includes personal papers of Maurice Laserson, a social worker involved with the resettlement of Jewish refugees. The papers reflect his work with the Obshchestvo remeslennogo i zemledelʹcheskogo truda sredi evreev (Soviet Union) (ORT) and his connections with the Australian Jewish colleagues. Includes reports, newspaper clippings, writings and publications by J.M. Machover, Walter Lippmann, Rabbi Schenk and his articles from 1937-57, as well as correspondence on the plight of German Jewish refugees, including James McDonald's correspondence about the Jews in Europe,1933-1934.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic. Arranged in two series: : Series 1. Correspondence 1933-34 on plight of German Jewish refugees: O.R.T. PR material in Australia; Exhibition of Paintings by Jewish Artists in Sydney 1951; and Series 2. Writings and publications: Articles of J.M. Machover, Walter Lippmann, Rabbi Schenk, and his own articles 1937-57.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: University of Sydney. Archive of Australian Judaica - Fisher Library

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