Papers regarding refugees to Cuba

Identifier
irn516064
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.638
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516064

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mirta Perez-Benitoa, granddaughter of Fulgencio Batista, donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 30, 2004.

Scope and Content

Consists of photocopies of correspondence,1967-1968, between Fulgencio Batista, former President of Cuba, and Lawrence Berenson, a lawyer who had represented several Jewish organizations in Cuba including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, regarding an article published in "Look" magazine about the MS St. Louis. Also includes clippings, two copies of photographs, an essay, "The Problem of Jewish Refugees During Batista's Administration, 1940-44," by Margalit Bejarano, 2002, and notes taken on various scholarly works on Cuba during the Holocaust.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single file.

People

  • Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973.
  • Berenson, Lawrence, 1891-1970.

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • St. Louis (Ship)

Subjects

  • Refugees, Jewish--Cuba.
  • Cuba--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.