Jewish Refugees
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Beck Archives Photograph Collection
The Beck Archives Photograph Collection contains photographs, negatives, and other materials which reflect the rich, varied, and vibrant Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain region, with a special emphasis on Colorado. It also contains some photographs from other states and countries.
Box 1, 1947-1969 , bulk: 1960
This box contains one (1) scrapbook titled, "Charles Rosenbaum Member U.S. Delegation to the United Nations 1960." Additionally, there are folders with six (6) photos and a small folder or clippings related to the scrapbook and photographs.
Oral History Interview with Dr. Alfred Neumann, 1978 July 19
Oral History Interview with Sheldon Friedman, 1979 November 18
Topics covered: Brief biographical information; served on board and as president; program for the aged and Russian resettlement; adoption program; aiding Russian immigrants; always a need for volunteers.
Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1978 November 2
Topics covered: Interview focuses on the resettlement of refugees in the Denver area and nationally; need was especially heavy after WWII; adoption services and foster home program; resettling German Jews post WWII and the Russian Jewry later; surveys of Denver Jews.
Pre-War and Kindertransport, between 1848-1939
Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947
A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947
A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Refugee Child at the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, circa 1939
An unidentified refugee child stands in her crib at the National home for Jewish Children in Denver Colorado.
Refugee Child at the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, circa 1939
An unidentified refugee child sits in her crib with a doll at the National home for Jewish Children in Denver Colorado. The child was born in Milan, Italy to German parents and brought to American in 1930 by her father. Her mother committed suicide on the boat before they reached America. Her father brought her to the National Home for Jewish Children when he was admitted to a sanatorium in Denver.