Political refugees
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on persons who have fled their native countries because of political persecution or instability. This heading may be subdivided geographically to indicate the country of origin and/or the destination of the political refugees.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Decision Magazine papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 176
Abstract:
Correspondence, drafts of articles and poems, legal documents, press releases, clippings and other papers of the magazine which was published in New York from January 1941 to February 1942 under the editorship of Klaus Mann. Correspondents and writers include W.H. Auden, André Gide, Sir Julian Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, William Carlos Williams and Stefan Zweig. Also in the papers is the proof for an unpublished article by Vladimir Nabokov, "Soviet Literature...
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Decision Magazine papers
Exiles Film Project records
Collection
Call Number: MS 1734
Abstract:
The records consist of interviews, interview transcripts, editing and production records, and film footage created during the making of the film, The Exiles. The film, written by Richard Kaplan and Lou Potter, and produced by Richard Kaplan Productions, was released in 1989. Its focus is the European artists, scholars, and intellectuals, mostly Jewish, who escaped totalitarianism and emigrated to America before and during World War II. The film...
Dates:
1984-1989
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Exiles Film Project records
Albrecht Goetze papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 648
Abstract:
As a refugee from Hitler, he was outspoken on political issues and attempted to aid fellow scholars similarly uprooted. A portion of the correspondence reveals his efforts on their behalf and expands on his political views. Other letters discuss university policies, including problems at Yale University, and foundation grants for scholars. Among Goetze's important correspondents are William F. Albright, Kurt Bittel, Hans Ehelolf, Jacob J. Finkelstein, Johannes Friedrich, Hans G. Güterbock,...
Dates:
1923-1971
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Albrecht Goetze papers
Hajo Holborn papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 579
Abstract:
The papers consist chiefly of notes, manuscripts, documents, minutes of parliamentary committees, pamphlets and other materials collected by Hajo Holborn in connection with research on the drafting of the Weimar constitution. The pamphlets include works on related subjects, such as the German revolution of 1918, the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils, constitutional history and federalism in Germany, territorial questions concerning Silesia and the Saar, and materials on German political...
Dates:
1849-1976, bulk 1849-1969
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Hajo Holborn papers
Alvin Saunders Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 615
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, clippings and photographs of Alvin Saunders Johnson. Although records relating to his career are relatively scanty, two manuscript drafts of his autobiography, Pioneer Progress, are among the writings. The correspondence of some 1,700 letters includes: Max Ascoli, Jacob Billikopf, Gerhard Colm, Agnes DeLima, Thomas E. Dewey, Eduard Heinmann, Edith Johnson, Corliss Lamont, Adolphe Lowe, Thomas Mann, Harry Scherman.
Dates:
1902-1969
Zdeněk Němeček papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 94
Abstract:
The papers consist of business correspondence, literary manuscripts, radio scripts, and some translations of Němeček's works. The bulk of the collection documents his broadcasts which covered Czechoslovakian history, politics, economics, and literature. Němeček also spoke on refugees.
Dates:
1925-1984