Jewish Labor Committee records

Jewish Labor Committee records 

The Jewish Labor Committee, an umbrella group of Jewish trade unions and fraternal organizations, was founded in 1934 for the purpose of organizing opposition to Fascism, providing assistance to its victims, and fighting all forms of bigotry. It maintained close contact with European resistance movements and was able to effect the rescue of several thousand labor and socialist activists and their families. After World War II the Committee continued its program of relief to Holocaust victims. It cooperated with other Jewish agencies in reuniting families and organized a Child Adoption program for destitute children. The Committee contributed to the reconstruction of Jewish culture after 1945 by financing Yiddish libraries, schools, and publications in North and South America, Europe, and Israel. 

Jewish Labor Committee records