“Relief is a political gesture:” The Jewish Labor Committee’s interventions in war-torn Poland, 1939-1945

This paper describes the role of an American organization, the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), in the support of Jewish people in Poland during World War II. In the context of the division and occupation of Poland by the USSR and by Nazi Germany, the JLC’s help materialized in two ways: relief (genera...

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Main Author: Catherine Collomp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014-09-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6942