Finding aid for the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism records 6066
Stephanie Cipres
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
creator:
Wagenknecht, Alfred
Identifier/Call Number: 6066
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1933
Abstract: Letters, documents, leaflets, clippings created by the National Committee to Aid Victims of
German
Fascism in New York in 1933. Organized by Workers International Relief in 1933 following the accession to power of Adolf
Hitler in Germany, its aim was to mobilize the free world and raise funds to save people being persecuted by the Nazis.
The National Committee to Aid Victims of
German
Fascism was organized by Workers International Relief, an adjunct to the international Communist Party, following the rise
to power of Adolf Hitler in Germany. The goal was to raise enough funds to save the maximum amount of persecuted individuals
in Nazi Germany. The Executive Secretary of the Committee was Alfred Wagenknecht, an American Marxist activist and political
functionary. He is best remembered for having played a critical role in the establishment of the American Communist Party
in 1919 as a leader of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party. Wagenknecht served as Executive Secretary of the Communist
Labor Party of America and the United Communist Party of America in 1919 and 1920, respectively.
The collection contains original documents from the National Committee to Aid Victims of
German
Fascism. These include letters (many from Alfred Wagenknecht), documents, and telegrams, items are dated from the year 1933.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], National Committee to Aid Victims of
German
Fascism records, Collection no. 6066, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Purchased from Eric Chaim Kline, May 14, 2014.
The materials are arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-fascist movements -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Persecution -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Clippings
Leaflets (printed works)
Letters
Wagenknecht, Alfred
Wagenknecht, Alfred -- Archives
Box 1, folder 1
Box 1, folder 2
Box 1, folder 3
Box 1, folder 4
Box 1, folder 5
Resolution of Protest 1933
Item is a typed resolution of protest to the presiding Judge at the Leipzig Trial of Torgler, Dimitrov, Taneff, and Popoff,
Justice Wilhelm Buenger. Topics discussed include the demand that prisoners may choose their own laywers, dismisall of charges
against prisoners, and the immediate release of Thaelman, Torgler, and all other anti-fascist prisoners.
Box 1, folder 6
Box 1, folder 7
Box 1, folder 8
Box 1, Folder 9
Box 1, folder 11
Letter to W. W. Heitler from Alfred Wagenknecht 1933 May 19
Item is a typed letter addressed to W.W. Heitler in Chicago, letter signed by Alfred Wagenknecht (Executiuve Secretary).The
subjects of the letter include labels for boxes and Heitler is given a suggestion that he should have his labels made in Chicago
as well as organizing a committee of doctors, teachers, etc.
Box 1, folder 12
Letter to Siegel from W. W. Heitler 1933 May 23
Item is a letter addressed to Mr. Siegel from W. W. Heitler. The letter was written as an invitation to the Jewish United
Front and Anti-Fascist Committee to affiliate itself itself with the United Front Anitfascist Committee of Chicago. Heitler
goes on to explain activities that they have done in the past.
Box 1, folder 14
Box 1, folder 15
Box 1, Folder 16
Response to Ad Freda Kirchwey 1933 June 27
Box 1, folder 18
Box 1, folder 17
Box 1, folder 20
Box 1, folder 21
Box 1, folder 22
Box 1, folder 19
Box 1, folder 10