Title: Manitowoc Coordinating Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1938-1941

Creator:

• Manitowoc Coordinating Committee (Wis.)

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 32; Green Bay Micro 9; Micro 546

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Committee, an organization founded in Manitowoc, Wis., to aid Jewish refugees emigrating from Nazi Germany to the United States. Records include correspondence, affidavits, financial materials, and minutes of the Manitowoc committee, plus fragmentary minutes of the Wisconsin and the National Coordinating Committees.

Note:

This collection forms part of the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.

Language: English

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The National Coordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany (NCC) was founded in New York City circa 1936 as a result of Nazi persecution of European Jews. Its aim was to expedite the immigration process of European Jews into the United States, to provide financial support for the refugees, to find them employment and provide for their retraining, and to resettle refugees arriving in New York to other parts of the United States.

The Wisconsin Coordinating Committee (WCC) was formed pursuant to a resolution adopted at a Milwaukee conference of citizens of twenty Wisconsin Jewish communities on October 23, 1938. Ben Z. Glass of Milwaukee was designated chairman. Its purposes were to consider the problems of Jewish emigrés and to coordinate plans for resettlement throughout Wisconsin.

The Manitowoc Coordinating Committee (MCC) was formed on October 29, 1938 by ten members of the Manitowoc Jewish community. Dr. Nathan Schneck was appointed chairman and chosen to represent Manitowoc on the WCC. Other members of the MCC were presidents of various Manitowoc Jewish community organizations. The purposes of the local organization were to sign affidavits, to assist in the immigration process, and to raise funds for the support of particular immigrants and of the WCC. The MCC functioned until 1941 when it probably combined with a regional organization located in Chicago.

The Records of the Manitowoc Coordinating Committee, 1938-1941, consist of correspondence, affidavits, financial materials, and minutes of the MCC. There are also fragmentary records of the WCC and National Coordinating Committee, consisting of minutes of both organizations and of the WCC constitution. The entire collection is also available in microfilm.

The largest part of the MCC records is correspondence between Nathan Schneck and Ben Z. Glass and the office of the National Coordinating Committee. These letters refer mostly to attempts to settle particular refugees in Manitowoc, but they also deal with general policy matters, such as how money could be raised, the procedures for securing affidavits, and the coordinating of resettlement efforts.

The MCC financial records, although incomplete, include receipts, a bank statement, and a list of contributors and their contributions. The local committee sent 200 dollars a year to the state committee as well as raising funds to help the immigrants newly arrived in Manitowoc.

The constitution of the WCC and minutes of both the WCC and NCC are incomplete. They are valuable, nonetheless, for information about the financial and organizational structures of the hierarchy of coordinating committees. Also included are lists of WCC and NCC members and the names of participants at meetings and conferences.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Rudolph Schwartz, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, July 25, 1972. Accession Number: M72-349

Processing Information

Processed by Lindsay Nauen and Eleanor McKay, September 21, 1973.

	Manitowoc Coordinating Committee
	Correspondence
Box-folder   1-1 Reel   1	1938, Jan.-Dec.
Box-folder   1-2 Reel   1	1939, Jan.-June
Box-folder   1-3 Reel   1	1939, July-1941
Box-folder   1-4 Reel   1	Affidavits, 1939
Box-folder   1-5 Reel   1	Financial Records, 1939-1941
Box-folder   1-6 Reel   1	Minutes and Agenda, 1938-1939
	Wisconsin Coordinating Committee
Box-folder   1-7 Reel   1	Constitution and By-Laws, circa 1938, Oct. 23
Box-folder   1-8 Reel   1	Minutes, 1938, 1941
	National Coordinating Committee
Box-folder   1-9 Reel   1	Minutes and Proceedings, 1938