Have more men could go overseas. She worked in washington, d. C. Where she worked as a payroll person. In the 1920s, the fears of immigrants which had been boiling during the time of the great migration to america started to come to a head and eventually leading to the johnson reed act of 1984 which effectively ended immigration by ins instituting quotas. This would of course become a very difficult thing, an obstacle ten years later when a lot of European Jews could have used another safe harbor during the rise of the nazis. The 1920s was a rise of antisemiti antisemitism, largely due to the immigration surge that had happened up until the 1920s. So here we talk a little bit about that, about henry fords antisemitism and the protocols of zion, this was a fraudulent document purportedly outlining a jewish conspiracy to take over the world. It was published during the 1920s. In the 1930s, there was a sort of cultural flourishing in america despite the depression. A lot of really rich ar
Antisemitism and the protocols of zion, this was a fraudulent document purportedly outlining a jewish conspiracy to take over the world. It was published during the 1920s. In the 1930s, there was a sort of cultural flourishing in america despite the depression. A lot of really rich artistic activity and so in this area, we look at the rise of the movies in the 1930s, as well as yiddish theatre. We look at the wpa that supported artists in the 1930s. We also look at the political situation in america, a lot of people were espousing different concepts like socialism or zionism. We also explore religion in the 1930s. Congregation shari eli was a south philadelphia immigrant synagogue that opened its doors in 1918. By the 1980s, membership slacked off and the congregation would soon be closing its doors. People moved out of the neighborhood and they didnt need the big sin nothing anymore. Someone from the congregation called our museum and asked if we would like to go in and see their tora
Dedicating his flag to all the other men who are still missing in action or prisoners of war in vietnam. A lot of times veterans, if they want to come see the things that they left, we are always willing to give them a tour and show them around. It also helps us because we can connect specific names, donors to what they left. We have a big barrel that was left. I think it was left in 2002. I am too young to know what it was. But i have been told that in vietnam they used it as a letrine. An unfortunate soldier was given the job of burning it. But they came and they gave us a bit of context about what it was and when they left it and why. So thats really cool. Theres some donors who are still really active and want to see the things that they left. So this, as you may or may not know, is a roll of toilet paper. You may wonder why we have it in our collection. But toilet paper was as good as gold in vietnam, because if you were out in the field and you didnt have any toilet paper, you ha