Auction 88 · Lot 124
Report. The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- $150
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(HOLOCAUST).
Place
New York
Publication
1941
Description
Foldout map of the United States displaying the institutions that assisted the venture.
summary
The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars assisted scholars who were barred from teaching, persecuted and threatened with imprisonment by the Nazis. Hundreds of European scholars were successfully relocated to America some of whom became Nobel Laureates in diverse fields such as literature, medicine, and physics.
pp. 16. Original printed wrappers detached. 8vo.
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