Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #:
GLC09414.0052
Author/Creator:
Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008)
Place Written:
[Brooklyn, New York]
Type:
Typed letter signed
Date:
1 June 1943
Pagination:
2 p. ; 21.6 x 14 cm.
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Written at 5:00 PM at the office. Sylvia complains she has too much work to finish. Mayor can't believe the backlog in cases so has sent in the Herlands Committee to review the records. Has a ticket for the play "Tomorrow the World" but will only enjoy it half as much without him.
Herlands, William Bernard, 1905-1969 -Herlands Committee New York City Department of Investigation (DOI).
"Tomorrow the World" - Broadway play (made into a motion picture in 1944) (1943-1944) depicting a young German boy from Hitler Youth who comes to live in the US, and is dissuaded from Nazism by his uncle.
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