William R. Perl Collection 1938-1998

The collection contains a questionnaire filled out by William R. Perl regarding his life in Austria before World War II, emigration from Austria to the United States, and life in the United States. Also included are documents pertaining to Perl's efforts to facilitate the emigration of 40,000 Jews from Europe to Palestine during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including correspondence, awards, clippings, and articles by Perl about his activities.digitizedAn inventory is available in the folderAustrian Heritage CollectionReturned from microfilmin