Solidarity
Jewish and Christian organizations support refugees in Brazil
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“Dear Bernhard and dear Anni, please do absolutely everything you can. Our only hope for survival is attached to you.”
Gemen/Porto Alegre
Even though the climate under the Vargas regime in Brazil was becoming increasingly anti-Jewish, refugees could count on the support of allies. Already in 1933, an aid organization for German-Jewish refugees had come into being in Sao Paulo. And in 1936 in Porto Alegre, where Bernhard and Anni Wolf had recently fled from East Frisia, refugees established a Jewish culture and welfare society. The overall attitude of the Church was ambiguous; nevertheless, a Catholic aid committee for refugees lent significant aid to the newcomers. After an unsuccessful attempt to arrange their immigration to Brazil at the consulate in Cologne, Bernhard’s brother Richard and his wife Jola pinned all their hope on their relatives in Brazil.
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Institution:
Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin
Collection:
Bernhard Wolff Family Collection, AR 5482
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