Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin Jewish Military Service Records
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1957

Call Number: Wis Mss 6SJ

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Files of correspondence, clippings, and other informational materials concerning Wisconsin Jewish servicemen in World War II. Four boxes contain papers gathered or compiled by the Army and Navy Committee of the Milwaukee Jewish Welfare Board; among these are service records for individual Jewish members of the armed forces. Another box contains completed questionnaires from World War II veterans, gathered during an unfinished survey of Wisconsin Jewish servicemen conducted about 1957 by Howard Kay for the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning. The collection also includes casualty, refugee, officer, and honor roll lists compiled from other sources.

Note:

Forms part of the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis006sj

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