REPORT ON ORT'S WORK IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AMONG REFUGEES IN FRANCE
New York; World ORT Union, [1941]. Item #33135
Original wraps. 4to. 11 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Typewritten Report, by Engineer M. M. Belogousky, Collaborator of the Training Section, Secretary to the Technical Council of the Central Board of World ORT Union. Report on the ORT Schools and Training Courses in France, from the period 1933-39 (training German Jewish Refugees after the advent of Hitler) , with details of the type of courses, those involved, and a schematic outline of the courses given in this period; from the period 1939-1940, when France entered the war, the demand for skilled workers in the 'national defense' industries, the change in situation of refugees and foreign workers, cooperation with MAT-FORD Manufactory (the French Ford) and an exchange of training materials for graduates, inauguration of courses in Lyons at the time of the German invasion, the evacuation of Paris; the period 1940-1941, from the period of the 'French National Revolution' after the armistice with Germany and the imposition of strict requirements on ORT schools, the need for new facilities outside Paris, etc. , the work accomplished since October 1940, with new facilities opened in various towns and cities, the courses offered are listed; immediate difficulties of movement between towns is noted in detail, the granting of three 'circulating cards' permitting unrestricted movement across towns between facitlities for three engineers (Frenkel, Belogousky, Melamed) ; the establishment of ORT courses for people interned in concentration camps (camp Gurs, Argeles, Brens) , the difficulties ensuing, ORT's accomplished release of 150 boys from the camps who are learning a trade at the ORT boarding school in the Pyrenees; last sections of report titled: Constructive Help to Single Refugees, The Management and the Financing of Schools, The Kinds of Program of Studies, Study-Plan, the Pupil's Staff. Subjects: World ORT Union. Jewish refugees - Employment – France. Refugees – France – 1933-1941. OCLC lists one copy (NYPL) . Light wear to edges, lightly aged, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-113-28).
Price: $225.00