Finca Paso Seco

Event Start Date: August 27, 2018 5:00 PM
Event End Date: August 27, 2018 6:00 PM

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Finca Paso Seco, a Jewish Refugee Camp in Cuba

Presented by: Steven Baumann
Tuesday, August 27, 2018
Judaica Suite, 5:00 p.m.

Baumann is a doctoral student at Temple University. His interest in the history of the American Friends Service Committee, originating in the Society of Friends (Quakers) movement, led him to the study of Finca Paso Seco, a refugee camp outside of Havana, Cuba. It was established by the American Friends Service Committee and supported by the Jewish organization JOINT Distribution Committee. Baumann’s examination of the local and transnational, political and cultural aspects of the refugee camp’s everyday operation highlights the rarely told history of Jewish refugees in Cuba prior to World War II. During his tenure as a fellow, Baumann studies the Price Library’s rich offerings on the Jewish experience in Cuba, primarily focusing on newspapers.

This event is part of the Jews in the Americas Speaker Series.