Papers regarding refugees to Cuba

Consists of photocopies of correspondence,1967-1968, between Fulgencio Batista, former President of Cuba, and Lawrence Berenson, a lawyer who had represented several Jewish organizations in Cuba including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, regarding an article published in "Look" magazine about the MS St. Louis. Also includes clippings, two copies of photographs, an essay, "The Problem of Jewish Refugees During Batista's Administration, 1940-44," by Margalit Bejarano, 2002, and notes taken on various scholarly works on Cuba during the Holocaust.