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Immigrants to New York City (Jewish Refugees)

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Minerva Teichert (1888–1976), Immigrants to New York City (Jewish Refugees), 1938, oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.
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Minerva Teichert (1888–1976), Immigrants to New York City (Jewish Refugees), 1938, oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.

MINERVA TEICHERT (1888–1976)

Teichert portrays the New York skyline and the Statue of Liberty welcoming Jewish immigrants to New York Harbor. Between 1933 and 1939, 90,000 German-Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler’s regime immigrated to the United States. The largest number came in 1938, the year this work was painted.

Curricular Resources

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20th Century Immigration