Kehile newspaper clippings named after Boruch Hager Kehile prese oysshnitn on nomen fun Boruch Hager

Articles and press clippings organized by Boruch Hager, a Jewish refugee in Argentina. Records relate to antisemitism, the Holocaust, and the arrival of Jewish refugees and survivors to Argentina. Included in the collection are indexes, clippings, photographs, and other materials. The collection shows the strong influence of the survivors and the impact of the memory of the Holocaust in all aspects of community life. From 1952 until the decade of 1980, the material was systematically organized in fourteen categories and arranged in enveloped labeled with category number, month and year. For each year, an index was compiled. After the bombing in 1994, the project continued with a shift in focus. Material from the 1990s is still organized by month and year but focuses on the AMIA bombing, antisemitism and other events that impacted the community. When possible, the folders were re-arranged following the original order. Hager was born in Romania in 1898 and died in Buenos Aires in 1985. He arrived in Argentina in1952 with a group of refugee artists. He was the mastermind behind the press project and a key person in the forging of the postwar organization of Jewish cultural life.