Bericht über die Bildung der ersten Niederlassung russischer Juden in den Vereinigten Staaten zu Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

This 16-page pamphlet, published in Frankfurt am Main by L. Bronner in 1882, reports on the establishment of the first Russian Jewish settlement in the United States, located in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. The settlement, sponsored by the Hebrew Foreign Mission Society of New Orleans and the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society of New York, was an agricultural colony at Sicily Island. The project ultimately failed after two years due to flooding from the Mississippi River. This German-language edition is rare; WorldCat lists only two copies worldwide, with none previously recorded in the United States. The collection also holds an English translation.

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