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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09414.0036 |
| From Archive Folder | The Weiner Collection |
| Title | Sylvia Weiner to Morris "Moe" Weiner |
| Date | 18 May 1943 |
| Author | Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) |
| Recipient | Weiner, Morris |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Wants to come and see him on the West coast in August. Got home late from seeing "Mission to Moscow." Talks about the Trotsky trials and other events in Soviet history. And that Russia has to protect herself. Tells Moe he knows all of the story from having read the book. |
| Subjects | Marriage Soldier's Letter World War II Women's History Military History Woman Author Global History and Civics Communism Law Literature and Language Arts Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
| People | Weiner, Morris (Moe) (1909-1988) Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Davies, Joseph Edward (fl. 1943) Huston, Walter (1884-1950) Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940 |
| Place written | Brooklyn, New York |
| Theme | World War II; Arts & Literature; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | "Mission to Moscow"- Motion picture starring Walter Huston about US Ambassador to Russia, under FDR, Joseph Davies. Toffinetti's-Popular restaurant in Times Square, NYC- Established in 1940 after being a hit at the 1939 World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, Queens, N.Y. The Moscow Trials were a series of three show trials held in the Soviet Union at the instigation of Joseph Stalin between 1936 and 1938. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |