HENRIETTA STEIN KLOTZ: The Women Behind the Story Series, Blog 1, From the Desk of the Morgenthau Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Abby Gondek
Henrietta Stein Klotz: 2 minutes before closing, 860 volumes & changing the American response to the Holocaust Who was Henrietta Stein Klotz and why was she important to the American effort to rescue Jews? Henrietta Klotz is pictured on the right of this photograph, from the Harris and Ewing collection. Interestingly (and unsurprisingly) she is not listed anywhere in the photo's information. The title: "Firm financeer. Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., photographed at a press conference where he answered questions concerning the pending financing. Among other things, the administration says that the carrying-charge on the bonded debt of the United States has been reduced materially under the leadership of Sec. Morgenthau in the Treasury. 12/3/35" This photograph can be found here . Henrietta was the woman who organized and indexed the Morgenthau Diaries , a collection which spans 12 years, 138 cubic feet and includes over 860 volumes. Mrs. Klotz compiled al...
