This exhibit touches on many themes relevant for understanding our lives and the world around us. Explore the objects that comprise the exhibit in new ways by joining the global dialogue below.
This 'Individual Assurance by Relative' form (affidavit) is a guarantee to U.S. immigration authorities that Ben Peresecki will be gainfully employed upon his arrival and will not become a burden on the state. This document was a crucial step in ensuring that Ben and his mother could immigrate to the United States.
Ben Peres and Chaya Eisental married on September 4, 1961 at the Concourse Paradise Theater in the Bronx. Chaya had recently moved to New York from Israel to be with Ben.