Sylvia Weiner's Letters from the World War II Brooklyn Homefront

This group of documents in the Morris and Sylvia Weiner collection contains Sylvia's letters to Moe. Sylvia Weiner was employed as a social worker with the then-Department of Welfare of New York City when the United States entered World War II. She describes her days in Brooklyn focusing on her job and her nights at home with various friends and family members. She provides insight to the existing financial difficulties, the struggle for gasoline, and certain food products that many on the homefront were facing.