{"value"=>"<p>These letters deal with the plight of two refugees, Molly Steimer Flechine, and her husband, the photographer, Simin Flechine. Molly Flechine was an anarchist and friend of Emma Goldman. She was born in Russia in 1894 and her original name was Marthe Alperine. She emigrated to the United States, but was deported back to the Soviet Union because of her political activities, and later was deported from the Soviet Union. Thanks to the efforts of Pesotta and others, she and her husband made a narrow escape to Mexico from Vichy France. There also are letters dealing with the efforts of Pesotta, the New World Resettlement Fund, and others (including, most notably, Carlo Tresca) to establish a colony in Ecuador for refugee Spanish Republicans.</p>"}