On March 13, 1942, a cable was received from the World Jewish Congress representatives in London stating that information reaching London indicated the possibility of rescuing Jews provided that funds were put at the disposal of the World Jewish Congress representation in Switzerland. Source: Zola, Gary Philip & Dollinger, Marc American Jewish History: A Primary […]
The strategy was for Taylor to conduct preliminary discussions with Sumner Welles and other State Department officials. These talks were to be based on the Joint Emergency Committee’s specific rescue proposal, a program that closely followed the eleven-point list that came out of the March 1 Madison Square Garden mass meeting. But the day before […]
Immediately upon the receipt of this message, the Jewish organizations arranged for a public mass meeting in Madison Square Garden in a further effort to obtain effective action. Source: Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html
‘Since the entry of the United States into the War there have been no new restrictions placed by the Government of the United States upon the number of aliens of any nationality permitted to proceed to this country under existing laws, except for the more intensive examination of aliens required for security reasons.’ The exception […]
In a cable of January 21, 1943 (# 482) relayed a message from Riegner and Lichteim which Harrison stated was for the information of the Under Secretary of State and was to be transmitted to Rabbi Stephen Wise if the Under Secretary should so determine. This message described a horrible situation concerning the plight of […]
A joint statement of the United States and the European members of the United Nations was issued calling attention to and denouncing the fact that Hitler was carrying into effect his oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe. Source: Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html
“Winant (e.g. the American ambassador to Great Britain) complied immediately but two more weeks passed before the British responded. Their (e.g. the Foreign Office) reply, finally delivered on December 15, showed that the economic-warfare argument had been a pretext which the British now realized was not going to stop the Treasury Department (e.g. Headed by […]
October 5, 1942, Sumner Welles as Acting Secretary of State (USA) sent a cable (# 2314) for the personal attention of Ambassador Liland Harrison in Bern stating that leaders of the World Jewish Congress had received reports from their representatives in Geneva and London to the effect that many thousands of Jews in Eastern Europe […]
A message from the Secretary of the World Jewish Congress in Switzerland (Riegner), transmitted through the British Foreign Office, reported that Hitler had under consideration a plan to exterminate all Jews in German controlled Europe. Source: Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html
Germany invades Poland – World War II begins.