June 30, 1943 The USA Restricts Entry of Jewish Refugees

‘Mr. Speaker, nations have declared war on Germany, and their high-ranking officials have issued pious protestations against the Nazi massacre of Jewish victims, but not one of these countries thus far has said they would be willing to accept these refugees either permanently or as visitors, or any of the minority peoples trying to escape the Hitler prison and slaughterhouse.’

‘Goebbels says: ‘The United Nations won’t take any Jews. We don’t want them. Let’s kill them.’ And so he and Hitler are marking Europe Judentun.’

‘Without any change in our immigration statutes we could receive a reasonable number of those who are fortunate enough to escape the Nazi hellhole, receive them as visitors, the immigration quotas notwithstanding. They could be placed in camps or cantonments and held there in such havens until after the war. Private charitable agencies would be willing to pay the entire cost thereof. They would be no expense to the Government whatsoever. These agencies would even pay for transportation by ships to and from this country.’

‘We house and maintain Nazi prisoners, many of them undoubtedly responsible for Nazi atrocities. We should do no less for the victims of the rage of the Huns.’

Source:  Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html