A Venture into Internationalism: Roosevelt and the Refugee Crisis of 1938
Description:
Prompted by international ramifications of Jewish migration from Nazi Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a world conference on refugees in March 1938. The conference, held at Evian, France, in July, established the Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees. The committee, led by American diplomats, sought relaxation of Germany's discriminatory practices against Jews and tried, without success, to resettle German Jews abroad. World War II ended the committee's efforts to ach…
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Date:
August 1978
Creator:
Mannering, Lynne Michelle
Partner:
UNT Libraries