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The Jewish Virtual Library states:
The War Refugee Board
It was not until late in the war that the United States attempted to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In January 1944, the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., persuaded President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish the War Refugee Board.
Although confirmed reports of the mass murders of Jews had reached the U.S. State Department in 1942, officials had remained silent. During the war the State Department had insisted that the best way to save victims of Nazi Germany's policies was to win the war as quickly as possible.
The War Refugee Board worked with Jewish organizations, diplomats from neutral countries, and resistance groups in Europe to rescue Jews from occupied territories and provide relief to inmates of Nazi concentration camps. Its most extensive rescue efforts were led by Raoul Wallenberg....
The War Refugee Board played a crucial role in the rescue of as many as 200,000 Jews. However, some people still wonder how many more Jews might have been saved if the rescue missions had begun sooner.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
It is important to remember that the US was directed against the Japanese during WW2.
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What was the US organization designed to aid Eastern European Jews?
The War Refugee Board.
What U.S. organization was designed to aid Eastern European Jews?
The War Refugee Board.
Which US organization was designed to aid Eastern European Jews?
It is the War Refugee Board.
Why did the U.S. government decide to set up the War of REfugee Board?
The War Refugee Board was set up to help the victims of oppression from World War II, mainly Jews, with relief and assistance. The agency met with unexplained procrastination and in some cases expressions of fear from some countries at the prospect of becoming â??over flooded with Jewsâ??. In the end, the Board went into operation and was successful, saving about 200,000 Jews.
How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt respond to Hitler's treatment of the Jews?
He created a war refugee board
Why did Franklin Roosevelt established the war Refugee board?
to save thousands of eastern european jews
The war refugee board helped save thousands if Jews from where?
eastern europe
What were the refugee camps during World War 2?
it waz neato
What did the war cost in term of the number of refugee?
World War 1 caused a huge refugee crisis for the Europe during early 1900's. It is estimated that around 14 million refugees were displaced around Europe during World War 1.
What were effect of World War 1?
I am not being facetious: The biggest effect of World War I was World War II.
What was the role of the US in World War 2 with the Jewish refugees?
they setup a refugee rescue team
How did the US help jewish people?
They did not do much. In 1944 the War Refugee Board was established and many reescue and relief projects were funded, but not a single one was put into action until after the war.
