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Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935

Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935

Breitman, Richard
Stewart, Barbara McDonald
McDonald, James G.

Hardcover

HolocaustWorld War II

ISBN10: 0253348625
ISBN13: 9780253348623
Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Published: Apr 25 2007
Pages: 864
Weight: 3.08
Height: 1.94 Width: 6.58 Depth: 9.54
Language: English

The private diary of James G. McDonald (1886-1964) offers a unique and hitherto unknown source on the early history of the Nazi regime and the Roosevelt administration's reactions to Nazi persecution of German Jews. Considered for the post of U.S. ambassador to Germany at the start of FDR's presidency, McDonald traveled to Germany in 1932 and met with Hitler soon after the Nazis came to power. Fearing Nazi intentions to remove or destroy Jews in Germany, in 1933 he became League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and sought aid from the international community to resettle outside the Reich Jews and others persecuted there. In late 1935 he resigned in protest at the lack of support for his work.

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