Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Gal-Ed; on the History of the Jews in Poland
Angaben zur Quelle:
11 (1989) 55-86
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
;
Jewish refugees
Abstract:
The Polish regime of the late 1930s favored mass emigration as a solution to the country's "Jewish problem", focusing on Palestine and Madagascar. However, in 1938, Count Jerzy Potocki, the Polish ambassador in Washington, suggested Angola as a possibility - an idea previously mooted both by territorial Zionists and the Polish government searching for colonies for Polish peasants. Though discussions about Jewish refugees dealt mostly with German Jewry, Roosevelt recognized the plight of Polish Jewry and enthusiastically adopted the Angola plan, where he proposed to establish a "supplemental Jewish homeland". However, Portugal refused to allow colonies to be established under Polish sponsorship and opposed setting up a Jewish homeland. Roosevelt, unwilling to allow mass immigration to the U.S., persevered, attempting to enlist support for the project. The Nazi invasion of Western Europe in 1940 buried the plan. Appendices (pp. 80-86) contain Polish diplomatic correspondence (1938) on this issue.
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