Language:
English
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Holocaust Education
Angaben zur Quelle:
9,1 (2000) 65-84
Keywords:
Jews History 1939-1945
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history
Abstract:
The National Committee for Rescue from Nazi Terror was established in Great Britain in March 1943 by a small group of MPs and Jewish representatives, in reaction to the Allied Declaration of 17 December 1942, which seemed inadequate. Convinced that it was time for deeds and not just words, Committee members wanted to place the issue of rescue on the national agenda. While the government upheld the principles of "rescue through victory" and postwar punishment of the perpetrators, the Committee advocated immediate rescue action, albeit on a small scope. Restrained by various problems, Britain failed to take action on behalf of the Jews, e.g. to let refugees into the country. The Bermuda Conference, held in April 1943, showed how reluctant the Allies were to do anything. The Committee's goals and arguments were best expressed by Eleanor Rathbone in her "Rescue the Perishing" (1943), where she maintained that rescue was feasible and that Great Britain's identity as a liberal country was threatened by its inactivity.
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