ISBN:
0899066232
,
9780899066233
,
0899066240
,
9780899066240
Language:
English
Pages:
445 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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24 cm
Edition:
1st edition, 1th impression
Year of publication:
1995
Series Statement:
ArtScroll history series
Keywords:
Tress, Mike -1967
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Tress, Elemelech Tress, Mike -1967
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Tress, Mike
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Tress, Elemelech Gavriel 1909-1967
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Agudath Israel of America History
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Agudath Israel of America History
;
Agudath Israel of America
;
Jews rescue 〈(1939-1945〉
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World War (1939-1945)
;
1900 - 1999
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Jews Biography
;
United States
;
World War, 1939-1945 Jews
;
Rescue
;
Orthodox Judaism History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Jews Biography
;
United States
;
World War, 1939-1945 Jews
;
Rescue
;
Orthodox Judaism History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Jews
;
Orthodox Judaism United States
;
USA
;
Jewish scholars Biography
;
New York (State)
;
New York
;
Jewish scholars New York (State)
;
New York
Abstract:
Pt. 3 (pp. 232-306), "The War Years, " relates the involvement of Elemelech Gavriel Tress (1909-1965), through his work in the Agudath Israel Refugee and Immigration Division from late 1938, in efforts to obtain affidavits and procure U.S. emergency visas which saved thousands of European Jews. There was a prevailing anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. in the 1930s-early 1940s, in which antisemitism played a significant role. Discusses the indifference of State Department officials to the plight of European Jews and their tendency to set obstacles in the path of prospective immigrants, the general apathy of the American public, and the almost total absence of press coverage of the Holocaust in the U.S
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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