Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
30 (2002) 369-404
Schlagwort(e):
American Jewish Committee
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Jewish refugees Legal status, laws, etc.
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Refugees Legal status, laws, etc.
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Judaism Relations
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Christianity
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Christianity and other religions Judaism
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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World War, 1939-1945 Collaborationists
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United States Emigration and immigration
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Government policy
Kurzfassung:
Before World War II the American Jewish Committee objected to changes in the restrictive U.S. immigration laws, fearing an increase in antisemitism. After the war its attitude changed; stunned by what had happened to European Jewry, the AJC extended help to Jewish survivors. It chose to cooperate with Catholics and Protestants, trying to liberalize the immigration policy on behalf of all DPs. It succeeded in changing the attitude of Christian groups toward the refugee problem by proving that many DPs were not Jewish. However, the DP bills proposed in 1947-50 discriminated against Jews and also provided for the admission of many former Nazi collaborators. Shocked as it was, the AJC chose not to fight the bills but to amend them with Christian help. The task proved difficult: the Lutherans insisted on the admission of former Baltic nationals who fought on the Nazi side, and all of the Christians requested the admission of a larger number of "Volksdeutsche." Both the Jewish and Christian sides had to make concessions. The admission of 100,000 Jewish DPs under the DP Acts of 1948 and 1950 may be regarded as a great achievement of the AJC.
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