International Responses to the Jewish Refugee Crisis, 1939–1945

doi:10.1017/9781108900447.032

29 - International Responses to the Jewish Refugee Crisis, 1939–1945

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025

Avinoam Patt

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Marion Kaplan and

Natalia Aleksiun

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Marion Kaplan: Affiliation:
New York University
Natalia Aleksiun: Affiliation:
University of Florida

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The Nazi rise to power and the outbreak of the Second World War created an unprecedented refugee crisis that individual Jews and Jewish communities in Europe, Jewish social welfare organizations, and the Allies endeavored to address. They focused on assisting refugees, while providing relief to Jews in occupied Europe. Despite innumerable challenges, these efforts saved the lives of tens of thousands who would otherwise have been victims of the Nazi regime.

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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)The World Jewish Congress (WJC)RELICO (Committee for Relief of the War-Stricken Jewish Population)Jewish Agency for Palestine American Friends Service Committee Unitarian Service Committee (USC)Emergency Rescue Committee Jewish Self-Help (ŻSS)Bermuda Conference War Refugee Board

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 481 - 497

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900447.032 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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