Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932–1935Indiana University Press, 25. 4. 2007. - 881 страница “[Chronicles] the efforts of this principled and persistent man to save Jews and others from the horrors of Nazism.” —Foreign Affairs The private diary of James G. McDonald (1886–1964) offers a unique and hitherto unknown source on the early history of the Nazi regime and the Roosevelt administration’s reactions to Nazi persecution of German Jews. Considered for the post of US ambassador to Germany at the start of FDR’s presidency, McDonald traveled to Germany in 1932 and met with Hitler soon after the Nazis came to power. Fearing Nazi intentions to remove or destroy Jews in Germany, in 1933 he became League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and sought aid from the international community to resettle outside the Reich Jews and others persecuted there. In late 1935 he resigned in protest at the lack of support for his work. This is the eagerly awaited first of a projected three-volume work that will significantly revise the ways that scholars and the world view the antecedents of the Holocaust, the Shoah itself, and its aftermath. “A compelling look at one man’s efforts to do something about a looming catastrophe. At times the book is inspiring—McDonald’s prescience and energy are simply amazing. But because we know what is soon to happen to Europe’s Jews, we share his frustration that no one seems to be listening. We feel what it was to be an advocate for the doomed.” —The Wall Street Journal “The diaries show that McDonald believed as early as 1933 that the Nazis were considering the mass killing of Europe’s Jews.” —The New York Times |
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... League of Nations. He was also my father, and he wrote down all the efforts in which he was involved. Well, that is not quite accurate. My father's diary was actually dictated to stenographers and secretaries. He composed it often ...
... League of Nations. He was also my father, and he wrote down all the efforts in which he was involved. Well, that is not quite accurate. My father's diary was actually dictated to stenographers and secretaries. He composed it often ...
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... League of Free Nations Association, founded in 1918, which campaigned heavily and unsuccessfully for the United States to join the new international organization, the League of Nations, championed by President Wilson to secure the peace ...
... League of Free Nations Association, founded in 1918, which campaigned heavily and unsuccessfully for the United States to join the new international organization, the League of Nations, championed by President Wilson to secure the peace ...
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... League of Nations brought him into contact with many likeminded men and women who would have reinforced his belief in the necessity of striving for a better future. Many of these men and women were Jewish—if he had earlier been exposed ...
... League of Nations brought him into contact with many likeminded men and women who would have reinforced his belief in the necessity of striving for a better future. Many of these men and women were Jewish—if he had earlier been exposed ...
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... League of Nations High Commission for Refugees. A graduate of Vassar, she studied at the University of Berlin, and she received her Ph.D. from Columbia in 1924. In the peace negotiations after World War I she worked under Colonel Edward ...
... League of Nations High Commission for Refugees. A graduate of Vassar, she studied at the University of Berlin, and she received her Ph.D. from Columbia in 1924. In the peace negotiations after World War I she worked under Colonel Edward ...
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... League [of Nations] than you are in peace, and more concerned that we cooperate with the League than that we further the ends for which the League exists.” I vigorously dissented from this generalization. I said that I was not one of ...
... League [of Nations] than you are in peace, and more concerned that we cooperate with the League than that we further the ends for which the League exists.” I vigorously dissented from this generalization. I said that I was not one of ...
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73 | |
Lobbying for League Action | 96 |
High Commissioner | 121 |
A Bridge from Lausanne to Berlin | 138 |
The League Keeps Its Distance | 448 |
The Climate in Geneva | 467 |
Criticism Is Easy | 489 |
Grand Tour | 536 |
A Request to the President | 572 |
The Catholic Connection | 592 |
A Diplomatic Maneuver | 615 |
Brazil | 632 |
Proposal for a Corporation | 198 |
Washingtons Views | 240 |
Testing GermanyFamily Crisis | 280 |
Raising Funds | 308 |
The Jewish Question in Europe | 342 |
Emigration Options? | 380 |
Turn for the Worse | 402 |
Visit to the Saar | 415 |
South American Survey | 665 |
Regret and Relief | 707 |
Downsizing | 764 |
Liquidation Plans | 776 |
Conclusion | 790 |
INDEX | 807 |
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