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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... Warburg, son of Max M. Warburg, reluctant heir to his father's leading position in the M. M. Warburg bank of Hamburg. Highly assimilated Jew and thoroughly German. 3. Franz von Papen, very conservative Catholic aristocrat who was then ...
... Warburg, son of Max M. Warburg, reluctant heir to his father's leading position in the M. M. Warburg bank of Hamburg. Highly assimilated Jew and thoroughly German. 3. Franz von Papen, very conservative Catholic aristocrat who was then ...
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... Warburg's office. He wondered if it were possible to have a more centralized and effective German representation in ... Max Warburg in the banking firm M. M. Warburg and Company of Hamburg. 19. Paul Hertz, prominent Social Democratic ...
... Warburg's office. He wondered if it were possible to have a more centralized and effective German representation in ... Max Warburg in the banking firm M. M. Warburg and Company of Hamburg. 19. Paul Hertz, prominent Social Democratic ...
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... [Warburg]. Told him of Hanfstaengl. Siegmund thought the Reichswehr might be counted upon for defense. But I replied ... Max Jordan, NBC representative. He offered to permit. 34. Herbert Bayard Swope, journalist, editor of the New York ...
... [Warburg]. Told him of Hanfstaengl. Siegmund thought the Reichswehr might be counted upon for defense. But I replied ... Max Jordan, NBC representative. He offered to permit. 34. Herbert Bayard Swope, journalist, editor of the New York ...
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... Warburg's office. She told me she had bad news for me; that Max, though he was in town, thought it better that we not meet. Miss Gaedicke and I arranged to chat in the Tiergarten. She there explained to me that Max thought he was being ...
... Warburg's office. She told me she had bad news for me; that Max, though he was in town, thought it better that we not meet. Miss Gaedicke and I arranged to chat in the Tiergarten. She there explained to me that Max thought he was being ...
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... Warburg was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 14, 1871, one of seven ... Max (the preeminent private banker in Germany), and Paul, (the creator of ... Warburg had little use for what he called “the silly layer cake” of class difference ...
... Warburg was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 14, 1871, one of seven ... Max (the preeminent private banker in Germany), and Paul, (the creator of ... Warburg had little use for what he called “the silly layer cake” of class difference ...
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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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