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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... Ruth's parents had gone to church, she would go over to the hotel. A younger brother, Lee, was assigned to stand on the corner and watch for the church meeting letting out, then notify Ruth, so that she could run home. My mother went to ...
... Ruth's parents had gone to church, she would go over to the hotel. A younger brother, Lee, was assigned to stand on the corner and watch for the church meeting letting out, then notify Ruth, so that she could run home. My mother went to ...
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... Ruth and I went to dinner at the Henry Morgenthaus. It was a large party. After dinner Morgenthau insisted that I talk somewhat about Germany, which I did, also about the Central European situation.5 The dinner was really given for ...
... Ruth and I went to dinner at the Henry Morgenthaus. It was a large party. After dinner Morgenthau insisted that I talk somewhat about Germany, which I did, also about the Central European situation.5 The dinner was really given for ...
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... Ruth and asked her what she would think if I said I would go to Washington that night and sail for Europe the next night. She replied that she thought I had better come home and have supper to talk it over. This I did, packed and left ...
... Ruth and asked her what she would think if I said I would go to Washington that night and sail for Europe the next night. She replied that she thought I had better come home and have supper to talk it over. This I did, packed and left ...
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... Ruth join me if I were to stay.63 The situation had gotten on my nerves to the point that I did not wish to remain alone, for there was no one in Germany whom I could talk to with complete frankness. Wednesday, April 5, 1933 Lüdecke ...
... Ruth join me if I were to stay.63 The situation had gotten on my nerves to the point that I did not wish to remain alone, for there was no one in Germany whom I could talk to with complete frankness. Wednesday, April 5, 1933 Lüdecke ...
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... Ruth. At the office for an hour, then to the Mays.1 At Mr. May's I gave a brief account of my impressions and then on to an early supper at Morgenthau's. In the course of the talk there the question came up of the Berlin post [McDonald ...
... Ruth. At the office for an hour, then to the Mays.1 At Mr. May's I gave a brief account of my impressions and then on to an early supper at Morgenthau's. In the course of the talk there the question came up of the Berlin post [McDonald ...
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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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