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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... ambassador to the State of Israel. For the period in between— when he was on the editorial staff of the New York Times, and as adviser, attended the now famous Evian Conference in July 1938, served as chairman of President Roosevelt's ...
... ambassador to the State of Israel. For the period in between— when he was on the editorial staff of the New York Times, and as adviser, attended the now famous Evian Conference in July 1938, served as chairman of President Roosevelt's ...
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... ambassador. He talked to me about disarmament, nearly as long as von Bülow, but, of course, from a quite different angle. He said the difficulty with the Germans was if you made them a very great concession, they swallowed it at one ...
... ambassador. He talked to me about disarmament, nearly as long as von Bülow, but, of course, from a quite different angle. He said the difficulty with the Germans was if you made them a very great concession, they swallowed it at one ...
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... the Senate in California (elected shortly). Formerly secretary of the treasury 1913–1918 (under Woodrow Wilson). Senator, 1933– 38. 47. Henry Morgenthau, Sr., lawyer, adviser to Woodrow Wilson, ambassador 20 | Advocate for the Doomed.
... the Senate in California (elected shortly). Formerly secretary of the treasury 1913–1918 (under Woodrow Wilson). Senator, 1933– 38. 47. Henry Morgenthau, Sr., lawyer, adviser to Woodrow Wilson, ambassador 20 | Advocate for the Doomed.
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... Ambassador Morgenthau's47 for tea. . . . In the course of this discussion Ambassador Morgenthau said,“What would you really like to do, looking at the thing in the large for the next ten or fifteen years?” It was in this connection that ...
... Ambassador Morgenthau's47 for tea. . . . In the course of this discussion Ambassador Morgenthau said,“What would you really like to do, looking at the thing in the large for the next ten or fifteen years?” It was in this connection that ...
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... ambassador. Prittwitz16 was out, but Leitner arranged for my laissez-passer and my visa. Back to the State Department, where I ran into Prittwitz, who seemed very sad at the prospect of leaving. Back to New York about six. Worked at the ...
... ambassador. Prittwitz16 was out, but Leitner arranged for my laissez-passer and my visa. Back to the State Department, where I ran into Prittwitz, who seemed very sad at the prospect of leaving. Back to New York about six. Worked at the ...
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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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