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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... Chatted with Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,4 who. 2. During World War I Henry Goldman was forced out of the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs because of his pro-German attitude. When he returned to Germany later in 1933, he was searched ...
... Chatted with Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,4 who. 2. During World War I Henry Goldman was forced out of the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs because of his pro-German attitude. When he returned to Germany later in 1933, he was searched ...
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... Chatted with Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,4 who had just arrived from Germany. He had not heard of the election figures for Bavaria. When I told him that the Nazis had outvoted the Catholics, he said that that was the most significant fact of ...
... Chatted with Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,4 who had just arrived from Germany. He had not heard of the election figures for Bavaria. When I told him that the Nazis had outvoted the Catholics, he said that that was the most significant fact of ...
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... chatted with Moffat,13 Moley, and Feis.14 On March 21 Moffat wrote in his own journal: The situation concerning the Jews in Germany is causing the utmost alarm to the race here. There have been a series of meetings held far and wide ...
... chatted with Moffat,13 Moley, and Feis.14 On March 21 Moffat wrote in his own journal: The situation concerning the Jews in Germany is causing the utmost alarm to the race here. There have been a series of meetings held far and wide ...
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... Chatted for a moment with Luther and Dr. Eckener.64 Told Messersmith that I had heard he had had his interview with Göring. He was surprised that this was known by anybody except Göring. Long cables home. Office replied by urging me not ...
... Chatted for a moment with Luther and Dr. Eckener.64 Told Messersmith that I had heard he had had his interview with Göring. He was surprised that this was known by anybody except Göring. Long cables home. Office replied by urging me not ...
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... Chatted for a moment with Davis and arranged to see him at the Hotel Bristol in Paris the following Tuesday. Tea with Messersmith at his house. He told me more of the troubles he was having with the economic nationalism of the Nazis ...
... Chatted for a moment with Davis and arranged to see him at the Hotel Bristol in Paris the following Tuesday. Tea with Messersmith at his house. He told me more of the troubles he was having with the economic nationalism of the Nazis ...
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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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