1. Jewish Refugees
... choice between two camps, will chose the side which promises the least threats. Roosevelt wanted to avoid confrontation with the WASP elite who were making a lot of isolationist and restrictionist noise. The American Jewish community, which wanted to avoid stirring up anti- Semitism and allegations of dual-loyalty, while doing what it could, tried hard not to 'rock the boat'.29 ... viewed the Jewish Question as central in their ideological quest toward world domination. As early as February 1939, this was brought to the President's attention by George Rublee at the White House. This occ...
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