The Holocaust and the United States
Question 6 - Episode 3: “The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed”
In January 1944, the War Refugee Board, a new agency in the United States government, was tasked with trying to rescue European Jews. What factors led to the creation of the War Refugee Board? How did the war affect the opportunities for rescue?
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