Gerhart M Riegner — Gerhart Moritz Riegner (September 12, 1911 in Berlin ndash;December 3, 2001 in Geneva) was the secretary general of the World Jewish Congress from 1965 to 1983. On August 8, 1942, he sent the so called Riegner Telegram through diplomatic channels … Wikipedia
Telegramme Riegner — Télégramme Riegner Le télégramme Riegner est un télégramme envoyé par Gerhart Riegner, avocat allemand exilé en Suisse et représentant du Congrès juif mondial dans le pays, le 8 août 1942, au ministère des Affaires étrangères… … Wikipédia en Français
Télégramme Riegner — Le télégramme Riegner est un télégramme envoyé par Gerhart Riegner, avocat allemand exilé en Suisse et représentant du Congrès juif mondial dans le pays, le 8 août 1942, au ministère des Affaires étrangères britannique et au Département … Wikipédia en Français
Introduction — Germany, during the years between 1933 and 1945, was a state organized around the principle of race. Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s confidant, was not being facetious when he defined National Socialism as applied biology. To the Nazis, paraphrasing… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Chronology — 1879 Wilhelm Marr, a member of the German Reichstag, coins the term “anti Semitism” and subsequently organizes the League of AntiSemitism. 1881 German composer Richard Wagner, in an essay titled “Know Thyself,” attacks Jews as the “demon… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Schulte, Eduard — (1891–1966) Schulte was a German industrialist and businessman who informed Gerhard Riegner, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) representative in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 1942 that the Nazi regime had decided to murder the Jews of Europe.… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
World Jewish Congress — (WJC) The organization was founded in 1932 for the purpose of defending Jews against Nazism and antiSemitism. Together with its affiliate, the American Jewish Congress, the organization in 1933 labored to mobilize public opinion in support of… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
United States — The U.S. response to the Holocaust can be divided into two phases. The first is the period between 1933 and 1938, when American immigration policy was governed by the provisions of both the National Origins Act of 1924, which limited the… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Wise, Stephen S. — (1884–1949) Wise was a Reform rabbi and one of the founders of the World Jewish Congress in 1936. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Rabbi Wise took a leadership role in organizing the boycott of German goods. Rabbi Wise was a friend … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
RESPONSES — the victims the world THE VICTIMS Behavior of the Victims In a chapter entitled Auschwitz: The Death of Choice in Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, the Holocaust scholar lawrence langer writes: After we peel the veneer of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
