- Headline
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Helen Hayes Pleads here for Bill to Admit 20,000 Child Refugees from Reich to U.S.
- Sub-Headline
- Actress Appeals Before Lawmakers As 'American Mother'
- Publication Date
- Friday, April 21, 1939
- Historical Event
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Child Refugee Bill Fails in Senate
This database includes 809 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 4
- Author/Byline
- --
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Tyler C.
- Location of Research
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers (www.proquest.com)
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Bibliography
Breitman, Richard, and Alan Kraut. American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933-1945. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Feingold, Henry L. Bearing Witness: How America and Its Jews Responded to the Holocaust. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Gurock, Jeffrey S., ed. America, American Jews, and the Holocaust. New York: Routledge, 1998.
Hamerow, Theodor. While We Watched: Europe, America, and the Holocaust. New York: Norton, 2008.
Wyman, David S. Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, 1938-1941. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.
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