Truman Directs U.S. to Admit War Refugees

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• United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1941–1952 (Encyclopedia Article)
• The United States and the Holocaust: Postwar American Response to the Holocaust (Encyclopedia Article)
• Displaced Persons (Encyclopedia Article)

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