- Headline
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Truman Opens U.S. Doors To War Refugees
- Sub-Headline
- President Permits European Homeless To Enter Nation at Rate of 39,000 a Year; Most Will Come from Central, Eastern Europe and Balkans
- Publication Date
- Sunday, December 23, 1945
- Historical Event
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President Truman Orders Quota Preference for Displaced Persons
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- Newspaper
- Page Section and Number
- 1
- Author/Byline
- AP
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Lael F.
- Location of Research
- Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.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. The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941–1945. New York: The New Press, 1998.
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