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Title: Impact of World War II on Jewish Americans


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Impact of World War II on Jewish Americans
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Introduction
  • Jewish Americans, like all Americans, made
    sacrifices such as recycling metal, preserving
    food, buying bonds, growing victory gardens,
    and many joining the Military. Even with Jewish
    Americans making all of these sacrifices, they
    still faced faced anti-Semitism at home as well
    as being persecuted throughout Europe. Although
    they werent acknowledged at the time, they still
    fought to help Jews in Europe.

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Key Terms
  • Anti-Semitism discrimination against Jewish
    people
  • War Refugee Board Established by President
    Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1944, was a U.S.
    executive agency created to aid civilians victims
    of the Nazi and Axis powers
  • Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht)
    Nazi-instigated
  • riot against Jews in Germany, burning synagogues,
  • smashing Jewish shop windows, and killing 90 Jews

National Origins ACt limited the number of
immigrants admitted yearly to the United States
down to 2 of the number of people from that
specific country already living in the United
States
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Knowledge of Jewish Suffering
  • Jews were being murdered in Europe,
  • and Jewish Americans felt great pain from this.
    They knew that their friends and family were
    being killed in Europe, but it was difficult to
    help them.
  • However, American Anti-Semitism caused ignorance
    of the Jewish suffering
  • Jews werent allowed to immigrate to the United
    States
  • Many reports of Jewish murders were largely
    ignored by American news sources
  • Stories that did make the news never made
    headlines

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Immigration Refusal of Jews
  • Many Jewish people from Europe wanted to flee
    from those areas to America
  • Because of the 1924 National Origins Act, many
    Jewish people could not migrate to America all at
    once
  • Very few Americans wanted a flood of new
    immigrants into the country, especially right
    after the Great Depression
  • All of this and the anti-semitism acts led to
    incidents like the St. Louis steamship.

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The St. Louis Steamship
  • In 1939, the St. Louis carried 930 Jews from
    Germany all the way to Cuba. Cuba refused to
    accept the refugees so they were forced to go to
    Florida. President Roosevelt ignored the pleas
    from the ship. Running out of food and water, the
    St. Louis decided to head back to Europe. Some
    Jews ended up in France, and most ended up back
    in Germany, in the concentration camps.

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Jewish Americans Opportunities at Home
  • Many Jews decided to take action to help family
    and friends overseas, such as join the military,
    boycott German supplies, hold public
    demonstrations, and raise money for refugees.
    These Jewish Americans also tried to plead to the
    legislature and the president to help Jewish
    immigrants but they were ignored until 1944 when
    President Roosevelt decided to create the War
    Refugee Board, which kept refugees in Italy and
    North Africa, gave many refugees food, a place to
    stay, and hope.

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Jewish Americans GIs Go to War
  • Jews did whatever it took to help support the
    war.
  • 500,000 Jewish Americans went into war at ages
    18-44
  • Jewish Americans often felt the sting of
    prejudice in armed forces
  • Many Jewish Americans were unaware of the life
    outside urban neighborhoods, but the opportunity
    to serve in armed forces changed their lives.
  • Other Jewish Americans soldiers had different
    experiences that affirmed their faith in their
    country and its ideals.

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  • Kaili Wilkins
  • Derek Hsu
  • Megan Sollenberger
  • Shawn Williamson
  • Jaden Ramos
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