Évian Conference
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The Évian Conference was convened at the initiative of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1938 to discuss the problem of Jewish refugees. For nine days, from July 6 to July 15, delegates from thirty-two countries met at Évian-les-Bains, France. Twenty-four voluntary organizations also attended, as observers, many of whom presented plans orally and in writing. The fact that the conference did not pass a resolution condemning the German treatment of Jews was widely used in Nazi propaganda. The lack of action further emboldened Hitler in his assault on European Jewry.
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See also
- Kristallnacht (November 9 1938)
- The Holocaust
- Bermuda Conference
- British Mandate of Palestine
- White Paper of 1939
- SS St. Louis
- International response to the Holocaust
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