Bermuda Conference
The Bermuda Conference was a conference during World War II . It took place between the United States and the United Kingdom from May 19-29. April 1943 in Hamilton / Bermuda . It should be clarified what should be done with the Jewish refugees who were rescued by the Allied forces.
An April 30, 1943 article in the New York Times stated that the results were rejected by the States that signed the United Nations Declaration as an Obstacle to the War Effort. A week later, the Zionist Committee for a Jewish Army published an advertisement in the New York Times. This stood against the UN and praised the efforts of the USA to the Jewish people. Senator Harry S. Truman withdrew his membership of the conference committee because he saw the first article in the New York Times as an insult to the US Senate . As president , Truman advocated recognition of Israel as a state.
The only result of the conference was that the Évian Committee should resume its work.
literature
- Sebastian Musch: Between Bermuda and Palestine. Arieh Tartakowers and Kurt R. Grossmann's Search for Rescue for Jewish Refugees (1944) . In: Zeithistorische Forschungen , Vol. 15 (2018), pp. 576-582 ( online ).
Web links
- Bermuda conference on yad-vashem.org. (PDF; 95 kB) Accessed September 14, 2010 (English).
- The Bermuda Conference, (April 19-29, 1943). In: American Experience. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
- US Policy During WWII: The Bermuda Conference (April 1943). In: Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .