Harold L. Ickes
Harold LeClair Ickes (born March 15, 1874 in Frankstown Township , Pennsylvania , † February 3, 1952 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician who served as Secretary of the Interior in the US cabinet from 1933 to 1946 .
Ickes graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897 and then worked as a newspaper reporter for the Chicago Record and later for the Chicago Tribune . In 1907, he was a doctor of law doctorate .
His political career began with the Republicans before 1912, the Progressive Party of Theodore Roosevelt joined.
In 1933 he was appointed Minister of the Interior by Franklin D. Roosevelt . He held this position until 1946. The Ickes Mountains , a mountain range in Antarctica , are named after him .
Settlement of Jews in Alaska
In 1940, as Roosevelt's Minister of the Interior , Ickes submitted a motion to Congress, which was rejected, to resettle Jews endangered by Germany's anti-Semitic policies in Alaska for humanitarian reasons in view of the expulsion of Jews from Germany. The basic idea of the plan was to settle the Jewish refugees on what was then the territory of Alaska for a limited time , so that they could return after the war. This failed initiative is the basis of the novel "The Union of Yiddish Police Officers" by Michael Chabon.
Web links
- Harold L. Ickes in the nndb (English)
- Harold L. Ickes at the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs (English)
- Newspaper article about Harold L. Ickes in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ What are the Jews doing in Alaska, Mr. Chabon? FAZ 2008.
- ↑ Michael Chabon: The Association of Yiddish Police Officers. Novel. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Ickes, Harold L. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ickes, Harold LeClair (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankstown Township , Pennsylvania |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1952 |
Place of death | Washington, DC |