introduced a bill</a>&nbsp;in Congress to allow 20,000 refugee children ages 14 and under "of every race and creed" from the Greater German Reich to enter the United States over the next&nbsp;two years. Wagner and Rogers knew that many people worried refugees would take jobs from American citizens, and had statements of support for the bill ready from two labor groups.&nbsp;The bill also specified that individuals and private organizations (instead of publicly supported groups) would support the refugees.</p> <p>The bill eventually died in a Senate committee.</p> <p>Other stories on the front page of <em>The Jewish Advocate</em> on Feb. 17, 1939, cover the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jew appointed to the high court, and the death of Pope Pius XI.</p> " /> Bill Seeks to Aid Child Refugees from Nazi Germany, 1939 | NewseumED Skip Navigation
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Bill Seeks to Aid Child Refugees from Nazi Germany, 1939

In response to the persecution of Jews and others abroad, legislation is introduced in Congress to allow 20,000 children "of every race and creed" to enter the U.S.

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February 17, 1939
Topic(s)
  • Politics
  • Religious Liberty
  • World History
  • World War II

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