Event

Admission of Holocaust survivors to Palestine, 1945–1947

The dispute among Britain, the U.S. and Zionist leaders over letting survivors of Nazi persecution enter Palestine.

4 links, 3 backed by primary records

Connections 4

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry 20 Apr 1946 its first principle Primary record 1

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry recommended 100,000 certificates Primary record 1
Harry S. Truman asked in 1946 that 100,000 be admitted Primary record 2

Timeline 2 dates

1945–1947 Admission of Holocaust survivors to Palestine, 1945–1947
20 Apr 1946 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry intervened in Admission of Holocaust survivors to Palestine, 1945–1947

Proof 3 sources

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Report, chapter 1: Recommendations and Comments, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 20 Apr 1946. Primary record
That Jew shall not dominate Arab and Arab shall not dominate Jew in Palestine.
We recommend (a) that 100,000 certificates be authorized immediately for the admission into Palestine of Jews who have been the victims of Nazi and Fascist persecution;
Immigration into Palestine: Statement by President Truman, 4 October 1946, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 4 Oct 1946. Primary record
admit 100,000 Jewish refugees to Palestine
Exodus 1947, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Scholarship & press
The British intercepted the ship off the coast and forced it to anchor in Haifa

Page history 1 change