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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. meet about rescuing Jews from Axis-occupied Europe.Inspired by his father’s actions during the Armenian genocide, Morgenthau Jr. became a key advocate for the 1944 establishment of the War Refugee Board which helped to preserve the lives of as many as 200,000 Jews still trapped in German-controlled Europe.
Firma. Henry Morgenthau Jr. ( New York, 11 maggio 1891 – Poughkeepsie, 6 febbraio 1967) è stato un politico statunitense Segretario del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti durante la presidenza di Franklin Delano Roosevelt . Principalmente noto per essere stato l'ideatore del Piano Morgenthau, nacque in un'eminente famiglia ebraica di New York ...
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1891-1967), President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s longest-serving cabinet member, Hudson Valley neighbor, friend and advisor played key roles in support of FDR’s New Deal and World War II policies. During his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury (1933-1945) Morgenthau ensured financing for the New Deal’s economic ...
Henry Morgenthau Jr. brought it to the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who, after reading it, rejected it with the words: Too many people here and in England hold the view that the German people as a whole are not responsible for what has taken place – that only a few Nazis are responsible. That unfortunately is not based on fact ...
Henry Morgenthau wurde am 11. Mai 1891 in New York City geboren und ist Enkel eines aus Mannheim eingewanderten jüdischen Zigarettenhändlers. Sein Vater (auch noch in Mannheim geboren) war ein bekannter New Yorker Bankier, Diplomat und Philanthrop. Seine Erziehung erhielt M. jun. an der Phillips Exeter Academy und studierte anschließend an der Cornell-Universität (LLD). Unsicher, was er ...
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. was an influential Cabinet member whose work had direct and far-reaching effects on the New Deal and World War II. New digital collections in FRANKLIN shed light on his remarkable career and friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt. The original Morgenthau Diaries, bound into more than 860 volumes, are a truly unique resource.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. and his staff at the Treasury played a key role in President Roosevelt's decision to set up an agency charged with rescuing Europe's Jews.
