Wagner-Rogers Bill

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The Wagner-Rogers Bill was proposed United States legislation, which would have had the effect of admitting 20,000 Jewish refugees under the age of 14 to the United States from Nazi Germany.[1]

The bill sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Edith Rogers (R-Mass.) [2]

It was rejected by the United States Congress in February 1939 when public opinion polls indicated a negative attitude toward increased immigration.

American Jewish organizations did not challenge the decision for fear of stirring domestic antisemitism.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Essay, via westport.k12.ct.us
  2. ^ a b Kristallnacht and the World's Response, a reprint from The Jewish Week
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