This document shows the types and number of messages received by President Franklin D. Roosevelt following the announcement of the establishment of the War Refugee Board. FDR created the War Refugee Board through Executive Order 9417 during World War II. The Board’s job was to coordinate governmental and private efforts to rescue those who could still be saved from the Holocaust. FDR declared it to be the policy of the U.S. Government “to take all measures within its power to rescue the victims of enemy oppression…”
Analysis of Messages Received by the President
- 3/1944
Description
This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-FDRPSF: President's Secretary's File (Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 16620689
Full Citation: Analysis of Messages Received by the President Following Announcement of Establishment of War Refugee Board; 3/1944; Refugees; Subject Files, 1933 – 1945; Collection FDR-FDRPSF: President’s Secretary’s File (Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration),; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/messages-war-refugee-board/, March 6, 2026]
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