Washington, D.C. • January 22, 1944 On this date in 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9417, which created the War Refugee Board (WRB), an independent government agency. The president said that “it was urgent that action be taken at once to forestall the plan of the Nazis to exterminate all the Jews…
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada • September 16, 1944 On this date in 1944 the 4-day Second Quebec Conference ended with multiple agreements that shaped war-torn and postwar Europe for decades to come. Chief attendees were U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and their combined military chiefs of staff. Also in attendance…
Washington, D.C. · January 22, 1944 On this date in 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9417, which created the War Refugee Board (WRB). The president said that “it was urgent that action be taken at once to forestall the plan of the Nazis to exterminate all the Jews and other persecuted minorities…