Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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Date
1941 - 1944
Description
Portrait of Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891-1967), Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin Roosevelt, sitting at his desk. He is notable for his "Personal Report to the President" in January 1944, detailing the State Department's inaction regarding the Holocaust, leading to President Roosevelt creating the War Refugee Board.
Type
Photograph
Region
United States
Era
The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
Genocide, Government, Immigration, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Identifier
03919
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Rights
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