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1. The American Friends Service Committee Organizing a Rescue Network
the Netherlands and asked the Quakers to help him immigrate to the United States. The AFSC worked to ... Americans Who Dared The American Friends Service Committee Organizing a Rescue Network The American
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2. Otto Frank
invaded the Netherlands. Otto, determined to leave Europe with his family, contacted an old college friend ... Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Within days of the invasion, Nazi aircraft bombed ... .” After learning that Nazi Germany had ordered US consulates in the Netherlands to close, the Frank ... family’s hopes of immigrating to the United States ended. Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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3. Timeline
Conquers Western Europe Nazi Germany swiftly defeated France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and ... Timeline Timeline This guide to key historical events during the Holocaust and World War II offers ... background and context for the stories in this exhibition. Timeline This guide to key historical events ... during the Holocaust and World War II offers background and context for the stories in this exhibition
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4. Breckinridge Long
1940 German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The four countries collapsed ... Breckinridge Long supervised the US State Department’s Visa Division, which regulated the issuance of visas to ... people who applied to immigrate to the United States—including Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution ... immigration easier, and resented any criticism of the State Department, particularly by Jewish organizations
