Emergency Committee for the Rescue of European Jewry

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:organization
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Revisionist_Zionism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Bergson_Group
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1945
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Hillel_Kook gptkb:Peter_Bergson
gptkbp:foundedIn	1943
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Emergency Committee for the Rescue of European Jewry
gptkbp:influenced	creation of the War Refugee Board
gptkbp:notableAction	advocacy for U.S. government action to rescue Jews placing full-page newspaper ads producing the pageant 'We Will Never Die' sponsoring the 1943 Rabbis' March
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Ben_Hecht gptkb:Elihu_Stone gptkb:Samuel_Merlin gptkb:Shmuel_Merlin gptkb:Yitshaq_Ben-Ami gptkb:Jan_Karski
gptkbp:notableSupporter	gptkb:Fiorello_La_Guardia gptkb:Senator_Guy_Gillette
gptkbp:opposedBy	American Jewish establishment
gptkbp:purpose	rescue of Jews during the Holocaust
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bergson_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7