Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:organization
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Emergency_Committee_to_Save_the_Jewish_People_of_Europe
gptkb:Bergson_Group |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1945
|
| gptkbp:foundedBy |
gptkb:Peter_Bergson
|
| gptkbp:foundedIn |
1943
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe
|
| gptkbp:notableAction |
lobbied U.S. government to take action to rescue Jews
sponsored the 1943 Rabbis' March in Washington, D.C. placed full-page newspaper ads to raise awareness of the Holocaust |
| gptkbp:notableMember |
gptkb:Ben_Hecht
gptkb:Hillel_Kook gptkb:Elihu_Stone gptkb:Shmuel_Merlin gptkb:Yitshaq_Ben-Ami |
| gptkbp:purpose |
advocacy for rescue of European Jews during the Holocaust
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Peter_Bergson
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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