Report of the Anglo-American committee of enquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry - April 1946

Report of the Anglo-American committee of enquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry - April 1946

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry and Palestine . His Majesty's Stationary Office, London, April 20th, 1946 .

A special committee that was established after the Holocaust and its purpose was to examine the problem of immigration of hundreds of thousands of DPs in the refugee camps - Holocaust survivors who were still in European countries after the Holocaust, and the possibility of assistance in bringing them to Eretz Israel. The Government of the United States and the United Kingdom have jointly appointed this Committee with a view to reaching practical conclusions within 120 days only. The committee began its activities on January 4, 1946. As part of its work, it toured the various European countries: Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, and Greece, and after that time returned to Jerusalem on March 6. Commission envoys visited Beirut, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The committee delivered its results in Switzerland, with the summary submitted in the rare report before us.

Some of the committee's conclusions were that most Jews would continue to live in European countries, and that in the near future the countries would have to solve the refugee problem in the countries themselves. To this end, the committee turned to a number of channels in an attempt to return to the Jews their property stolen during the Holocaust, as well as providing compensation to the families of survivors from Nazi-controlled or cooperating countries that would help them rebuild their lives in their scattered lands. The committee also recommended the sweeping issuance of 100,000 immigration permits to Palestinians for Jews in the DP camps, according to agreements it had agreed with the Jewish Agency as part of its work. It is astonishing, however, to read how the Commission is adamant that a Jewish state cannot be established in Palestine (only two years before it is actually established) due to the Arab minority opposing it, and recommends that Palestine continue to be governed under the British Mandate for the implementation of a 'UN Trust Agreement', detailing the details of the plan.

[2], 80 p. 25 cm. Stains on cover. And in the first four pages, general condition good.