Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Jr. · Philosophy & Social Sciences
US Secretary of the Treasury 1934-1945; financed the New Deal and the war effort, and forced the creation of the War Refugee Board, which saved some 200,000 Jews
11 May 1891, New York City, United States — 6 February 1967, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
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Henry Morgenthau Jr. is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — US Secretary of the Treasury 1934-1945; financed the New Deal and the war effort, and forced the creation of the War Refugee Board, which saved some 200,000 Jews
Henry Morgenthau Jr. was Secretary of the Treasury for eleven years, longer than anyone but Albert Gallatin, and the only Jew ever next in line to the presidency. He financed the New Deal and the war through the war-bond programme. In January 1944 his staff handed him a report titled on the acquiescence of this government in the murder of the Jews; he took it to Roosevelt himself, and the War Refugee Board was created within days. It is credited with saving some 200,000 lives.
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US Secretary of the Treasury 1934-1945; financed the New Deal and the war effort, and forced the creation of the War Refugee Board, which saved some 200,000 Jews
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