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JEWISH LIFE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. BY: Faith Rhone & Kaleb Smith. When the Holocaust Was Over…. It Was Over On May 8, 1945 They Called It V-E Day They Were Called “Displaced Persons”
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JEWISH LIFE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST BY: Faith Rhone & Kaleb Smith
When the Holocaust Was Over… • It Was Over On May 8, 1945 • They Called It V-E Day • They Were Called “Displaced Persons” • Finding New Homes For The Jews Was The Job Of The United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) • In 1947 The Job Was Passed On To The International Refugee Organization (IRO)
Resettling The Survivors… • When The IRO Took Over In 1947, There Were Approximately 1,200,000 Jewish And Non- Jewish People Looking For Homes. • In The Next Few Years The IRO Was Able To Resettle About A Million Jews.
Where The Jews Were Resettled To… • They MovedTo France, Canada, Great Britain And, Israel. • 137,000 Jews Came To The United States.
Many of the Jews wanted to go to Palestine • An overwhelming amount of Jews wanted to go to Palestine after the war. President Truman wanted to let 100,000 of them in. • He contacted the British Prime Minister, seeing as Britain owned Palestine at the time. He did not want to let any of them in because of conflicts with the people already there. • They eventually decided to let them in, at a rate of 1,500 a month, and 18,000 a year, until British rule in Palestine ended.
When the Jews were rescued… • The Jew’s treatment was poor, even after they were liberated. • Most were left as they were in the camps, not being able to leave. The military reasoned that the prisoners would attack civilians if they were set free.
