Évian Conference
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The Évian Conference was convened 6–15 July 1938 at Évian-les-Bains, France, to address the problem of German and Austrian Jewish refugees wishing to flee persecution by Nazi Germany. It was the initi
Myron Taylor addresses the Évian Conference
Hôtel Royal (Évian-les-Bains) in Évian-les-Bains, where the conference took place (pictured 2023)
Jewish refugees work in the fields in Sosúa, Dominican Republic
Jewish refugees in Sosúa, Dominican Republic work in a straw factory making handbags for export to the United States.
Rafael Trujillo
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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He was the co
Évian Conference
…the Dominican Republic, which offered to accept up to 100,000 refugees on generous terms, and later Costa Rica. In 1940 an agreement was signed and Rafael Trujillo donated 11,000 hectares (26,000 acres) of his properties near the town of Sosúa, Dominican Republic for settlements. Trujillo, whose racism preferred…
Trujillo in 1940
Trujillo in 1922
Trujillo (center) and Rafael Estrella Ureña (left) being sworn in as president and vice president, 16 August 1930.
Trujillo in 1933