Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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Henry Morgenthau Jr. was the United States Secretary of the Treasury during most of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He played a major role in designing and financing the New Deal. After 1
Morgenthau in 1944
Young Morgenthau Jr. on April 20, 1915
Morgenthau, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and DNC treasurer W. Forbes Morgan at Warm Springs (November 30, 1932)
Morgenthau addressing delegates on the opening day of the Bretton Woods Conference
Morgenthau Plan
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The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and civilian industry. This included the removal or destruction of all military and civilia
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
…major role in shaping foreign policy, especially with respect to Lend-Lease, support for China, helping Jewish refugees, and proposing (in the "Morgenthau Plan") measures to deindustrialize Germany. Morgenthau was the father of Robert M. Morgenthau, who was district attorney of Manhattan for 35 years; Henry…
Roosevelt and Morgenthau, who have been described as "two of a kind"
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, 9 September 1944
Morgenthau's 1945 book Germany is Our Problem