James Grover McDonald
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James Grover McDonald was an American diplomat who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1949 until 1950.
McDonald in 1951
McDonald in Jerusalem, 1947
McDonald (right), as the Special Representative of the United States to Israel, meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 1948
Gravesite of James G. McDonald and his wife
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
James Grover McDonald
…President of the "President Roosevelt Consultative Committee for Political Refugees" Member, U.S. Delegation at the Evian Conference (1938) President, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1938–1942…
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.