Part 5) of The Bergson Group, A History in Photographs
Throughout the Holocaust years, only one rally for rescue was held in the nation’s capital: a march by more than 400 rabbis, organized by the Bergson Group and the Orthodox Va’ad ha-Hatzala, three days before Yom Kippur. Jewish leaders feared the spectacle of rabbis marching through Washington would cause antisemitism and embarrass the president, and President Roosevelt’s Jewish advisers urged him to refrain from meeting the leaders of the march. The president heeded their advice.
The Bergson Group
Part 1) A History in Photographs
Part 2) Leadership
Part 3) We Will Never Die
Part 4) Emergency Conference
Part 5) Rabbis March
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Part 7) A Flag is Born
Part 8) Voyage of the Ben Hecht