John Pehle

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American government official civil servant human

John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.

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Label Occurrences
John Pehle canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American government official ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeInPeriod World War II ⓘ
affiliation United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
War Refugee Board ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Holocaust-era rescue operations ⓘ
United States refugee policy ⓘ
causeAdvocated protection of refugees during World War II ⓘ
rescue of Jews from Nazi persecution ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
describedAs first executive director of the War Refugee Board ⓘ
key figure in U.S. Holocaust rescue policy ⓘ
employer United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
ethnicGroupHelped Jews ⓘ
other persecuted minorities under Nazi rule ⓘ
fieldOfWork Holocaust rescue efforts ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
refugee rescue ⓘ
genreOfActivity government policy implementation ⓘ
humanitarian rescue ⓘ
hasRole administrator ⓘ
policy advisor ⓘ
refugee advocate ⓘ
hasSignificance contributed to saving lives of Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
historicalPeriod Holocaust ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf War Refugee Board ⓘ
motive rescue of persecuted people ⓘ
notableFor U.S. efforts to rescue Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
U.S. efforts to rescue other persecuted people during the Holocaust ⓘ
notableWork War Refugee Board ⓘ
surface form: Leadership of the War Refugee Board
notedFor pressing the U.S. government to act on reports of the Holocaust ⓘ
occupation bureaucrat ⓘ
government official ⓘ
participatedIn U.S. government response to the Holocaust ⓘ
rescue of European Jews ⓘ
partOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
positionHeld Executive Director of the War Refugee Board ⓘ
Treasury Department official ⓘ
sphereOfActivity foreign policy ⓘ
humanitarian policy ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War Refugee Board → notableEmployee → John Pehle ⓘ
War Refugee Board → director → John Pehle ⓘ
WRB → hasKeyPerson → John Pehle ⓘ
subject surface form: War Refugee Board
WRB → employer → John Pehle ⓘ
subject surface form: War Refugee Board