Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews
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"Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews" is a 1944 U.S. Treasury Department memorandum that exposed and condemned the Roosevelt administration’s failure to act decisively to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.
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| Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews Context triple: [Josiah E. DuBois Jr., authored, Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews]
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A.
Endlösung der Judenfrage
Endlösung der Judenfrage is the German term for the Nazi regime’s systematic plan and implementation of the genocide of European Jews during the Holocaust.
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B.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem is Hannah Arendt’s influential 1963 work of political theory and reportage that analyzes the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann and introduces the concept of the “banality of evil.”
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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
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E.
Doctors' Plot
The Doctors' Plot was a fabricated late-Stalin-era conspiracy accusing predominantly Jewish Kremlin doctors of plotting to kill Soviet leaders, used as a pretext for antisemitic purges and heightened political repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews Target entity description: "Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews" is a 1944 U.S. Treasury Department memorandum that exposed and condemned the Roosevelt administration’s failure to act decisively to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.
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A.
Endlösung der Judenfrage
Endlösung der Judenfrage is the German term for the Nazi regime’s systematic plan and implementation of the genocide of European Jews during the Holocaust.
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B.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem is Hannah Arendt’s influential 1963 work of political theory and reportage that analyzes the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann and introduces the concept of the “banality of evil.”
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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
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E.
Doctors' Plot
The Doctors' Plot was a fabricated late-Stalin-era conspiracy accusing predominantly Jewish Kremlin doctors of plotting to kill Soviet leaders, used as a pretext for antisemitic purges and heightened political repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Treasury Department document
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government memorandum ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| accusesOf |
acquiescence in the murder of the Jews
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obstruction of rescue efforts for Jews ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ |
| addresseePosition |
Secretary of the Treasury
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surface form:
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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| archivedIn |
National Archives and Records Administration
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surface form:
United States National Archives
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| associatedWith |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ |
| author | Josiah E. DuBois Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
Roosevelt administration
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
United States Department of State ⓘ |
| date | 1944 ⓘ |
| documentType | confidential report ⓘ |
| genre | internal government memorandum ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Nazi persecution of Jews
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United States refugee policy during World War II ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to the creation of the War Refugee Board ⓘ |
| influenced | United States Holocaust policy debate ⓘ |
| institutionalAuthor | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
bureaucratic obstruction of humanitarian relief
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failure to act decisively to rescue Jews ⓘ moral responsibility of the United States government ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | multi-page memorandum ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed documentation of State Department obstruction
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explicit condemnation of U.S. inaction during the Holocaust ⓘ use of the phrase "acquiescence in the murder of the Jews" ⓘ |
| publisher | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expose obstruction of rescue efforts for Jews
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to pressure the U.S. government to take action to save Jews ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. Holocaust-era refugee policy
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War Refugee Board ⓘ |
| subject |
Holocaust
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United States government response to the Holocaust ⓘ rescue of European Jews ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Holocaust
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surface form:
Holocaust in Europe
World War II ⓘ |
| topic |
Jewish refugee rescue proposals
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delay and suppression of information about the Holocaust ⓘ governmental complicity by inaction ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
Holocaust historians
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scholars of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ |
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Subject: Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews Description of subject: "Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews" is a 1944 U.S. Treasury Department memorandum that exposed and condemned the Roosevelt administration’s failure to act decisively to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.
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