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Glossary Term – Organization
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) came to power in Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler in the early 1930s. In 1934, Hitler became the Führer, chancellor, and commander in chief of Germany's army, leading to the party’s swift rise in controlling nearly all aspects of German life. Under Hitler’s leadership, the Nazis began implementing a vast plan for world domination, which initiated World War II and the devastating genocide of millions of European Jews and other minorities. With...
Glossary Term – Organization
War Refugee Board
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the War Refugee Board in January 1944 to rescue victims of Nazi persecution.
Teaching Resource
Immigration Policy in World War II
The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt suspended naturalization proceedings for Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants, required them to register, restricted their mobility, and prohibited them from owning items that might be used for sabotage, such as cameras and shortwave radios. The curfews on Italian immigrants were lifted in October 1942, on Columbus Day.Approximately 600,000 Italian aliens lived in the United States in 1940. About 1,600 Italian citizens were interned, and about 10,000 Italian-...