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The Refugee Crisis
Germany's sudden annexation of Austria (Anschluss) in March 1938 brought approximately 200,000 additional Jews under Nazi rule.
President Roosevelt called for an international conference on the refugee crisis. Delegates from 32 countries gathered in Evian, France, in July 1938, but most countries refused to change their laws to assist Jewish refugees.
In mid-1938, nearly 140,000 Germans and Austrians, most of whom were Jews, had applied for US visas. Within a year, that number had increased to more than 300,000, creating an 11-year waiting list. |