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Ginzei Haim ] * 58 [ Germany . Therefore, american Quakers were almost completely silent as far as public denunciation of Nazi anti - Jewish policy was concerned . 4 The Quakers were not only reluctant to criticize publicly German policy, but also did not show much concern for the victims of persecution . Unlike the European Friends, American participation in the L’Entr’aide, a Quaker relief project in Paris, was minimal . american Quakers, in common with their compatriots, showed apathy toward the fate of refugees . James G . McDonald, High commissioner for refugees, tried to enlist the Quakers’ support for the Paris L’Entr’aide, pleading politely at first and later more directly, but apparently in vain . “Mr . McDonald has not succeeded in getting much from the American Quakers,” reported his secretary in July 1934 . Norman Bentwich, the British Jewish leader and chief assistant to McDonald, came out frustrated from a meeting with a Quaker group in Philadelphia, who were “disappointi...
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