Official government statistics issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, show that 10,608 Jewish refugees from the Nazi-dominated European continent entered the United States in 1942. These figures cover the period between July 1, 1941 and June 30, 1942.
Giving the highlights of the rescue work during 1942, Abraham Herman, president of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, outlined the rescue tasks for 1943. “As one door closes, others are opening,” he said. “Larger prospects for rescue work have been opened up with the arrival of the American army in North Africa and the gradual return of these lands to democratic government and the traditions of humanitarianism. The Hias-Ica office in Casablanca is functioning and a considerable number of former inmates of concentration camps who are now being released are likely to regain their freedom through emigration. Progress with the view to establishing new rescue opportunities is also being made in South America.”
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