Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935
Hardcover
$51.99
By James G. McDonald, Richard Breitman (Editor), Barbara McDonald Stewart (Editor), Severin Hochberg (Editor)
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.
Select a store to view item availability.
The private diary of James G. McDonald (1886–1964) offers a unique and hitherto unknown source on the early history of the Nazi regime and the Roosevelt administration's reactions to Nazi persecution of German Jews. Considered for the post of U.S. ambassador to Germany at the start of FDR's presidency, McDonald traveled to Germany in 1932 and met with Hitler soon after the Nazis came to power. Fearing Nazi intentions to remove or destroy Jews in Germany, in 1933 he became League of Nations ...


