Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism in the Wake of the Holocaust: The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1946

• Published in: Antisemitism studies Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 82 - 115
• Main Author: Goda, Norman J. W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Anti Zionism; Antisemitism; Committees; Committees of inquiry; Communism; Diplomatic & consular services; Displaced persons; Holocaust; Immigration; Jewish people; Jewish peoples; Jewish refugees; Jurists; Nazi era; Nazism; Refugees; Testimony; War; White people; World wars; Zionism; Middle East; Gaza Strip; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Eastern Europe; Europe; Israel; Germany; Western Europe
• DOI: 10.2979/antistud.1.1.03
• ISSN: 2474-1809

In 1946, with the number of Jewish refugees in Western Europe increasing and with Mandatory Palestine suffering augmented unrest, a body called the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine convened. Comprising six British and six American scholars, jurists, and statesmen, this official Committee heard testimony from all interested parties, then formulated recommendations for the United States and Great Britain. The Committee's records offer a unique window into how antisemitism informed ostensibly principled anti-Zionist arguments, particularly from Arab spokesmen who objected in principle to the Jewish presence in Palestine.