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“Dear Miss Perkins”: Frances Perkins and Refugees from Nazi Germany

“Dear Miss Perkins”: Frances Perkins and Refugees from Nazi Germany

Update: 2025-01-21
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Frances Perkins was one of the most important Americans in the 20th century. She helped hundreds of people flee Nazi Germany and come to the United States when she was Secretary of Labor in the Franklin Roosevelt administration. As Hitler rose to power, thousands of German-Jewish refugees and their loved ones reached out to the INS—then part of the Department of Labor—applying for immigration to the United States, writing letters that began “Dear Miss Perkins…” A fascinating interview with Dr. Rebecca Graham. Episode 576.
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“Dear Miss Perkins”: Frances Perkins and Refugees from Nazi Germany

“Dear Miss Perkins”: Frances Perkins and Refugees from Nazi Germany

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