this afternoon i am happy to introduce rebecca erbelding to all of you. she's an archivist, curator and historian of the memorial museum here in washington d.c. she has organized a museum's new exhibit on american response to the holocaust. rebecca has a phd in american history from george mason university. she and her work have been profiled in the "washington post," "the new york times" in the new history channel, npr and other media outlets. this afternoon, rebecca will be discussing her new book, "rescue board: the untold story of america's efforts to save the jews of europe." this book tells the little-known story of a lawyer who helped persuade roosevelt to organize in 1944. the agency mobilized diplomats, smugglers, relief workers and bureaucrats in a dozen countries across four continents. the work involved forging identity papers and recruiting spies from a leaking is in food and money to underground organizations. the board saved tens of thousands of lives. when olson, author of the book last hope island says that with her magisterial research,

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in her book, "rescue board," rebecca erbelding writes about the state department created in 1944 that worked to save european jews. she talked about the u.s. response to the holocaust an event in washington. this is just under an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. my name is bennard fajardo and i'm a bookseller here at politics & prose. on behalf of the staff would like to welcome all of you to this afternoon's event. as you may all ready know at politics & prose rehost hundreds of events like this all throughout the year. one such event, the one we are doing next saturday, may 12, for edge

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. >> in her book, "rescue board," rebecca erbelding writes about a section of the state department created in 1944 they wrote to save european jews. she talked about the response to the holocaust at a bookstore event in washington. this is just under an hour.