Selden, Harry Louis
| Birth Name | Selden, Harry Louis |
| Call Name | Harry |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 97 years, 1 month, 13 days |
Events
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| Birth | 1907 | Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States of America |
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| Occupation | Harry Louis Selden was an editor |
Event Note Harry Louis Selden set aside his profession in order to promote the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust |
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| Marriage | Harry Louis Selden married Florence |
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| Membership | American Friends of a Jewish Palestine AFJP |
Event Note In 1939, Harry Louis Selden read William Ziff's The Rape of Palestine, a critique of the pro-Arab shift in British policy in its mandate of Palestine, which led him to become active in a group with the American Friends of a Jewish Palestine (AFJP). In 1946, Harry Louis Selden took former United States Senator Guy Gillette on a highly publicized fact-finding mission to Palestine. where they inspected British ships used to deport Jewish refugees, and met with the British high commissioner to warn him that American public opinion was turning against Britain over the Palestine issue. |
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| Membership | 1946 | American League for Free Palestine ALEF also see Bergson Group |
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| Death | February 14, 2004 | Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America | Harry Louis Seldel died at age 96 years, at the Hebrew Home for the Aged |
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Pedigree
- Selden, Harry Louis