![American Zionist leader Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (right) with Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress, before lodging ... [LCID: 00558]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d0051684-bd49-4b53-8e70-29a2419da321.jpg "American Zionist leader Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (right) with Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress, before lodging ... [LCID: 00558]")
American Zionist leader Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (right) with Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress, before making a protest to President Franklin D. Roosevelt against religious persecution in Germany. New York, United States, March 22, 1933.
Item View![Dr. Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress (center) and Rabbi Stephen S. [LCID: 60323b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/764f2808-c916-48f2-81a7-9b8196a3400a.jpg "Dr. Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress (center) and Rabbi Stephen S. [LCID: 60323b]")
Dr. Bernard Deutsch, president of the American Jewish Congress (center) and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (right) participate in a mass demonstration against Nazi treatment of German Jews. The demonstration took place on the same day as the book burnings in Germany. New York, United States, May 10, 1933.
Item View![The American Jewish Congress holds an emergency session following the Nazi rise to power and subsequent anti-Jewish measures. [LCID: 89752]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/3c749e64-3fd8-4ebb-8ee0-1cb605593c5b.jpg "The American Jewish Congress holds an emergency session following the Nazi rise to power and subsequent anti-Jewish measures. [LCID: 89752]")
The American Jewish Congress holds an emergency session following the Nazi rise to power and subsequent anti-Jewish measures. United States, May 1933.
Item View![American Jewish Congress president Stephen S. Wise (center right), with Dr. [LCID: 87669]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/da100cc8-6cfc-4fb7-8d56-8e97f6ab4648.jpg "American Jewish Congress president Stephen S. Wise (center right), with Dr. [LCID: 87669]")
American Jewish Congress president Stephen S. Wise (center right), with Dr. Ignacy Schiper (far left), a Polish Zionist. Warsaw, Poland, 1936.
Item View![Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, addresses an anti-Nazi meeting at Madison Square Garden. [LCID: 00540]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/21df16f0-23dd-4ae1-a810-a530b88f6edd.jpg "Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, addresses an anti-Nazi meeting at Madison Square Garden. [LCID: 00540]")
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, addresses an anti-Nazi meeting at Madison Square Garden. New York, United States, March 15, 1937.
Item View![Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress (left), and John L. [LCID: 00537]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e221555b-c99f-4b20-87af-48a57630e5c5.jpg "Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress (left), and John L. [LCID: 00537]")
Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress (left), and John L. Lewis, chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (right), at an anti-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden. New York, United States, March 15, 1937.
Item View![Dr. Gerhart Riegner, World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Switzerland, sent a cable in August 1942 to American Jewish ... [LCID: 02301]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7c135013-a914-4ff2-8c79-bf450bce1c00.jpg "Dr. Gerhart Riegner, World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Switzerland, sent a cable in August 1942 to American Jewish ... [LCID: 02301]")
Dr. Gerhart Riegner, World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Switzerland, sent a cable in August 1942 to American Jewish leader Stephen S. Wise about the Nazi plan to exterminate European Jewry. Date uncertain.
Item View![British Jewish leader Sidney Silverman forwarded to American Jewish leader Stephen Wise this copy of a cable originating from Gerhart ... [LCID: 82901]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/223820ad-491d-4a6d-9d2e-c4735ec03f31.jpg "British Jewish leader Sidney Silverman forwarded to American Jewish leader Stephen Wise this copy of a cable originating from Gerhart ... [LCID: 82901]")
British Jewish leader Sidney Silverman forwarded to American Jewish leader Stephen Wise this copy of a cable originating from Gerhart Riegner, World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva. Riegner had sent through their respective governments two cables warning Silverman and Wise of Nazi plans to exterminate European Jewry. The US State Department delayed delivery of the cable from Riegner to Wise, who initially received this version. United States, August 29, 1942.
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