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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was the President of the United States from 1933-1945. Also known as FDR, Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression, the prewar refugee crisis, and the majority of World War II (1939-1945) and the Holocaust (1933-1945). Explore more content about Franklin D. Roosevelt before and during World War II. 

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Meeting of the War Refugee Board in the office of Executive Director John Pehle. [LCID: 85939]
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Creation of War Refugee Board
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Early Years
Delegates to the Evian Conference, where the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany was discussed. [LCID: 47173]
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Emigration and the Evian Conference
Father Charles Coughlin opposes Roosevelt [LCID: dfc0424c]
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Father Charles Coughlin opposes Roosevelt
President Franklin Roosevelt sits with Eleanor Roosevelt in his study in the White House. [LCID: 02881]
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (left), US president Franklin D. [LCID: 10038]
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Members of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service carry rifles shipped from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act.
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Lend-Lease Act
Illustrated Japanese matchbook cover
Artifact
Matchbox cover with Japanese propaganda illustration
Memorandum of 1944 meeting between President Roosevelt and Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau
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Meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Memorandum of 1944 meeting between President Roosevelt and Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau
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Memorandum of 1944 meeting between President Roosevelt and Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval office at the White House, shortly before delivering a speech accepting the Democratic ... [LCID: 00870]
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval office at the White House
President Truman attends Potsdam Conference [LCID: dfp0304t]
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President Truman attends Potsdam Conference
Roosevelt announces aid for Britain [LCID: dfr0307s]
Film
Roosevelt announces aid for Britain
President Franklin Roosevelt sits with Eleanor Roosevelt in his study in the White House. [LCID: 02881]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President of the United States
US troops land on Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands group. [LCID: 20340]
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The United States and the Holocaust, 1942–45

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