Ḥusaynī, Amīn al- (Muḥammad Amīn) , ca1893-1974, Weizmann, Chaim , 1874-1952, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe., Palestine--History, Palestine--History--20th century
The album shows the activities of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry during their three-week tour in Palestine. Photographs depict its members... Show moreThe album shows the activities of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry during their three-week tour in Palestine. Photographs depict its members and testimonials, as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini, the President of the Zionist Organization Chaim Weizmann, and relevant British and American officials. Images comprise landscapes and images of Arabs and Jewish settlements visited by the Committee during their hearings and interviews of the different parties. The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (AAC) comprised six Americans and six British. Judge Joseph Hutcheson was the American chairman. He was joined by Frank Aydelotte, William Phillips, Frank Buxton, James G. McDonald, and Bartley Crum. The British part was chaired by Sir John Singleton, with the remaining members being Lord Morrison, Sir Frederick Leggett, Wilfrid Crick, Reginald Manningham-Buller, and Richard Crossman. The committee was established in 1946 to “hear the views of competent witnesses and to consult representative Arabs and Jews on the problems of Palestine", as stated in the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine. The committee toured widely to weigh the views of many different parties. The itinerary included: hearing official government policies in Washington, D.C., and London; Vienna, where they visited a Displaced Persons camp and interviewed Holocaust survivors; Cairo, where they heard Arab sentiments and interviewed the Grand Mufti and three weeks in Palestine, with visits to Jewish and Arab areas, and testimonial hearings with Jewish, Arab, and British officials; finally retiring to Lausanne to debate and draft their findings. Title and date from item. Photographs size approximately 114 x 173 mm. With original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt title on upper cover. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2386090x BIB-ID: 2537101 Show less
