Rev. John Grauel papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- John Stanley Grauel
Biographical History
John Stanley Grauel (1917-1986) was born in Worcester, MA, and graduated from a theological seminary in Maine in 1941 as a Methodist Minister. He joined the Christian Council of Palestine (later the American Christian Palestine Committee) in 1942, and in 1944 he joined the Haganah’s efforts to smuggled European Jews into Palestine. He was included in the mission of the Exodus 1947, a former naval vessel, the President Warfield, which was acquired by the Haganah, renamed, and sent on an ill-fated mission to transport Holocaust survivors to Palestine illegally. Grauel was arrested by the British Navy when the ship was intercepted by British destroyers, and he gave testimony before the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine that Golda Meir credited with changing the sympathies of the UN in favor of a Jewish state. The State of Israel awarded Grauel the Humanity Medal, the Fighter for Israel Medal and the Medal of Jerusalem.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Martin
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Michael Martin donated the Rev. John Grauel collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
Scope and Content
The Rev. John Grauel papers consists of the text of an appeal made by Rev. John Grauel to the British government regarding the treatment of passengers on board the "Exodus."
System of Arrangement
The Rev. John Gauel collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Grauel, John Stanley, 1917-1986.
- John Stanley Grauel
Corporate Bodies
- Exodus 1947 (Ship)
Subjects
- Palestine--1940-1950.
- Displaced persons--Europe.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jewish refugees.
Genre
- Speeches.
- Document