Category: Refugees

• The Jewish State in Alaska

  This theory held that the Roosevelt administration planned to turn Alaska into a large Jewish settlement territory or proto-state under federal sponsorship. It drew on a real proposal associated with Interior Department discussions and the Slattery Report, which explored the possibility of resettling refugees and other groups in Alaska as part of a broader development program. Contemporary coverage made clear that the idea was under discussion, though it never became official policy in the form imagined by conspiracy rhetoric. In rumor form, however, the proposal was transformed into a hidden plan to create a “New Israel” in the far north under executive protection.