The Bermuda Conference was held on April 19, 1943 at Hamilton, Bermuda. It was an international conference that brought together delegates from the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss the question of what to do with the refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe before the war had even ended and before the extent of their persecution was known. The United States delegation was led by Dr. Harold W. Dodds. Discussions included the question of Jewish refugees who had been liberated by Allied forces and those who still remained behind Nazi-occupied territory. A New York Times article dated April 30, 1943 and titled "Hopeful Hint Ends Bermuda Sessions" stated that recommendations which were not capable of being accomplished under war conditions and which would most likely delay the war effort of the United Nations were rejected. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

A week later, the American Zionist Committee for a Jewish Army ran an advertisement in the New York Times condemning the United States efforts at Bermuda for being a mockery of past promises to the Jewish people and of Jewish suffering under Nazi occupation. Senator Harry S. Truman withdrew his membership from the committee over what was percieved as an insult to members of the United States Senate who had been involved with the conference. As president, Truman went on to give the support Israel needed to be recognized as a state. Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...

References

• "Hopeful Hint Ends Bermuda Sessions," New York Times, 30 April 1943, p. 9.
• “To 5,000,000 Jews in the Nazi Death-Trap Bermuda was a Cruel Mockery,” New York Times, 04 May 1943, p. 17.