History
The World Jewish Congress was established in Geneva, Switzerland in August, 1936, in reaction to the rise of Nazism and the growing wave of European anti-Semitism. Since its foundation, it has been a permanent body with offices around the world. The main aims of the organization were “to mobilize the Jewish people and the democratic forces against the Nazi onslaught”, to “fight for equal political and economic rights everywhere, and particularly for the Jewish minorities in Central and Eastern Europe”, to support the establishment of a “Jewish National Home in Palestine” and to create “a worldwide Jewish representative body based on the concept of the unity of the Jewish people, democratically organized and able to act on matters of common concern”.
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