תוכנית להקמת מדינה יהודית בגרמניה לאחר מלחמת העולם השנייה‎

In January 1947, a French-Canadian named Wilfrid Gascon sent a letter to the Canadian Foreign Minister Louis St. Laurent proposing to establish a Jewish state in Germany. His reasoning was that by accomplishing this plan Germany would be punished for its evil deeds during the war, both the Palestine problem and that of the Jewish refugees in Europe would be solved, and that potential discord in Canada with regard to Jewish immigration into its borders would be prevented. Gascon's proposal was discussed by various officials of the Canadian foreign ministry for the next six months, and while eventually they rejected it as impractical, an examination of the opinions expressed during the debate reveals the various attitudes of these officials towards Palestine and the Jewish refugee problem. Most of the officials were primarily interested in solving the refugee problem, and expected Canada to absorb some refugees. Several officials noted that it was not reasonable to expect the Jews to replace their yearning for Palestine with Germany. One Canadian official, however, who sympathized with the Arab position in the struggle for Palestine, favoured the proposal, but suggested that it be implemented in Poland. These attitudes of individuals in the Canadian foreign service also guided them during the debate over Palestine's fate in the United Nations several months later.