In part, Johnson was influenced in his attitude towards the Jews by the religious beliefs that his family, especially hisgrandfather (Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr.), who was a member of theChristadelphian church, shared with him.[3][4] Christadelphians believe that the Jews are God'schosen people,[5] and LBJ's grandfather once said to him, "Take care of the Jews, God’s chosen people. Consider them your friends and help them any way you can."[3]
Various details of Gomolak's dissertation have been cited by other historians.[2][3][6] In 2008, Larry Ben David began an online campaign to collect documentation to submit toYad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum inJerusalem to have LBJ awarded the title ofRighteous Among the Nations, often referred to as a Righteous Gentile.[7] The award was not awarded; Johnson does not appear on the list names in the Yad Vashem database.[8] The number of Jews rescued is not taken into account and a criterion for recognition is that the rescuer took great risks.[9] It is said that this criterion may be waived for diplomats.
Additional primary research on Operation Texas was done for a 1998Houston Chronicle article[10] and a 2016 article on the aish.com website.[11]
More recently, many of the arguments of Gomolak's thesis have been disputed following extensive research by Claudia Wilson Anderson, an archivist at theLyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.[12][13] Although his research materials (e.g., written interview notes, interview recordings and primary documents not located in archives) could support his arguments, Gomolak has not made them available for external review.[13]
^Gomolak, Louis Stanislaus (1989).Prologue : LBJ's foreign-affairs background, 1908-1948. University of Texas at Austin, Department of History, Ph.D. dissertation.OCLC670540426.
^Feldman, Claudia (September 27, 1998). "LBJ's Rescue Mission/ The little-known story of Lyndon Baines Johnson and friends helping Jews the Holocaust in Europe". Texas Magazine.Houston Chronicle. pp. Cover Story.
