On this day in 1943, British and American delegations met in Hamilton, Bermuda, to discuss the refugee problem created by World War II. The conference came after reports of the Nazis’ plan to exterminate all Jews reached the general public and Jewish communities of Britain in the United States. The governments were hesitant to approach the issue but agreed to meet to silence public backlash. Despite the efforts the delegations claimed to be making, they purposely chose Bermuda for the conference knowing that it would be inaccessible to the public. This allowed them to limit the number of reporters and representatives attending. They also barred members of the Joint Distribution Committee and the World Jewish Congress from attending. Inside the conference, the organizers limited the issues that were to be discussed. They were not allowed to discuss the Jewish aspect of the refugee problem or Hitler’s Final Solution. The United States refused to alter their strict immigration quotas and the British refused to recognize Mandatory Palestine as a safe haven for Jews. Instead, most of the conference focused on reviving the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, which had been created at the 1938 Evian Conference. However this was not fruitful because negotiations with the Nazis were no longer an option, and no one was willing to fund the committee. In the end, no solutions were agreed to and the Bermuda Conference failed to save a single Jew.