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The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 / David S. Wyman.
- Title
- The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 / David S. Wyman.
- Author
- Wyman, David S.
- Publication
- New York : New Press, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D810.J4 W95 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 458 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- The Abandonment of the Jews is the definitive work on its subject. The text argues how a substantial commitment to rescue European Jews on the part of the US almost certainly could have saved thousands of the Nazi's victims.
- Subjects
- World War > (1939-1945)
- Jewish Holocaust > (1939-1945)
- Jews rescue (World War) > (1939-1945)
- 1939-1945
- Emigration and immigration
- World War (1939-1945)
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- United States > War Refugee Board
- World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > United States
- United States > Emigration and immigration
- Note
- "With an introduction by Elie Wiesel and a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-446) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Background: The setting: Europe and America -- "A plan to exterminate all Jews": News filters out -- Worst is confirmed -- Fourteen lost months: First steps -- Struggle for action -- Bermuda -- Paper walls and paper plans -- Emergency Committee -- Zionists -- Cabinet war -- Rescue Resolution -- War Refugee Board: "When are the Americans coming?" -- Hungary -- "Late and little" -- Bombing of Auschwitz.
- ISBN
- 1565844157 (pbk.)
- 9781565844155 (pbk.)
- 9781595581747
- 159558174X
- LCCN
- ^^2004270331
- OCLC
- 38928845
- SCSB-10515229
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library