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The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 / David S. Wyman.
LIBRA D810.J4 W95 1984
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wyman, David S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. War Refugee Board.
- United States.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Judenvernichtung--Öffentliche Meinung--USA--Geschichte--1941-1945.
- holokauszt--zsidó--1939-1945.
- világháború, II--Egyesült Államok.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--United States.
- United States. War Refugee Board.
- Judenvernichtung--Öffentliche Meinung--USA--Geschichte--1941-1945.
- holokauszt--zsidó--1939-1945.
- világháború, II--Egyesült Államok.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 444 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [1984]
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- In his landmark work, author David S. Wyman contends that a substantial commitment to rescue Jewish people on the part of the United States almost certainly could have saved several hundred thousands of the Nazis' victims. This reissued edition contains a new Afterword by Wyman addressing the controversy his work has aroused.
- Contents:
- Background. The setting: Europe and America
- "A plan to exterminate all Jews". The news filters out
- The worst is confirmed
- Fourteen lost months. First steps
- Struggle for action
- Bermuda
- Paper walls and paper plans
- The emergency committee
- The Zionists
- The cabinet war
- The rescue resolution
- The war refugee board. "When are the Americans coming?"
- Hungary
- "Late and little"
- The bombing of Auschwitz
- Conclusion. Responsibility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-432) and index.
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1985
- National Jewish Book Awards - Holocaust, Winner, 1985
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wyman, David S. Abandonment of the Jews.
- ISBN:
- 0394428137
- 9780394428130
- 9781565844155
- 1565844157
- 9781595581747
- 159558174X
- OCLC:
- 10753609
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