Saving the Jews
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust
New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, [2006]
Format: Book
Description: xxxiii, 654 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
An analysis of what many considered to be FDR's failure to rescue imperiled Jewish Europeans during World War II challenges beliefs that depict the president as anti-Semitic, drawing on extensive research to profile Roosevelt as a friend and staunch protector of Jewish people throughout the world.
Contents:
The New Deal, The Jew Deal -- Wops, dagoes, bulls, Hebrews and niggers -- The old Roosevelt magic has lost its kick -- I myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur -- The voyage of the SS St. Louis -- FDR tries to ransom German Jewry-- Well Bill, it's come at last -- The president has said that he would wage war but not declare it -- We will help to end the curse of Hitlerism -- Spies, saboteurs, and traitors are the actors in this new tragedy -- We've got to go to Europe and fight -- No force on earth can stop them -- This bestial policy of cold-blooded extermination -- Placating Moroccans and killing Japs -- Disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle -- The president was deeply moved by the situation -- American Jewish patriots, Palestinian Jewish terrorists, and The Irgunist Hoax -- One of the blackest crimes of all history and the War Refugee Board -- What is the job before us in 1944? D-Day and a dying president -- The first victims would be Jews: Why FDR did not order the bombing of Auschwitz -- FDR attempts to create a Jewish state for the victims of indescribable horrors -- The verdict -- Afterword / Alan M. Dershowitz -- Time line.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany.
Jews -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany.
Jews -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781560257783
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SSHC HISTORY War WWII Holocaust Ros | Main (Downtown) | Selden K. Smith Holocaust Collection | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-546) and index.