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Jews without power : American Jewry during the Holocaust
- Title
- Jews without power : American Jewry during the Holocaust / Ariel Hurwitz.
- Author
- Hurwitz, Ariel.
- Publication
- New Rochelle, N.Y. : MultiEducator, ©2011.
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Details
- Description
- 330 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900 - 1999
- Jews > United States > History > 20th century
- Jews > United States > Politics and government
- World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue
- Ethnic relations
- Jews
- Jews > Politics and government
- Politics and government
- United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- United States > Ethnic relations
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
- Contents
- 1 . The Jewish community in America -- a. The growing divide -- b. Antisemitism in the United States: "the Jews have too much power" -- 2. America and the rise of Nazism -- a. "We cannot remain silent" -- 3. Closing the gates -- a. American and the refugee problem "a time for Jews to lie low" -- b. "No time ... to be soft-hearted" -- c. Attempts to provide relief -- 4. America goes to war -- a. "This is a Jewish war" -- 5. The final solution: what did they know -- a. A failure to believe the unbelievable -- b. The news filters out -- c. The worst is confirmed -- 6. Breaking the conspiracy of silence -- a. Meeting the president -- b. "Our friend in the White House" -- 7. Confronting the blockade authority & the International Red Cross -- a. "Who are we to ask a government to justify its policies?" -- 8. Rallying the public protest -- a. The Madison Square Garden rally -- b. The Bergson boys -- 9. The Struggle for action: the joint emergency committee for European Jewish affairs -- a. "I have no right to sit in an ivy tower" -- b. The Bermuda Conference and its aftermath: "a so rdid chapter in Jewish history" -- 10. Zionism and rescue -- a. Tears and sympathy -- 11. The joint emergency committee to save the Jews of Europe -- a. "Make a noise and create a fuss" -- 12. The struggle for the creation of a rescue agency -- a. The US Treasury changes course -- b. The War Refugee Board established: "the bull has to be taken by the horns" -- c. Attempts to save the remnant.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-4981
- ISBN
- 1885881371
- 9781885881373
- LCCN
- 2011924115
- OCLC
- 719418725
- Author
- Hurwitz, Ariel.
- Title
- Jews without power : American Jewry during the Holocaust / Ariel Hurwitz.
- Imprint
- New Rochelle, N.Y. : MultiEducator, ©2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-4981