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The Jews should keep quiet : Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust / Rafael Medoff.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D804.45.U55 M42 2019

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    "Based on recently discovered documents, The Jews Should Keep Quiet reassesses the hows and whys behind the Franklin D. Roosevelt administrations fateful policies during the Holocaust. Rafael Medoff delves into difficult truths: With FDRs consent, the administration deliberately suppressed European immigration far below the limits set by U.S. law. His administration also refused to admit Jewish refugees to the U.S. Virgin Islands, dismissed proposals to use empty Liberty ships returning from Europe to carry refugees, and rejected pleas to drop bombs on the railways leading to Auschwitz, even while American planes were bombing targets only a few miles away-actions that would not have conflicted with the larger goal of winning the war. What motivated FDR? Medoff explores the sensitive question of the presidents private sentiments toward Jews. Unmasking strong parallels between Roosevelts statements regarding Jews and Asians, he connects the administrations policies of excluding Jewish refugees and interning Japanese Americans"--Publisher's description.

    "The Jews Should Keep Quiet further reveals how FDRs personal relationship with Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, American Jewrys foremost leader in the 1930s and 1940s, swayed the U.S. response to the Holocaust. Documenting how Roosevelt and others pressured Wise to stifle American Jewish criticism of FDRs policies, Medoff chronicles how and why the American Jewish community largely fell in line with Wise. Ultimately Medoff weighs the administrations realistic options for rescue action, which, if taken, would have saved many lives"--Publisher's description.
    Variant Title
    Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust
    Series
    Jewish Publication Society book
    Jewish Publication Society series.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Medoff, Rafael, 1959- author.
    Published
    Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2019]
    Locale
    United States
    Contents
    Introduction: "If only he would do something for my people!"
    Nothing but indifference
    In search of havens
    Silence and its consequences
    Suppressing the dissidents
    The politics of rescue
    FDR, Wise, and Palestine
    The failure to bomb Auschwitz
    Antisemitism in the White House
    Conclusion: A President's strategy and a rabbi's anguish.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Introduction: "If only he would do something for my people!" -- Nothing but indifference -- In search of havens -- Silence and its consequences -- Suppressing the dissidents -- The politics of rescue -- FDR, Wise, and Palestine -- The failure to bomb Auschwitz -- Antisemitism in the White House -- Conclusion: A President's strategy and a rabbi's anguish.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9780827614703
    0827614705
    082761831X
    9780827618312
    0827618301
    9780827618305
    9780827615199
    0827615191
    Physical Description
    xvi, 387 pages ; 24 cm.

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