
The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941–1945
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.
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- 2007
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- HolocaustAmerican foreign policyWorld War II
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1985)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1984)
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