America amp the Holocaust The Nazis were the murderers but we were the all too passive accomplices David Wyman Holocaust Scholar Theodor Seuss Geisel February 24 1942 Antisemitism in the US Emergency Rescue Committee May 1940 ID: 775933
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Station #3: The United States and the Holocaust and Immigration
Slide2America & the Holocaust
The Nazis were the murderers, but we were the all too passive accomplices. - David Wyman, Holocaust Scholar
Theodor Seuss Geisel February 24, 1942
Antisemitism in the U.S. Emergency Rescue Committee: May 1940
The Bund Report: June 2, 1942 The Riegner Telegram: August 8, 1942
The Bergson Group: 1942/43
Jan Karski: July 1943 War Refugee Board: January 22, 1944
Why Auschwitz Was Not Bombed?
The New York Times
Slide3Antisemitism (Hatred of Jews) in the U.S.
Emergency Rescue Committee: May 1940:
Varian Fry, on assignment for the Emergency Rescue Committee, briefs rescuees on escape routes.
November 1938
After Kristallnacht, an overwhelming majority of the American public was shocked by Nazi actions, but according to polling data, 85% of the public still opposed any change in our restrictive immigration quotas.
1939 Roper Poll
39% Jews should be treated like everyone else
53% Jews are different & should be restricted
10% Jews should be deported
Slide4The New York Times
The Times
deliberately de-emphasized news of the Holocaust, reporting it in isolated, inside stories.
During the six years of World War II, The New York Times published 1,186 stories about what was happening to the Jews of Europe; however, these stories only made the front page 26 times out of 24,000 front-page stories,
June 27, 1942
The Times
made a statement with their editorial judgments. Other news organizations took their cues from
The Times.
Slide5Victims
Bystanders (85%)
Perpetrators (< 10%)
Rescuers (< 0.5%)
Slide6Slide7Slide8American Immigration1820-2000