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The
Evian Conference
From 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany Jews were being
expelled and a growing problem of refugees was emerging but who were going
to accommodate these refugees? The Evian Conference, called by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1938, was to address this urgent
and pressing issue.
Official Secrets: What the
Nazis Planned, What the British and Americans Knew
As defeat neared, the Third Reich's officials tried to
destroy all the physical and documentary evidence about their murder of
millions. In the book that is excerpted here, the author assesses the
British and American suppression of information about Nazi killings, and
the tensions between the two powers over how to respond. His absorbing
work concludes with an examination of the consequences (including the
failure to punish many known war criminals) of keeping this information
secret for so many decades.
The
Response of the United States
A short essay which gives a short background as to why the United
States did not respond to the Holocaust.
The
United States and the Holocaust
Rescue was not a priority for the United States government. Nor
was it always clear to Allied policy makers how they could pursue
large-scale rescue actions behind German lines. Due in part to
anti-Semitism, isolationism, the Depression, and xenophobia, the refugee
policy of the U.S. State Department (led by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull) made it difficult for refugees to obtain entry visas.
America and the
Holocaust
Companion site to the PBS documentary on America's response to the
Holocaust, it includes a timeline of events, transcripts from the
broadcast, eyewitness interviews, scanned images of original documents,
maps, photographs, and a teacher's guide.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library: The German Diplomatic Files and Vatican Files
The German Diplomatic Files represent an important collection of
documents concerning the governmental dealings between the United States
and Germany and the Vatican over the course of Franklin D. Roosevelt's
tenure in office, from 1933 to 1945.
The Holocaust: The Untold
Story
An online exhibit by the Newseum, an interactive museum of news
located in Arlington, Virginia explores the question of how much the
United States knew about the Holocaust as it was occurring in Europe, and
the reasons why the American press did not fully report on the persecution
of Jews and other minorities in Nazi Germany and its occupied territories.
It features a historical timeline with short articles and photographs.
Jewish
Labor and the Holocaust
This exhibit presents a portfolio of a hundred photographs and
documents preserving for scholarly use a rich and unique record of the
American Jewish labor movement's anti-Nazi activity, support of
Underground resistance movements, and aid to Holocaust survivors. |
