The Allies and the Holocaust

Silberklang, David, 1956-
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Title The Allies and the Holocaust : a reappraisal.
Original Library/publisher Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. [Eds.]: Robert Rozett, Shmuel Spector. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem
New York: Facts on File, 2000
Host Item Yad Vashem Studies 24 (1994) 147-176
Description Stating that the Allies did virtually nothing to alleviate the plight of the Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe during the Holocaust, reflects on the causes of this inactivity. Considers both the 1933-39 period and the war period. The earlier period was one of economic recovery for the USA, so not much could be done for the refugees from Germany
besides, Germany was not the only country which conducted an antisemitic policy. Among the factors which prevented the Allies' active intervention on behalf of the Jews during the war period were the remoteness of the war theater from the mass annihilation points before 1944
the unwillingness of the Allies to single out Jews from all the victims of Nazism
their unwillingness to deflect their forces from military efforts
and the attitude of "rescue through victory." In the entire 1933-45 period, national interests of the combatants had priority over humanitarian concerns. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
See also in Hebrew.
Appeared also in "Encyclopedia of the Holocaust" (2000) 72-84. A revised Spanish translation appeared as "Los Aliados y el Holocausto" in "Shoá
Enciclopedia del Holocausto" (2004).
Language English
Spanish
Credits באדיבות יש ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Courtesy of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
National Library system number 990001460760705171
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