While Six Million Died; A Chronicle of American Apathy
by Morse, Arthur D.
Published by : Random House (New York) Physical details: 420 Pages 22x15 cm | HB Year: 1968| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 940.5315 M827W 1968 (Browse shelf) | Available | 4197 |
Include Index, Bibliography and Notes.
In January 1944 President Roosevelt was shown the startling conclusions of a secret memorandum. Its title: Acquiescence of this Government in the Murder of the Jews. The untold and shocking story behind this report--never before described in full-- exposes the appalling apathy and callousness of our Government, particularly the State Department, in the face of Nazi genocide. This report finally forced the President to take the first steps to rescue the Jews--but why had it taken so long to act? This book details, through documents, official papers and interviews with participants and research in archives in key world cities the true narrative of what was known, and the unconscionable delay of active response to the Nazi declaration that they "intended to destroy every Jew in Europe." How this challenge was met is the subject of this book. If genocide is to be prevented in the future, we must understand how it happened, not only in terms of the killers, but of the bystanders.
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