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Medoff, Rafael, 1959- author.

America and the Holocaust : a documentary history / Rafael Medoff.

Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

xx, 323 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

"The first comprehensive volume to teach about America's response to the Holocaust through visual media, America and the Holocaust: A Documentary History explores the complex subject through the lens of 100 important documents that help illuminate and amplify key episodes and issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Foreign public opinion, American -- Sources.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Sources.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources.

Public opinion -- United States -- Sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Response to Hitler's rise -- The American mood -- Doing business with Hitler -- The universities and the Nazis -- U.S. immigration policy -- Searching for a haven -- The doomed journey of the St. Louis -- The Wagner-Rogers bill to save children -- American rescuers -- Genocide confirmed -- All the news the media could fit -- American Christian responses -- American Jewish responses -- The Bermuda Conference -- Obstacles to rescue -- The campaign for rescue -- Zionism and the Holocaust -- The War Refugee Board -- Bombing Auschwitz -- Liberation --State of the field.

D804.45.U55 .M43 2022

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