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"Why Auschwitz Was Never Bombed," a chapter from this book, appeared in the May 1978 issue of Commentary and aroused a major controversy in the press here and in Europe. That chapter was typical not only of the stunning revelations that David Wyman makes but also of his meticulous research encompassing years of exploration in some sixty archives, many never before plumbed. As a result, The Abandonment of the Jews asks many basic questions--some of them for the first time--about this shameful episode in America's history. ***Wyman's account is devastating, not least because it documents the precise degree to which all segments of the American population--including the churches and the Jewish community themselves--failed to accomplish the very least that could have been expected. It exposes the failure of the State Department to fill the existing quotas (left 90 percent unfilled) and the continuous pattern of lies and deceptions by means of which the government turned back any proposals that were made, such as transporting European Jews to Turkey or North Africa, to say nothing of the "controversial" question of allowing more immigrants into the United States. ***The narrative moves

Who reads The abandonment of the Jews : America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945?

Author

David S Wyman; Mazal Holocaust Collection

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565844155

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, World History, Religion

Rating

4.07 / 5 (110 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14