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.
Summary:
"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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.