The Holocaust

By: Bob Schumann

Key Points

What was the tensions between the U.S. state dept and the U.S. Treasury Dept with Jewish refugees

Should the U.S. have given more aid to help Jewish refugees

Building Tensions with the State Dept.

The “Fantastic Rumor” The State dept has many

conversations with Jewish leaders about keeping quiet

The State Dept. tells Switzerland to stop sending them information about dieing Jews

The Bermuda Conference delegates

The tension with the U.S. State Dept and U.S. Treasury evolves

U.S. Treasury finds out that the State Dept. is undermining rescue efforts to help the Jewish refugees

The U.S. Treasury found the State Dept. guilty on multiple accounts of.

Concealment and misrepresentation False attempts to save the Jews

Attempts That the U.S. made to help Jewish refugees

NegativeNegative The S.S St. Louis carried 937 Jewish

refugees, the were denied access to U.S ports and went back to Germany.

Cont…

America only let in 27,000 of the 309,000 refugees that applied for entrance to the United States

The War Dept. rejects that plea by Rabbi Wessimandl who wanted them to bomb camps and rail ways.

Attempts That the U.S. made to help Jewish refugees

PositivePositive The government created a War

Refugee Board, (WRB). The Board is credited with saving

200,000 different Jewish refugees The War Department changes there

mind and Bombs factories near Anschwitz

Questions

What caused the tension between the U.S state Dept. and the U.S Treasury?

What Positive attempts did the U.S make to save Jewish refugees?

What does WRB stand for?

Sources

Polstink, J. S. "The U.S. and the Holocaust." Hello . . . Newman! Web. 06 Jan. 2010. <http://www.hello-newman.com/Israel/holocaust.html>.

Rabbitsi, John R. "Could The Allies Have Bombed Auschwitz-Birkenau?" Jewish Virtual Library - Homepage. Web. 06 Jan. 2010. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/bombau.html>.

Schwitzer, Allan S. "German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Web. 06 Jan. 2010. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005468>.