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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>.
