Title The Jews should keep quiet : Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust / Rafael Medoff

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 387 pages) Contents Introduction: "If only he would do something for my people" -- "Nothing but indifference" -- In search of havens -- Silence and its consequences -- Suppressing the dissidents -- The politics of rescue -- FDR, Wise, and Palestine -- The failure to bomb Auschwitz -- Antisemitism in the White House -- Conclusion: A president's strategy and a rabbi's indifference Summary "Based on recently discovered documents, The Jews Should Keep Quiet reassesses the hows and whys behind the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration's fateful policies during the Holocaust. Rafael Medoff delves into difficult truths: With FDR's consent, the administration deliberately suppressed European immigration far below the limits set by U.S. law. His administration also refused to admit Jewish refugees to the U.S. Virgin Islands, dismissed proposals to use empty Liberty ships returning from Europe to carry refugees, and rejected pleas to drop bombs on the railways leading to Auschwitz, even while American planes were bombing targets only a few miles away--actions that would not have conflicted with the larger goal of winning the war. What motivated FDR? Medoff explores the sensitive question of the president's private sentiments toward Jews. Unmasking strong parallels between Roosevelt's statements regarding Jews and Asians, he connects the administration's policies of excluding Jewish refugees and interning Japanese Americans. The Jews Should Keep Quiet further reveals how FDR's personal relationship with Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, American Jewry's foremost leader in the 1930s and 1940s, swayed the U.S. response to the Holocaust. Documenting how Roosevelt and others pressured Wise to stifle American Jewish criticism of FDR's policies, Medoff chronicles how and why the American Jewish community largely fell in line with Wise. Ultimately Medoff weighs the administration's realistic options for rescue action, which, if taken, would have saved many lives."-- Provided by publisher Notes "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2019) Subject Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Jews Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949. SUBJECT Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 fast Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 fast Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Foreign public opinion, American Public opinion -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue. Jews -- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century HISTORY -- Holocaust. Diplomatic relations Jews -- Politics and government Politics and government Public opinion Public opinion, American Relations with Jews SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140464 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140096 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780827618329 0827618328

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