The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 New Ed Edition

by David S. Wyman (Author)

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In his landmark The Abandonment of the Jews, David S. Wyman argues that a substantial commitment to rescue European Jews on the part of the United States almost certainly could have saved several hundred thousand of the Nazis' victims. The definitive work on its subject, The Abandonment of the Jews is the winner of the National Jewish Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Award, the Present Tense Literary Award, the Stuart Bernath Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, and the Theodore Saloutos Award of the Immigration History Society. It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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It has long been alleged that officials in the Roosevelt administration knew, in surprising detail, about Adolf Hitler's plans to exterminate all the Jews in Nazi Europe--and that these officials did little to prevent the massacre, refusing asylum to shiploads of Jewish refugees and failing to order the bombing of railway lines leading to Auschwitz, Treblinka, and other concentration camps. David S. Wyman examines the evidence, concluding that senior American officials could indeed have saved many thousands, if not millions, of European Jews by intervening earlier. In this controversial work, he suggests, with good cause, that a combination of anti-Semitism and indifference to anything not perceived as being of direct strategic importance to the United States indirectly led to countless deaths. --Gregory McNamee

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LJ's reviewer dubbed this "a comprehensive and well-written narrative on `America's response to the Nazi assault on European Jews.'" Though Wyman does place blame, he also explains why the country and its leaders responded as they did to the Final Solution. This edition contains a new afterword by the author. It remains one of the "best" titles on the subject.
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Publisher : New Pr; New Ed edition (April 1, 1998)
Language : English
Paperback : 458 pages
ISBN-10 : 1565844157
ISBN-13 : 978-1565844155
Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
Dimensions : 5.75 x 1.5 x 8.5 inches

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The Unwanted

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2019

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The compilation of documented materials proving the Western world’s dismissal of and refusal to help the Jewish people while the Jewish world burned and collapsed in every country in Europe. Details of the policy makers of the different governments emerge, along with hidden political agendas and dogmas, while the Jews, caught in the German vice, awaited murder, year after year. A wealth of information lay in the pages of this work, even for the well informed. Excellent. Recommended!

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EarlB

Compelling, Comprehensive, and Disturbing

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2012

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Without getting into the entire synopsis of the story, Wymann's book, somewhat monumental on the subject, is not only disturbing and perhaps even depressing, but well researched and well written.

At least for me, the perk of this book is that it escapes the sometimes classical book: simply rushing in one subject. Wymann may have just wrote 400+ pages all looming with the message "the Allies abandoned the Jews". This would not be very informative. But the author evades drilling one point over and over. He visits several different scenarios - for example, there is large coverage of the immigration restrictions; and there's a part about the Allies' evasiveness in backing plans, sometimes the part of only a few individuals, such as State Department heads and etc. And of course there's the discussion of the plans to the trains to Auschwitz, etc.

In all, it is a voluminous work. Though the subject has hardly faded since the 1980s when the books was written, this book is certainly a significant, if not a basic, source on that subject.

If readers are interested further, Martin Gilbert has also written a book on the subject which is equal in quality to Wymann's book, if not better: Auschwitz & the Allies . While Wymann brings much study on the pre-war immigration restrictions and refusal of refuge to Jews, Gilbert focuses mainly on the Allies' knowledge of, and reaction to, the Holocaust.

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Anthony Theille

A truthful account of America and the situation of the European Jews in World War II.

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2017

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This is one of the best books that I have read on America and the. fate of the European Jews during World War II. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants the truth about the role that America played with regard to the situation of the European Jews in World War II.

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Denise

History the way we thought it was.

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018

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My husband just loves this book. It is pack full of history. Excellent condition...is a keeper.

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Arnold S

Outstanding discussion of America's indifference to the slaughter of the Jews!

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018

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An outstanding analysis and summary of this country's history of anti-Semitism in the 1930s and 1940s and America's indifference to the slaughter of six million Jews in Europe.

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Discriminating Shopper

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018

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Very upsetting content but very important

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Dallas Rider

An important historical account

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014

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An important accounting of how much the world looked the other way while Hitler planned his mass exterminarions. It's sad to think how many people would not lift a hand FO help,these victims. The seller provided in record time & in excellent condition.

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krystalbird

Good reference

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2017

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I haven't finished reading it but it's well written & yields good information so far.

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M. S. Fryer

All good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2018

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Really good and detailed history of the subject. Also delivered on time and condition ad stated..

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Reasonably priced and fast delivery.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2017

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Exactly as expected,

janine buntman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2015

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Very interesting read.

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