Heroes, Antiheroes and the Holocaust: American Jewry and the Holocaust / Fifty years later, we still ponder two questions: How? Why? Was the American Jewish community powerless to intervene in the 1930's and 40's when a fate of catastrophic proportions befell the Jews of Europe? What forces were at work to thwart collective action? What did our leaders know and when did they know it? Whose were the voices trying to sound the alarm? What did they accomplish? Dr. David Morrison, in this ground-breaking volume, sheds much needed light on these and many other questions.
Was the American Jewish community helpless in the face of the Nazi tide which overtook Europe? What options did the Jews of the world have when Hitler ran his course? This uses documentation from the papers and correspondence of key Jewish leaders to outline personality clashes and decisions which saved lives and made a difference. From Arab attitudes toward Zionism to rescue attempts, this provides some unusual documentation. -- Midwest Book Review
