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FDR and the Jews

In an extensive examination of this impassioned debate, Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman find that the president was neither savior nor bystander. In "FDR and the Jews," they draw upon many new primary sources to offer an intriguing portrait of a consummate politician--compassionate...

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Main Author: Breitman, Richard, 1947-
Other Authors: Lichtman, Allan J.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Relations with Jews.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Political and social views.
Jews > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Jews, European > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews > Persecutions > Europe > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Four Roosevelts
  • The Rise and Fall of FDR
  • FDR Returns
  • The Democrat and the Dictator
  • Immigration Wars
  • Transitions
  • Moving Millions?
  • Resettlement in Latin America?
  • Toward War
  • Tightened Security
  • Wartime America
  • Debating Remedies
  • Zionism and the Arab World
  • The War Refugee Board
  • Negotiations and Rescue in Hungary
  • Endings
  • Perspectives.

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