LibGuides: The Holocaust: Allied Response to the Holocaust

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Podcast: And the World Remained Silent: the Allies and the Holocaust

How did the free world stand idly by during the Holocaust? This question is one that continues to echo today. For many years it was commonly thought that the "Final Solution" was shrouded in secrecy, as it was indeed planned to be by Nazi Germany. Yet Information regarding the mass murder of Jews in Europe began to reach the free world soon after these actions began. What did this information entail and how did it reach the "outside world"?

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How did leaders, diplomats, and citizens around the world respond to the events of the Holocaust?
How did leaders, diplomats, and citizens around the world respond to the events of the Holocaust?
Examining responses to events of the 1930s and 1940s raises questions about responsibility to intervene in the face of knowledge of persecution or genocide in another country.
Why Was America So Reluctant to Take Action on the Holocaust?
Examination of the U.S.’ complex, often shameful response to the rise of Nazism and the plight of Jewish refugees
Could Churchill have done more to prevent the holocaust? The evidence of a personal letter
Examination of a letter written by Winston Churchill in July 1944, and what it reveals about the Allies’ knowledge of and response to the holocaust.
Analyzing Allied Inaction in the Holocaust: Anti-Semitism or Military Necessity?
When examining the actions and missed opportunities of the Allied powers in response to Hitler, historians have tended to focus on Allied refugee policies, Allied reporting on the realities of Nazi occupation throughout Europe, and the decisions made about military intervention targeted at Nazi concentration camps. Among scholars, controversy exists about the role of the United Kingdom and the United States in blocking the immigration of Jewish refugees to safe zones around the world.