Language:
English
Year of publication:
1985
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Social Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
47,2 (1985) 95-114
Keywords:
Jews History 1939-1945
Abstract:
Examines reactions of American Jewish organizations, Zionist and non-Zionist, to information regarding the plight of Europe's Jews, from the meeting of the American Zionist movement at New York's Biltmore hotel in May 1942 to the establishment of the American Jewish Conference in August 1943. States that the American Jewish Conference never fulfilled its potential. Its leading organizations took much time in responding to the mass slaughter abroad. With their political influence and financial resources very limited, these groups experienced great difficulty in grasping the magnitude of the catastrophe. They adhered to the Biltmore Program which concentrated on the postwar period (to eventually bring the survivors to Palestine, and to establish an independent Jewish state). Factional squabbles between the organizations continued throughout the war. Notes, however, that these organizations did offer the Allies varied programs of rescue and relief, but the world powers had other concerns during World War II and the European Jewish community "went up in ashes".
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