Language:
English
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Moment
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,2 (1992) 22-27, 47-49
Keywords:
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
;
Jews History 1939-1945
Abstract:
States that, more than his contemporaries, Roosevelt understood that the struggle to contain and then annihilate the Nazis, and the battle against anti-liberal, antisemitic forces in the U.S. were part of the same war. His tactics helped to bring about the collapse of antisemitism and fascism as domestic political forces (e.g. discrediting Coughlin, Lindbergh, and pro-German groups as subversives and traitors). The extremist hatemongering of 1938 could have become the political norm had Roosevelt not acted to destroy the far right and steer America toward war with Germany. Notes his major shortcomings - especially his cowardly refusal to do more for the refugees - but contends that these must be viewed in the light of his achievements. Describes Nazi rage against Roosevelt in statements by Hitler and in Nazi propaganda which branded him as a "war criminal, " "warmonger, " and a "Jew."
Note:
On Roosevelt's policy regarding Nazism and the Holocaust.
URL:
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