A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust
THE UNKNOWN STORY OF THE MAN WHO LED AMERICA'S MOST EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN TO RESCUE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST Now in paperback, A Race Against Death tells the story of Peter Bergson, the man who made it impossible for American leaders to plead ignorance of German atrocities and organized America's most effective campaign to rescue victims of the Holocaust. A Race Against Death utilizes extensive firsthand interviews to present Peter Bergson's own account of his remarkable life. Facing the threat of deportation and persistent opposition to his activities, Bergson employed every conceivable method to influence policy and public opinion; he personal…
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Weitere Autoren: Medoff, Rafael
- ISBN: 978-1-56584-856-6
- EAN: 9781565848566
- Produktnummer: 9318981
- Verlag: New Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.3 cm 467 g
- Gewicht: 467
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David S. Wyman is the chairman of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and the Josiah DuBois Professor of History, emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 (The New Press) and Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, 1938-1941; the co-author, with Rafael Medoff, of A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust (The New Press); and the editor of the thirteen-volume America and the Holocaust and The World Reacts to the Holocaust. He holds honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College and Yeshiva University.Rafael Medoff is a visiting scholar in the Jewish Studies program at the State University of New York at Purchase and author of The Deafening Silence: American Jewish Leaders and the Holocaust.
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