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FDR’s Jewish Problem — And Its Japanese Link
What does FDR’s mass internment of the Japanese have to do with his response to the Holocaust? More than you might think.
Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; his most recent book is The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust.
What does FDR’s mass internment of the Japanese have to do with his response to the Holocaust? More than you might think.
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The idea of using military force against mass murderers is no mere history lesson; it is a military strategy for a better world.
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Smuggled diaries remain one of the most valuable eyewitness accounts of the fate of the Jews in the Nazi era.
Couric joins a growing list of authors who have altered the unflattering words of individuals whom they admire, in order to shield them from embarrassment.
The Zionist movement had always expected that the Negev desert would be part of the future Jewish state. But London and Washington had other ideas.
The president who presented himself to the public as a humanitarian and a champion of the downtrodden went out of his way to maintain good diplomatic and economic ties with the world’s most brutal violator of human rights.