The United States and the Nazi Holocaust : Race, Refuge, and Remembrance.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The United States and Jewish immigration in the interwar period -- Isolationism and white racial anxiety after World War I -- American Jews in the land of color lines -- America responds to Nazism -- US policy and the Jewish refugee crisis -- 2 Rescue during wartime -- The eruption of war and the closing of US borders -- The fall of France and rescue during wartime -- National security and the US racial order -- US responses to reports from Europe -- Rescue advocacy in the United States -- US policy, intervention, and the War Refugee Board -- The Oswego Camp and ambivalent sanctuary -- 3 Jewish refugees and displaced persons in postwar America -- Jewish DPs in the liberated American sector -- Advocacy for Jewish survivors -- The American Jewish community and postwar mobility -- Shifting narratives of American Jewish silence -- American Jewish philanthropy and resettlement efforts -- Resettlement in comparative perspective: DPs in Canada and Israel -- 4 America confronts the Holocaust, 1945-1960s -- Firsthand accounts -- Film and television -- The Holocaust and historians -- The Holocaust on trial -- 5 America embraces the Holocaust, 1970s-the present -- American Jewry and Holocaust awareness -- Holocaust controversies in the news -- Literature, television, and film -- Memorials and museums -- Holocaust studies -- Holocaust education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Index.

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