Heroes, Antiheroes and the Holocaust: American Jewry and Historical Choice

Fifty years later, we still ponder two questions: How? Why? Was the American Jewish community powerless to intervene in the 1930's and 40's when a fate of catastrophic proportions befell the Jews of Europe? What forces were at work to thwart collective action? What did our leaders know and when did they know it? Whose were the voices trying to sound the alarm? What did they accomplish? Dr. David Morrison, in this ground-breaking volume, sheds much needed light on these and many other questions.