Arthur D. Morse (1920–1971)
Autor(a) de While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy
About the Author
Obras de Arthur D. Morse
Voyage to Doom 2 cópias
While 6 Million Died. A chronicle of American apathy 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1920-12-27
- Data de falecimento
- 1971-06-01
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Causa da morte
- traffic accident
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Holocaust (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 286
- Popularidade
- #81,618
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 9
- Idiomas
- 1
In February 1973 I borrowed the book from our synagogue's library. I was 15 at the time, and so spellbound that I engineered my bedroom windows so my mother, coming home from a date with my eventual stepfather, couldn't see the lights on in my room from the road.
The book takes us from Hitler's early anti-Jewish policies to the Nuremberg Laws, to Kristallnacht, to the voyage of the St. Louis and the establishment of death camps. In the face of this impending slaughter, the U.S., Canada and to a lesser extent Britain actively prevented Jewish arrivals in safe countries.
During the war, FDR arranged matters so that he could maintain "deniability." Overall, an entrancing book that shook my roots as a budding young Democrat to the core.
I was reading another review of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro. She states in part:
In a similar sense, this book really made Judaism a central part of who I am.… (mais)