The united states didn't intervene during WW2, until the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan.
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• American wanted to stay out war in the beginning but were drawn into it after Pearl Harbor. Breitman, Richard, [1998] • The Holocaust was regarded as European issue in which the Jews of that continent were targeted for total destruction. • Jews, who were already living in the United States, became outspoken citizens pushing for a more humane refugee policy. • Some newspapers like New York Times published rumors but were vague about the Holocaust. Breitman, Richard. [1998] • Some historians conjecture American corporations were profiting from the war. • Some believe that the scope of the tragedies were too difficult for Americans to believe. • President Roosevelt preoccupied with the Great Depression. • New quota system of the U.S. with severe restrictions on immigration based on nationality. People who had a guaranteed job upon arrival in the US were admitted only. • Roosevelt adhered to Hoover's immigration policy. |
• The President's couldn’t fight legislation like the St. Louis or the Wagner-Rogers Billswhich would increased refugees numbers because of political opposition Richard Breitman; Alan M. Kraut [1987].
• Roosevelt's opponents in the Congress threatened to introduce legislation that would reduce, rather than increase, the INS quota. Anti-Semitism and isolationist sentiments in the US Congress. • The concentration camps discovery by US troops made the Holocaust real as to what happened. |
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Breitman, Richard, Official Secrets: What the Nazis Planned, What the British and Americans Knew. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998.
Richard Breitman; Alan M. Kraut. (1987). American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933-1945. Indiana University Press. p. 73ff.
Richard Breitman; Alan M. Kraut. (1987). American Refugee Policy and European Jewry, 1933-1945. Indiana University Press. p. 73ff.