1st Edition

The Myth of Rescue Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from the Nazis

By W.D. Rubinstein Copyright 1997
    300 Pages
    by Routledge

    298 Pages
    by Routledge

    It has long been argued that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Arguing that this has been consistently misinterpreted, The Myth of Rescue states that few Jews who perished could have been saved by any action of the Allies. In his new introduction to the paperback edition, Willliam Rubinstein responds to the controversy caused by his challenging views, and considers further the question of bombing Auschwitz, which remains perhaps the most widely discussed alleged lost opportunity for saving Jews available to the Allies.

    INTRODUCTION 1 THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF RESCUE 2 THE MYTH OF CLOSED DOORS, 1933–9 3 THE MYTH OF PLANS FOR RESCUE 4 THE MYTH OF BOMBING AUSCHWITZ 5 THE MYTH OF THE WAR REFUGEE BOARD 6 THE MYTH OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NAZIS 7 THE MYTH OF RESCUE

    Biography

    William D.Rubinstein

    'Rubinstein, laying about him with a keen eye for vulnerable spots, has written a very good book.' - Norman Stone, The Guardian