Category: Learn History Through Fiction

A 1943 poll showed half of U.S. respondents thought the fact that million of Jews had been murdered was a rumor. By 1944, three-quarters believed Nazi concentration camps were real, but that hundreds of thousands, at most, were killed. The State Department misled Congress and the American people. Today, ignorance of the Holocaust is rampant, especially among millennials and Gen Z. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long lied about Nazi atrocities and the number of refugees admitted to the U.S.

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

The Roosevelt administration made a conscious decision, even after the U.S. entered the war, to focus on military defeat of the Nazi regime. The rescue of Holocaust victims was a much lower priority. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

“America First” dominated U.S. sentiments in WWII

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

American news outlets didn’t take Hitler seriously at first, lampooning him as a fool and the “Vegetarian Superman,” while at the same time quoting him as blaming Jews for Germany’s defeat in WWI and current debts. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

U.S. press depicted Hitler as a fool

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

The U.S. press said they couldn’t see what was coming, yet TIME magazine quoted the Nazi Minister of Propaganda when he blamed Germany’s economic woes on the Jews. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Americans feigned ignorance, but knew what was coming

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

It’s a myth that Americans were ignorant about what was happening in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. A review of magazines and newspapers shows they had ample access to information detailing what the Nazis were doing to Jews and others targeted by Hitler’s regime. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

Ignorance about Nazi persecution in WW2 is a myth; Americans knew!

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

In 1948, the U.S. Congress admitted 200,000 Displaced Persons (DPs), but barred 90% of Jewish survivors who had been to Russia or Poland, suspecting them of being Communist agents. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

U.S. Congress barred thousands of Jews suspected of being Communist spies

Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins

Congress ignored the plight of the one million refugees left in German Displaced Persons (DP) camps, most of them Jews who refused to be repatriated to countries decimated by the Holocaust. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

After WW2, Congress refused to allow Germans in Displaced Persons (DP) camps to immigrate to the U.S., except for several thousand Nazi collaborators and scientists whose expertise could help us fight the cold war against the Soviets. The secret intelligence program was dubbed “Operation Paperclip.” History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.