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The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945

David S. Wyman

The author sets out to show that, whilst the Nazis were the murderers, Americans were all-too-passive accomplices, contending that a substantial commitment by the United States to rescuing Jewish people could have saved hundreds of thousands of Nazi victims.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · low confidenceCatalog subject evidence is still thin for this record; the current assignment is provisional.War & Military43 signalsReligion32 signalsAmerican History21 signalsKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Religion -> ReligionKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryHolocaustWorld War IIGenocide, Atrocity & Political ViolenceReligion & Religious Movements

Award History

2 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: Nonfiction1985WinnerOfficial source
National Jewish Book Awards: Holocaust1985WinnerSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor1984FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Although Nazis murdered Jews, the United States was largely passive; a substantial American commitment to rescuing Jewish people could have saved hundreds of thousands of Nazi victims.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.