HOW DID THE WORLD RESPOND TO THE HOLOCAUST?
The Nazis could not have accomplished the murder of two-thirds of European Jewry and the destruction of f 1500 years of Jewish culture and history in the space of twelve years without the complicity of others. Such complicity included not only those who collaborated with them, but also those who remained neutral or indifferent, and those who kept silent. Allies and Neutrals: In the 1930s, despite widespread press coverage of the persecution of German Jewry, the United States, Great Britain, and other countries, influenced by antisemitism and the fear of a flood of refugees, were unwilling to change their immigration policies. By 1942, despite confirmed reports about the “Final Solution,” they argued that defeating Germany took precedence over rescue efforts, and so they made no specific attempts to stop or slow the destruction process. Europeans: Although it is important to keep the actions of rescuers in perspective, as they represented less than 1/2 of 1% of occupied Europe’s total p
