Response of Other Countries to the Holocaust

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Trade Unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)

"In February 1942- The Romanian government proposes to the Allies the transfer of 70,000 Jews to Palestine, but receives no response from Britain or the U.S.March 1, 1943- In New York, American Jews hold a mass rally at Madison Square Garden to pressure the U.S. government into helping the Jews of Europe.January 24, 1944- In response to political pressure to help Jews under Nazi control, President Roosevelt creates the War Refugee Board.In July 1944- Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrives in Budapest, Hungary, and proceeds to save nearly 33,000 Jews by issuing diplomatic papers and establishing 'safe houses.'"("The History Place")

RESPONSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES TO THE HOLOCAUST

•The U.S. government received information about the Holocaust, but at first, didn't believe it. When the U.S. received evidence that the reports about the Holocaust were true, The War Department insisted that the information was to be kept classified.•American and British Jewish organizations wanted their governments to help out. So, Great Britain and the U.S. said they would develop a plan to rescue the Jews during an emergency conference.•Defenders of the Allied policy argue the Auschwitz camp should not have been bombed because it would kill many prisoners. But, Erdheim noted that some Birkenau prisoners worked outside of the camps. So, if they did bomb the camp, the number of casualties wouldn't be so high.•The Pope Pius XII was asked to interfere to prevent the deportation of Slovakian Jews to Auschwitz. The Allies begged the Pope to make a statement to disprove Nazi Germany's actions.•Denmark was the only country that resisted the Nazi's attempts to transfer its Jewish citizens. On September 28, 1943, George Ferdinand Duckwitz told the Danish resistance that the Nazis were going to deport Danish Jews. So they made a nationwide plan to smuggle the Jews to neutral Sweden by sea.

Buchenwald concentration camp prisoners

Facts

Map of Concentration camps

Pope Pius XII and Adolf Hitler

U.S. Anti-Jewish Poster

British Prime Minister Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler

Political Cartoon about U.S. Attitude of Holocaust

Timeline

By: Joy Hueber