Beyond Belief : The American Press And The Coming Of The Holocaust, 1933- 1945

This most complete study to date of American press reactions to the Holocaust sets forth in abundant detail how the press nationwide played down or even ignored reports of Jewish persecutions over a twelve-year period. History,General Content: Introduction: shaping the news -- 1. Dateline Berlin: covering the Nazi whirlwind -- 2. Making meaning of events -- 3. The Olympic Games: Germany triumphant -- 4. 1938: from Anschluss to Kristallnacht -- 5. Barring the gates to children and refugee ships -- 6. Fifth-column fears -- 7. Deportation to annihilation: the first reports -- 8. Official confirmation -- 9. Reluctant rescuers -- 10. Witness to the persecution -- 11. Against belief. Examines the role of the American press in presenting the information known about the Jewish Holocaust during World War II to the American people in such a way that it fostered inaction and indifference. As soon as the Nazis came to power, they began to institute anti-semitic measures.