The United States
during the Holocaust
Narrative Introduction
The content of the website about
the Holocaust was created by four students, Carly
Wolf, Keren Wexler, Lauren Freeman, and [name removed], at the University of California
at Santa Barbara in November 2003
in an introductory lecture course about the Holocaust. (link
to course homepage)(link to
author page)
Carly Wolf, a sophomore with a double major
in Psychology and Sociology examined the work of Deborah Lipstadt in Beyond Belief: The American Press and the
Coming of the Holocaust 1933-1945 and Robert H. Abzug in America
Views the Holocaust, 1933-1945: A Brief Documentary History. Her page concentrated on the general
public’s response to the events of Holocaust and in general
America’s
denial. Carly describes the means by which American opinions formed
concerning the Holocaust which consequently led to their late involvement or
mediation of the events in
Germany.
(Link to
Carly’s Denial Page)
Keren Wexler, a Sociology
major, is interested in understanding the racial, cultural and ethnic inter-workings
of American society. She focused
on America’s
possible ignorance during the Holocaust as evident through the inaccurate
information released by the Nazi regime.
Deborah Lipstadt and Robert H. Abzug provide information that supports her claim. (Link to Keren’s
Ignorance Page)
Lauren Freeman, a sophomore English major,
examines Anti-Semitism in America
during the Holocaust. Based on her research from David Wyman's book
entitled "The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945,"
Lauren argues that a surprisingly large number of Americans, both in the general
public and in the government, were Anti-Semitic, and thus, did not involve
themselves in WWII until 1941. (Link
to Lauren’s Anti-Semitism Page)
7/6/07: One author's paragraph removed at the request of that author.