The Abandonment of the Jews

In this book, David S. Wyman argues that the United States and its allies had opportunities to rescue hundreds of thousands of European Jews during the Holocaust but failed to do so due to a combination of nativism, anti-Semitism, and an unwillingness to act on proposals not deemed of direct strategic value.

Wyman documents how American and British leaders, including President Roosevelt, turned down proposals that could have saved many lives, and how the U.S.

State Department and other governmental agencies obstructed rescue efforts.

The book also critiques the American Jewish leadership for not mounting a unified and sustained drive for government action to rescue Jews.