What was the initial response of the United States to the german campaign against european jews?

Answer 1

The United States was initially reluctant to get involved in the German campaign against European Jews. Despite the urging of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe led by Peter Bergson, the government refused to intervene early in the conflict.

Answer 2

the press tried to make an issue of it, but the public and the government were unmoved.

The U.S government refused entry to many Jewish refugees. we had a cold and distant attitude about the Jewish problem in Germany because we wanted to stay out of the war but eventually it became apparent that we needed to join in not only to help Briton but Japan after 12/07/41 were allies with Germany so we had no choice but to declare war on Japan & Germany.

Answer 3

The response of the Allies to the persecution and destruction of European Jewry was inadequate. Only in January 1944 was an agency, the War Refugee Board, established for the express purpose of saving the victims of Nazi persecution. Prior to that date, little action was taken. On December 17, 1942, the Allies issued a condemnation of Nazi atrocities against the Jews, but this was the only such declaration made prior to 1944.

Moreover, no attempt was made to call upon the local population in Europe to refrain from assisting the Nazis in their systematic murder of the Jews. Even following the establishment of the War Refugee Board and the initiation of various rescue efforts, the Allies refused to bomb the death camp of Auschwitz and/or the railway lines leading to that camp, despite the fact that Allied bombers were at that time engaged in bombing factories very close to the camp and were well aware of its existence and function.

Other practical measures which were not taken concerned the refugee problem. Tens of thousands of Jews sought to enter the United States, but they were barred from doing so by the stringent American Immigration policy. Even the relatively small quotas of visas which existed were often not filled, although the number of applicants was usually many times the number of available places. Conferences held in Evian, France (1938) and Bermuda (1943) to solve the refugee problem did not contribute to a solution. At the former, the countries invited by the United States and Great Britain were told that no country would be asked to change its immigration laws. Moreover, the British agreed to participate only if Palestine were not considered. At Bermuda, the delegates did not deal with the fate of those still in Nazi hands, but rather with those who had already escaped to neutral lands. Practical measures which could have aided in the rescue of Jews included the following:

· Permission for temporary admission of refugees

· Relaxation of stringent entry requirements

· Frequent and unequivocal warnings to Germany and local populations all over Europe that those participating in the annihilation of Jews would be held strictly accountable

· Bombing the death camp at Auschwitz

Answer 4

There was no response, not even diplomatic or economic sanctions. This led Hitler to be more and more draconian with the Jews and eventually led to the Holocaust.