| Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935 Contributor(s): McDonald, James G. (Author), Breitman, Richard (Editor), Stewart, Barbara McDonald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253348625 ISBN-13: 9780253348623 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2007 Annotation: An inside look at the early history of the Nazi regime and the indifferent response of world leaders to Nazi persecution of German Jews |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 327.209 |
| LCCN: 2006029729 |
| Physical Information: 1.94" H x 6.58" W x 9.54" (3.08 lbs) 864 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The private diary of James G. McDonald (1886-1964) offers a unique and hitherto unknown source on the early history of the Nazi regime and the Roosevelt administration's reactions to Nazi persecution of German Jews. Considered for the post of U.S. ambassador to Germany at the start of FDR's presidency, McDonald traveled to Germany in 1932 and met with Hitler soon after the Nazis came to power. Fearing Nazi intentions to remove or destroy Jews in Germany, in 1933 he became League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and sought aid from the international community to resettle outside the Reich Jews and others persecuted there. In late 1935 he resigned in protest at the lack of support for his work. This is the eagerly awaited first of a projected three-volume work that will significantly revise the ways that scholars and the world view the antecedents of the Holocaust, the Shoah itself, and its aftermath. |