The Roosevelt administration made a conscious decision, even after the U.S. entered the war, to focus on military defeat of the Nazi regime. The rescue of Holocaust victims was a much lower priority. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.
“America First” dominated U.S. sentiments in WWII
Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins