Holocaust

After discussing whether to intervene, they concluded that they had to remain silent, so as not to compromise their neutrality. In July of 1942,.
             the Vatican and the Red Cross received confirmed reports of the Holocaust. After discussing whether to intervene, they concluded that they had to remain silent, so as not to compromise their neutrality. In July of 1942, news reports of the killings were aired in London, however, nothing came of it because the reports were in French. Head of the CIA, Allen Dulles.
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             received an account of the camps from two inmates in 1944. Despite being quote-unquote "profoundly shocked" he remained silent for two years. The worst show of the world's indifference was in the case of the ship named the St. Louis. From May to June of 1939, the St. Louis carrying 930 Jewish refugees, 734 of which had permission to enter America and all of which had.
             Cuban landing certificates went from country to country requesting asylum. All but 22 who were accepted into Cuba, were refused entry into America, Paraguay, Chile, Columbia, Argentina, and Cuba. Finally on June 12, Britain, Holland, Belgium, and France accepted the refugees. The majority of those that were taken onto continental Europe perished within twelve months, the 287 that went to Britain survived the war. In addition to the nation's ignoring the crisis of the Holocaust, the Jews outside of Europe were relatively inactive.
             There was very little done by the Jewish communities to help their brethren, and their feeble attempts were not supported by the nations in which they lived. Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. The Wannsee Conference was the 1942 Reich congress were the Final Solution, the plan to kill all the Jews, was completed. Wise took the minutes, which included the "Blueprints for the Extermination" to President Roosevelt.