America Views the Holocaust 1933-1945.
In "Statement of Non-Jewish Advocates of Boycott", supports the writer's impression of American participation in the Olympics. Americans cannot take honor for their role and participation in the Olympics. It was an outcry to other countries, so that they could see Nazi Germany treatment. By Americans protesting participation in the Olympics, Americans would be even more concerned about involvement in the War.
In "Exchange between Raymond Geist and George Messersmith", explained concerns about the US State Department's response to pleas of Jews in Germany and Austria. Geist voiced his views of Jews being killed quickly. He stated that France and England would have to help in the struggle. Messersmith's response was that our Government should not take care of German refugee movements, because the Government could not handle it. These letters would clearly affect American views in getting involved in the war.
"Father Coughlin: Am I an Anti-Semite?" Father Coughlin first took to the airwaves in 1926, broadcasting weekly sermons over the radio. By the early 1930s the content of his broadcasts had shifted from theology to economics and politics. Just as the rest of the nation was obsessed by matters economic and political in the aftermath of the Depression, so too was Father Coughlin. Coughlin had a well-developed theory of what he termed "social justice," predicated on monetary "reforms." He began as an early Roosevelt supporter, coining a famous expression, that the nation's choice was between "Roosevelt or ruin." Later in the 1930s he turned against FDR and became one of the president's harshest critics. His program of "social justice" was a very radical challenge to capitalism and to many of the political institutions of his day. Although his core message was one of economic populism, his sermons also included attacks on prominent Jewish figures--attacks that many people considered evidence of anti-Semitism.
