Buried by the Times : the Holocaust and America's most important newspaper / Laurel Leff.

Author/creator Leff, Laurel, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents "Last voice from the abyss" -- I: 1933-1941 -- "Not a Jewish problem": the publisher's perspective on the Nazis' rise and the refugee crisis -- :This here is Germany": reporting from the Berlin bureau -- "Worthy of France": the vichy government's anti-semitic laws and concentration camps -- "A new life in Nazi-built ghettos": German domination of Poland, Rumania, and the Baltic states -- II: 1942-1945 -- "To awaken the conscience of Christendom": pressure to publicize the first news of the extermination campaign -- "Amidst the advertisements on page 19": placement decisions and the role of the news editors -- "All Jews are not brothers": the publisher's fight with Zionists -- "The Semitic question should be avoided": German atrocities and U.S. government propaganda -- "Final phase of supreme tragedy has begun": The war refugee board and the destruction of Hungary's Jews -- "Political prisoners, slave laborers, and civilians of many nationalities": the liberation of the concentration camps -- "Lessons from the Hitler tragedy": the publisher and the aftermath of war -- "The horrible story was not told".
Local noteLittle-346374--305131052118U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 377-416) and index.
LCCN 2004018271
ISBN0521812879 (hardback)
ISBN0521607825 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks D804.7.P73 L44 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold