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The Myth of Rescue
Summary: William Rubinstein disagrees with the idea, that the allies could have done much more to help the Jews, and explains why it was so difficult to assist them.
"The Myth of Rescue" by William Rubinstein has no doubt been one of the most attacked books by reviewers on this matter of the Holocaust. Rubinstein disagrees with the idea that some scholars supported, that the allies could have done much more to help the Jews, and explains why it was so difficult to assist them. Rubinstein's construction of the situation faced by the Jews of Nazi occupied Europe demonstrates some coherent and thoughtful points about the period of the slaughter of the Jews.
His arguments in opposition to the suggestion made by the different scholars were based on the following facts.
In 1938-39, from the 10 millions Jews that were in continental Europe, among those, 7 million were in Nazi Territory after the extension of the Nazi territory in 1942, so it would have been very difficult for the allies to reach them.
Hitler's plans in 1939 before the invasion of...
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