"Israel Bombs Auschwitz” — Why did America not bomb? And why did American Jews not press?

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"Israel Bombs Auschwitz” — Why did America not bomb? And why did American Jews not press?

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To most of us today, it seems patently obvious that there was something fundamentally obscene about the United States (among other countries) participating in the Berlin Olympics of 1936. The world knew of the horrors that were beginning to unfold (the mass killing of Jews hadn't yet started), but chose to turn a blind eye. We know where that got us.

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