| Description |
xii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-416) and index. |
| 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". |
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New York Times Company.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Press coverage -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- United States.
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Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0521812879 hardback |
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0521607825 paperback |
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