Did we "know" the gas chambers were there? Could we have destroyed
them? Why didn't we bomb?
For decades, debate has raged over whether the Allies should
have bombed the gas chambers at Auschwitz and the railroads leading
to the camp, thereby saving thousands of lives and disrupting Nazi
efforts to exterminated European Jews. Was it truly feasible to do
so? did failure to do so simply reflect a callous indifference to
the plight of the Jews or was it a realistic assessment of a plan
that could not succeed? In this volume, a number of eminent
historians address and debate those very questions.
Published in association with the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, this is the first paperback edition of a book that
has been widely hailed by critics and cited by Kirkus Reviews as
"the definitive resource for understanding this deeply troubling
episode in the twentieth century's greatest horror." Prominent
scholars such as Sir Martin Gilbert, Walter Laqueur, Michael
Berenbaum, Gerhard Weinberg, and Williamson Murrag offer a diverse
array of mutually supporting and competing perspectives on the
subject. In the process, they shed important light on how much
knowledge of Auschwitz Allied intelligence actually had and on what
measures the Allies might have taken to halt the killing.
The book is also rich in documentary evidence--including the
correspondence of Churchill, Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Anthony Eden,
and John McCloy--that reveals just how much these men knew about
the situation and what they thought about its potential resolution.
It also includes a selection of the most important documents and
aerial reconnaissance photos from 1944 exploring the feasibility of
an air strike.
Ultimately, these contributions show that the dilemma over
Auschwitz was far more complex than criticisms of inaction would
suggest. The Bombing of Auschwitz is an unusual volume that
confronts life-and-death questions and addresses a matter of
enduring interest for all readers of World War II and Holocaust
history.
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