Re: [Cz-L] An infamous Czernowitzer

Cornel,

You are certainly right about the American State Dept.

Mimi
On Feb 25, 2013, at 5:11 AM, cornel fleming wrote:

> Mimi...by the 1943 part of the war none were short of
> planes...they were
> short of what in Czernowitz was called "Rachmunes" and in modern
> Ivrit
> rachmanut....plus State Dept anti-Semitism was a factor. Cornel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miriam Taylor [mailto:mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 3:45 AM
> To: hedbren_at_zahav.net.il
> Cc: cornel fleming; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] An infamous Czernowitzer
>
>
> At the time of WW2 American Jews were not in a position
> to help European Jews. There was Anti-Semitism and
> discrimination against Jews by both elected officials as well
> as the advisors in the state department.
>
> It is also worth remembering that all the allies; Britain, France,
> the US, USSR, Canada, etc. were not prepared for the war,
> they were short of planes, ammunition, fuel and everything else.
> They may not have bombed the trains to Auschwitz, because
> they truly believed that bombing other targets would help them
> win the war.
>
> Mimi
>

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