Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Responses to Hitler''s Rise America Hopes for a Restrained Hitler Document 1.1 "Just in Case He Goosesteps Too Much!" Dorothy Thompson Reports from Germany Document 1.2 "Starve, Humiliate, Degrade the Jew; In Every Walk, Trade Profession, Nazi Pressure in Law and Slogan" The New York Times Interviews Hitler Document 1.3 "Hitler Seeks Jobs for All Germans" Boycotting German Goods Document 1.4 "No Trading with Germany" Hitler on Trial at Madison Square Garden Document 1.5 Hitler on Trial--Resolution and Verdict Further Reading 2. The American Mood Antisemitism in Congress Document 2.

1 Congressman John Rankin''s Remarks before the House "Racial Science" Spreads Document 2.2 The Passing of the Great Race Father Coughlin and Hate Radio Document 2.3 Father Coughlin''s Radio Address Concerning Kristallnacht Antisemitic Attitudes among the Public Document 2.4 Polls by Roper (1938) and Opinion Research (1940) on Antisemitic Attitudes Antisemitism in the State Department Document 2.5 Antisemitic Remarks by State Department Officials Further Reading 3. Doing Business with Hitler U.S. Participation in the Nazi Olympics Document 3.

1 "To the Sport-Loving Public of the United States" Apologizing to Hitler Document 3.2 Secretary of State Apologizes to Hitler A Cabinet Member Participates in a Pro-Nazi Rally Document 3.3 "''Heil Hitler'' Resounds as Steuben Society Denounces Boycott, Acclaims New Germany" Censoring Criticism of Hitler Document 3.4 FDR Objects to Secretary of the Interior''s Criticism of Hitler FDR Urges "Quarantining" of Aggressor Nations Document 3.5 "FDR''s Quarantine Speech" Further Reading 4. The Universities and the Nazis Nazi Ambassador Speaks at Columbia Document 4.1 "Luther Calls Hitler Critics ''Old-Timers''" Nazi Official Visits Harvard Document 4.2 "Render unto Caesar" A Nazi University Celebrates Document 4.

3 "Heidelberg" American Students in Nazi Germany Document 4.4 "Germany Discussed by One Who Spent Junior Year There" Abandoning Refugee Scholars Document 4.5 Hamilton College President''s Letter Regarding Hiring Refugee Scholars Further Reading 5. U.S. Immigration Policy Immigration Statistics Document 5.1 "Annual Quotas and Quota Immigrants Admitted, Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1925 to 1944, by Countries" When Anne Frank Tried to Come to America Document 5.2 Anne Frank''s Father Asks American Industrialist to Help the Frank Family Immigrate "Postpone and Postpone and Postpone" Document 5.

3 The Assistant Secretary of State on Ways to Obstruct Immigration The "Close Relatives" Rule Document 5.4 U.S. Immigration Regulation Regarding Applicants Leaving "Close Relatives" Behind Albert Einstein''s Plea to the First Lady Document 5.5 Albert Einstein Asks the First Lady to Oppose New Immigration Restrictions Further Reading 6. Searching for a Haven James McDonald Resigns in Protest Document 6.1 Resignation of the High Commissioner for Refugees Coming from Germany Eyewitness to Horror Document 6.2 "Jews Humiliated by Vienna Crowds" The Evian Conference Document 6.

3 Refugee Problem Announcement in Preparation for the Evian Conference Suicide of a Jewish Refugee Document 6.4 "Ends Life to Escape Return to Germany" FDR Responds to Kristallnacht Document 6.5 President Roosevelt''s Statement Concerning the Kristallnacht Pogrom Further Reading 7. The Doomed Journey of the St. Louis Offer of Haven in the Virgin Islands Document 7.1 "Virgin Islands Too Offer Haven for Oppressed Jews" A Child Appeals to the First Lady Document 7.2 Eleven-Year-Old Beseeches the First Lady to Accept the Refugees St. Louis Passengers Appeal to the White House Document 7.

3 St. Louis Captain''s Log Record of Passengers'' Telegram to the White House Secretaries of State and Treasury Discuss the St. Louis Document 7.4 Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury Confer on the St. Louis "The Saddest Ship Afloat" Document 7.5 "Refugee Ship" Further Reading 8. The Wagner-Rogers Bill to Save Children The Wagner-Rogers Bill Document 8.1 Text of the Wagner-Rogers Bill (H.

R.J. Res. 165 and 168) "20,000 Ugly Adults" Document 8.2 Remark by FDR''s Cousin against Wagner-Rogers President Roosevelt''s Position Document 8.3 FDR''s "File No Action" Note on Wagner-Rogers Helen Hayes Testifies for Admitting Children Document 8.4 "First Lady of the American Theater" Testifies for Admitting German Refugee Children Agnes Waters Testifies against Admitting Children Document 8.5 "Mother Witness" Testifies against Admitting German Refugee Children Further Reading 9.

American Rescuers The State Department Rebuffs Varian Fry Document 9.1 "You Should Inform Dr. Bohn and Mr. Fry" The Krauses Rescue Fifty Children from Germany and Austria Document 9.2 Erika Tamar''s Passport to America The Sharps'' Rescue Mission in Czechoslovakia Document 9.3 Martha Sharp''s Recollections about Rescue Work in Czechoslovakia Lois Gunden Shelters Children in Vichy France Document 9.4 Recollections of Hiding French Jewish Children from the Nazis Roddie Edmonds Shields Jewish GIs from the Nazis Document 9.5 Testimony Regarding Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds''s Bravery Further Reading 10.

Genocide Confirmed The Bund Report Document 10.1 "Report of the Bund Regarding the Persecution of the Jews--May 1942" The Riegner Telegram Document 10.2 Gerhart Riegner''s Telegram Revealing the Nazis'' Annihilation Plan The Sternbuch Telegram Document 10.3 The Sternbuch Telegram Revealing Additional Details of the Mass Murder The Allies'' Declaration Document 10.4 "German Policy of Extermination of the Jewish Race" Jan Karski Reports to President Roosevelt Document 10.5 A Polish Underground Courier''s 1943 Conversation with President Roosevelt Further Reading 11. All the News the Media Could Fit The New York Times on Babi Yar Document 11.1 Two Reporters'.