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Causes Of The Holocaust

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In the late 1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the next day United States declared war on Japan (“The Holocaust and World War II: Timeline”). Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agreed upon defeating Nazi Germany rather than saving Jews should be their top priority (“Franklin Delano Roosevelt”). It is believed that winning on the side of the Allies of World War II is the only way to end all unjust, inappropriate behaviors, and wrongdoing towards victims of the Holocaust. After confirming details about Hitler’s Final Solution (Germans planning to annihilate Europe's Jews), Allied governments issued a public declaration vowing that after the war, perpetrators will be punished and they are condemning Nazi Germany’s “‘bestial policy of cold-blooded extermination’ of Jews” (“American Presidency Project”). Thereafter, Roosevelt met with notable leaders within the Jewish community in which they discussed the horrors of the news in camps and genocide, but Roosevelt did not promise to rescue or liberate the victims. In a way, this demonstrates Roosevelt as a great leader because he does not make any empty promises towards civilians. In the United States, more and more people are exposed about mass killings, which puts on pressure, leading to a conference between United States and Great Britain in order to explore rescue options, but ultimately produced no results (“Franklin Delano Roosevelt”). This frustrated and disappointed not only the American Jews, but also members of

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