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World Reaction

The United States with much of the world ignored the early stages of the Holocaust because of the high popularity of the Nazi among the people. Some countries allowed Jews escaping the the Nazi some denied and some did not take nay action at all. Most of the American did not want to get involved with the other countries affaris because it had only led to back things. Everyones' opinions' changed after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. That day the United States declared war and seven days after the Allys of Japan, Germany, declared war on the United States. A year after the war had started President Roosevelt had received word that there is a large extermination of Jews. On March 27, 1933 mass anti-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden, New York. The allies told Germany that they will be punished for there crimes but they did not do much about saving the prisoners. They did not do as much as drop bombs on the railroads that were taking the Jews to the concentration or drop bombs on the concentrations camps that had the gas chambers. . They said that they would rather concentrated their war effort on battles.The genocide caught some attention in the U.S. newspapers which had disbelief and skepticism. Since the war was going so well the United States and others. allies deiced to take down some of the concentration camps. Britain treated German Jews refugees that would help the country with certain skill they possesOthers that had no great skill and were just looking to get away were not allowed in the country. May, 1939 British government issues a White Paper which restricts future Jewish immigration to Palestine to 75,000 over the next five years.Under the Kindertransport scheme About 10,000 Jewish children were brought to Britain in 1939, and placed with British families. Their parents were not allowed in the country and they had to pay for the children accessories.

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