Where was America During the Holocaust?

The U.S., during WWII, under FDR did little to help European Jews who were seeking to flee from the Nazis. Very few Jewish refugees were allowed into the U.S. Roosevelt would not bomb the rail lines leading to Auschwitz. The lack of compassion and the refusal to increase quotas for endangered Jews made this one of the dark episodes in U.S. history.

Recorded at the University of Colorado.