Why did America not bomb Auschwitz?
TitleWhy did America not bomb Auschwitz?
Author
Call numberP940.547243094386/022
Object number10659
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherHebrew University of Jerusalem
Year of publication
2007
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesA paper written as part of the seminar: Analyzing U.S. Foreign Policy
Description
Examines why the United States failed to bomb the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp and the rail lines leading to it.The question whether the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) could or should have attempted bombing, although speculative and hypothetical, is not detached from the former, purely historical one. On the contrary, the two are inseparable. For in order to determine the American motivation for not bombing, it is necessary to asses the genuineness and sincerity of the arguments with which the bombing appeals were rejected in 1944.