2. What was happening in America during this time period
What was happening in America during this time period? How did this shape American debates about events in Nazi Germany?
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3. What did Americans see in the news about events in Nazi Germany?
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4. What actions did Americans take in response to the persecution of Jews in Germany? Consider the actions of individuals, communities, organizations, and the government.
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5. Personal Stories: Describe actions taken by an individual who responded to Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany in the early 1930s. Example: Dorothy Thompson
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6. What was happening in America during this time period
What was happening in America during this time period? How did this shape American debates about events in Nazi Germany?
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7. What did Americans see in the news about events in Nazi Germany?
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8. What actions did Americans take in response to Nazi persecution of Jews? Consider the actions of individuals, communities, organizations, and the government.
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9. Personal Stories: Describe the actions of an individual who helped refugees.
Give an example from Americans Who Dared
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10. What was happening in America during this time period
What was happening in America during this time period? How did this shape American debates about entering World War II?
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11. How was the war portrayed to the American public before Pearl Harbor
How was the war portrayed to the American public before Pearl Harbor? How did it change after the attack?
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12. What actions did Americans take in response to concerns about national security and potential American involvement in the war? Consider the actions of individuals, communities, organizations, and the government.
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13. Franklin D. Roosevelt: How did the president influence the debate about whether to enter the war?
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14. What did Americans see in the news about the murder of Europe’s Jews?
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15. How does pressure build on the US government to take action in response to news of the Holocaust?
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16. What actions did the US government take during this period to help Jews and other victims of the Holocaust?
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17. Personal Stories: Describe the actions of an individual who tried to rescue Jews targeted for genocide.
Example: Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
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18. Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
The Museum wishes to acknowledge and thank the following donors to the Americans and the Holocaust initiative:
Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine
The Bildners–Joan & Allen z”l, Elisa Spungen & Rob, Nancy & Jim
Jane and Daniel Och
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Ruth Miriam Bernstein
Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation
In Memory of Simon Konover
Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family
Benjamin and Seema Pulier Charitable Foundation
David and Fela Shapell Family Foundation
Laurie and Sy Sternberg
The Museum's exhibitions are also supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.