The Holocaust Averted : An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938-1967 /
Gurock, Jeffrey S.
The Holocaust Averted : An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938-1967 / Jeffrey S. Gurock. - 1 online resource (320 p.)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The increasingly popular genre of "alternative histories" has captivated audiences by asking questions like "what if the South had won the Civil War?" Such speculation can be instructive, heighten our interest in a topic, and shed light on accepted history. In The Holocaust Averted, Jeffrey Gurock imagines what might have happened to the Jewish community in the United States if the Holocaust had never occurred and forces readers to contemplate how the road to acceptance and empowerment for today's American Jews could have been harder than it actually was. Based on reasonable alternatives grounded in what is known of the time, places, and participants, Gurock presents a concise narrative of his imagined war-time saga and the events that followed Hitler's military failures. While German Jews did suffer under Nazism, the millions of Jews in Eastern Europe survived and were able to maintain their communities. Since few people were concerned with the safety of European Jews, Zionism never became popular in the United States and social antisemitism kept Jews on the margins of society. By the late 1960s, American Jewish communities were far from vibrant. This alternate history-where, among many scenarios, Hitler is assassinated, Japan does not bomb Pearl Harbor, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt is succeeded after two terms by Robert A. Taft-does cause us to review and better appreciate history. As Gurock tells his tale, he concludes every chapter with a short section that describes what actually happened and, thus, further educates the reader.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813572376 9780813572406
10.36019/9780813572406 doi
2014021724
Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.
Israel and the diaspora.
Jew--Identity.--United States
Jews--Attitudes toward Israel.--United States
Jews--Identity.--United States
Jews--Politics and government--United States--20th century.
Zionism--History--United States--20th century.
HISTORY / General.
holocaust, american jew, jewish studies, jewry, new york jews, hitler, world war 2, ww2, WWII, jewish history, alternate history, extermination, germany.
E184.36.P64 / G87 2015 E184.36.P64 / G87 2015
973/.04924
The Holocaust Averted : An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938-1967 / Jeffrey S. Gurock. - 1 online resource (320 p.)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The increasingly popular genre of "alternative histories" has captivated audiences by asking questions like "what if the South had won the Civil War?" Such speculation can be instructive, heighten our interest in a topic, and shed light on accepted history. In The Holocaust Averted, Jeffrey Gurock imagines what might have happened to the Jewish community in the United States if the Holocaust had never occurred and forces readers to contemplate how the road to acceptance and empowerment for today's American Jews could have been harder than it actually was. Based on reasonable alternatives grounded in what is known of the time, places, and participants, Gurock presents a concise narrative of his imagined war-time saga and the events that followed Hitler's military failures. While German Jews did suffer under Nazism, the millions of Jews in Eastern Europe survived and were able to maintain their communities. Since few people were concerned with the safety of European Jews, Zionism never became popular in the United States and social antisemitism kept Jews on the margins of society. By the late 1960s, American Jewish communities were far from vibrant. This alternate history-where, among many scenarios, Hitler is assassinated, Japan does not bomb Pearl Harbor, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt is succeeded after two terms by Robert A. Taft-does cause us to review and better appreciate history. As Gurock tells his tale, he concludes every chapter with a short section that describes what actually happened and, thus, further educates the reader.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813572376 9780813572406
10.36019/9780813572406 doi
2014021724
Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.
Israel and the diaspora.
Jew--Identity.--United States
Jews--Attitudes toward Israel.--United States
Jews--Identity.--United States
Jews--Politics and government--United States--20th century.
Zionism--History--United States--20th century.
HISTORY / General.
holocaust, american jew, jewish studies, jewry, new york jews, hitler, world war 2, ww2, WWII, jewish history, alternate history, extermination, germany.
E184.36.P64 / G87 2015 E184.36.P64 / G87 2015
973/.04924