Ep. 4: America's Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust with Rebecca Erbelding

The Holocaust History Podcast

What did the US do to rescue Jews from the clutches of the Nazis? This week we talk with Rebecca Erbelding about the War Refugee Board and American efforts to help those targeted by the Nazis.

In this discussion, we touch on a lot of important topics including American immigration policy as well as what the US government and public knew about the Holocaust and when. But, most importantly, we talk about the War Refugee Board and the remarkable ways in which it sought to fight for refugees and against the Nazis.]

Rebecca Erbelding is an historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She can be found on Twitter @rerbelding and on BlueSky at @rerbelding.bsky.social.

Her award-winning book is Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe.

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