Posts Tagged: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joe Biden, FDR, and the Nazis
Regardless of the outcome of next week’s election, former Vice President Joe Biden will have the distinction of being the first American presidential candidate to...
Why FDR Turned Away Jewish Students
A recent New York Times article told the poignant story of an unlikely romance between two prisoners in Auschwitz. Buried deep within the full-page feature about...
When Jews Kept Quiet
The appalling failure of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide an American refuge for European Jews confronting the horrors of the Holocaust has long been...
FDR Gets Credit for His Response to Kristallnacht — He Shouldn’t
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom in Nazi Germany. How is it that even after eight decades, some new museum exhibits,...
Is the U.S. Willing to Fight Against Islamic Terrorism No Matter How Long, No Matter How Costly in Blood and Treasure?
In his address to Congress after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said it was "a...
