Buried by the Times : the Holocaust and America's most important newspaper / Laurel Leff.

"Buried by The Times: The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper is an in-depth look at how the New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939 to 1945. It examines the many decisions that were made up and down the chain of command at the Times - deci...

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Main Author: Leff, Laurel, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Last voice from the abyss"
  • I: 1933-1941
  • "Not a Jewish problem": the publisher's perspective on the Nazis' rise and the refugee crisis
  • :This here is Germany": reporting from the Berlin bureau
  • "Worthy of France": the vichy government's anti-semitic laws and concentration camps
  • "A new life in Nazi-built ghettos": German domination of Poland, Rumania, and the Baltic states
  • II: 1942-1945
  • "To awaken the conscience of Christendom": pressure to publicize the first news of the extermination campaign
  • "Amidst the advertisements on page 19": placement decisions and the role of the news editors
  • "All Jews are not brothers": the publisher's fight with Zionists
  • "The Semitic question should be avoided": German atrocities and U.S. government propaganda
  • "Final phase of supreme tragedy has begun": The war refugee board and the destruction of Hungary's Jews
  • "Political prisoners, slave laborers, and civilians of many nationalities": the liberation of the concentration camps
  • "Lessons from the Hitler tragedy": the publisher and the aftermath of war
  • "The horrible story was not told"