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358:(1987), Kranzler argued that more lives could have been saved if American-Jewish leaders had lent more support to efforts in Europe to halt the deportations, including the attempts, in Slovakia and Hungary, to bribe and/or pay ransom to the SS. Criticizing the book's factual accuracy,
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Shapiro, the book's defects, particularly its bitter tone and poor editing, undermined its "important and gripping story".
413:'s International Institute for Holocaust Research in 2002–2003, Kranzler engaged in a research project entitled "A Comparative Study on the Worldwide Rescue Effort by Orthodox Jewry During the Holocaust Within the Context of Rescue in General."
272:'s International Institute for Holocaust Research; the title of his research project was "A Comparative Study on the Worldwide Rescue Effort by Orthodox Jewry During the Holocaust Within the Context of Rescue in General".
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America, Israel, Europe and the Far East. He interviewed and recorded over a thousand people, including some of the major Jewish rescuers, such as
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Forman, Leona S. (June 1977). "Reviewed Work: Japanese, Nazis and Jews: The Jewish
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574:(1988). "The Swiss Press Campaign That Halted Deportations to Auschwitz and the Role of the Vatican, the Swiss and Hungarian Churches". In
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of about 400 headlines about the atrocities were triggered by George
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609:Rav Breuer: His Life and His Legacy
555:American Jewry during the Holocaust
523:Contemporary Views on the Holocaust
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962:"Past Research Fellows"
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