America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
★ 10 · 1994 · 85m · Documentary · History
As the campaign to force Jews out of Germany ramps up, the American government blocks efforts to help rescue many of these displaced persons, and Americans' antisemitism only seems to get worse.
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