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

By:

Leff, Laurel, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: 1 online resource (xii, 426 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781316266137
1316266133
9781316263587
1316263584
9781107050914
110705091X
0521812879
9780521812870
1316260747
9781316260746
1316262189
9781316262184
1316265048
9781316265048

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buried by the TimesDDC classification:

070.4/499405318 22

LOC classification:

D804.7.P73 L44 2005eb

NLM classification:

000115849

Other classification:

05.33
NQ 2360
8
8,1

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Contents:

"Last voice from the abyss" -- 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 -- 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."

Summary: An in-depth look at how The New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939-1945. It examines how the decisions that were made at The Times ultimately resulted in the minimizing and misunderstanding of modern history's worst genocide. Laurel Leff, a veteran journalist and professor of journalism, recounts how personal relationships at the newspaper, the assimilationist tendencies of The Times' Jewish owner, and the ethos of mid-century America, all led The Times to consistently downplay news of the Holocaust. It recalls how news of Hitler's 'final solution' was hidden from readers and-because of the newspaper's influence on other media-from America at large. Buried by The Times is required reading for anyone interested in America's response to the Holocaust and for anyone curious about how journalists determine what is newsworthy.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-416) and index.

An in-depth look at how The New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939-1945. It examines how the decisions that were made at The Times ultimately resulted in the minimizing and misunderstanding of modern history's worst genocide. Laurel Leff, a veteran journalist and professor of journalism, recounts how personal relationships at the newspaper, the assimilationist tendencies of The Times' Jewish owner, and the ethos of mid-century America, all led The Times to consistently downplay news of the Holocaust. It recalls how news of Hitler's 'final solution' was hidden from readers and-because of the newspaper's influence on other media-from America at large. Buried by The Times is required reading for anyone interested in America's response to the Holocaust and for anyone curious about how journalists determine what is newsworthy.