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Classified papers released in 1978 clearly show that as early as 1942, the governments of the world – particularly the Americans and the British – definitely knew what was happening. But nothing would be done until 1944.
The question is often asked: Why didn’t they do anything? Remember, everything worked on the railways. Without the railways, the masses of Jews could not reach the camps. And the rabbis were pleading, "Please bomb the railroad lines to the camps!"
One response was, "We can’t spare any planes because of the war effort. When the Germans are defeated, everything will stop."
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View of Auschwitz-Birkenau Camps |
Another response was: "We fight by the rules, we fight by the books, we don’t fight dirty. The only time we ‘blanket-bombed’ was ‘tit for tat’ when the Germans bombed Coventry, when they ‘blanket-bombed’ us."
But realize that planes could go over specific targets, and drop their bombs. And what of unused bombs still on the plane? A plane could not come back to England and land with a bomb on board, because the landing jolt could detonate the bomb. "At least, use those bombs!"
The response was, "We can’t, because we might hit civilian targets." So extra bombs were dropped in the North Sea on the way back to England.
Note that in 1944, Auschwitz was going at 20,000 people (killed) a day. The Allies were bombing within a mile of the camp at that time. There were factories all around it.
RealAudio account by Mr. S. (1:02 min.)
In the French documentary "Shoah," a German locomotive driver who took trainloads of Jews to the camps was interviewed. He said, "In those days, all the trains drivers wanted to get the run to Auschwitz." Why? Imagine you are an Allied pilot, and you want to bomb a German train. What is the ideal? You blow up the locomotive. It was not a safe place for locomotive drivers back in those days, especially when Germany was losing. The driver said, "About the only run in the entire war that wasn’t bombed was the main line to Auschwitz."
(8) arthur , February 26, 2007
Was Roosevelt Anti-Semitic
It is well documented that Roosevelt was aware of camps. His Treasury Secretary - Morgenthau begged him to bomb the railroads.
It is incredulous that Jews worshiped Roosevelt. Jews vote as a group for Democrats, who are usually anti Israel, the only haven in the next holocaust.
(7) Nathan , July 20, 2006
Everything that described here is completely against logic.Just one air strike of Auswitz could save thousands of lifes. To destroy guard towers, railway station and the fence. Was it seem more difficult than to flatten Dresden during entire night of February, 1945 ?When elemination of Jews were planned by Stalin in Russia in 1952, he died before accomplishing his plans.The terrible outcome of Holocaust seems more than "gzera min ha-shomaim", than anything else.
(6) elena , January 18, 2006
could it happen again??
Yes, it could and sadly we connot be sure that someone will intervene.We have many enemies being that we live in the united states and there is no fact that could prove if we get in trouble someone will" do something".As americans i think we depend a little too much on other nations to help us.Someday we are going to have to think for ourselves and it wont be easy so we might as well start now.hoping for the best wont get us anywhere and it certainly wont defend us in a war or terrorist attack.
(5) Leslie White , January 17, 2005
could it happen again??
Yes, it could. We cannot depend on anyone to "do something." We have to do something, and that does not mean hoping for the best. But what? You may ask. Think Maccabees.
(4) stephanie , January 4, 2005
allied gov't
It seems unbelieveable that the nazis were able to accomplish this without any intervention from other nations especially the united states and britain.They knew and still didn't do anything. i'm left with one question could it happen again??