FACT CHECK · HOLOCAUST ANALOGIES: WARSAW GHETTO, NAZI COMPARISONS, HAAVARA, LEHI, THE MUFTI

Claim: American Jews and Zionists did nothing during the Holocaust

FALSE

THE ANSWER

Peter Bergson's group staged 'We Will Never Die' (spring 1943) and a rabbis' march on Washington (Oct 1943). The War Refugee Board followed in Jan 1944. He also backed a Jewish state.

SOURCE

US Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia: Peter Bergson
encyclopedia.ushmm.org

Checked 2026-10-21

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