From 1900 through 1920, Jewish leaders, including Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Max Nordau warned Jewry that six million Jews faced extermination in Eastern Europe. The causes they named varied from "German terror", to "Russian anti-Semitism", to "mass starvation". Jewish relief organizations raised funds to feed and clothe the Jews. Zionists petitioned to move them to Palestine. Whether entirely guilty, partially responsible, or completely innocent,...
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