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Quiz for Document 25–3: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to Fry, why were Americans reluctant to believe stories of the Holocaust during the war?

They were too fond of Germans to think it could ever happen.

Germany was considered an advanced civilization, not a relic of barbarous times.

Americans were used to World War I reports of well-behaved and honorable Germans.

No neutral countries believed stories of the Holocaust.

2. What action did Fry want the United States to take with regard to Jewish refugees?

Assure they were not moved to Eastern Europe

Allow their immigration to the United States

Assist them in reaching Palestine

Enlist their help in the fight against the Nazis

3. How did Fry predict the war would end?

With continued German efforts to exterminate other Europeans

In a permanent Nazi occupation of most of Europe

In a decisive and overwhelming Allied victory

In uprisings by occupied peoples across Europe