Laurel Leff

Well Worth Saving

"A harrowing account of the profoundly consequential decisions American universities made about refugee scholars from Nazi-dominated Europe. The Unite...

Buried by the Times

The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper

An in-depth look at how The New York Times failed in its coverage of the fate of European Jews from 1939–45. It examines how the decisions that were...

Too Little, and Almost Too Late

The War Refugee Board and America's Response to the Holocaust

In the final, desperate months of the Holocaust, a small U.S. government agency raced against the clock to save Jews from the Nazis. Despite President...