American Decades
"For the Jews—Life or Death?"
Editorial
By: I.F. Stone
Date: June 10, 1944
Source: Stone, I.F. "For the Jews—Life or Death?" The Nation 158, no. 24, June 10, 1944, 670–671.
About the Author: Born in Philadelphia, Isidor Feinstein (1907–1989) did not wait long before making a name for himself in journalism. By the age of 14, Feinstein had published his first newspaper, a left-leaning journal titled The Progress. The young writer attacked racism and human rights abuses—topics he would continue to cover passionately for the next 65 years. In response to growing anti-Semitism in Europe and the possibility that it would spread across the Atlantic, he changed his name to I.F. Stone in 1937. Stone wrote for liberal publications such as The Nation and PM during the 1930s and 1940s but remained a fiercely independent journalist. His most famous works came after World War II...
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1940's Media Primary Sources
- "London Blitz: September 1940"
- Captain America, No. 1
- Isolationist Speeches by Charles Lindbergh
- Editorial Cartoons of Dr. Seuss
- "Concentration Camp: U.S. Style"
- "This One Is Captain Waskow"
- "For the Jews—Life or Death?"
- World War II Cartoons
- Reporting the Holocaust
- "Hiroshima"
- "Superman vs. The Atom Man"
- "1948 Is Television's Big Boom Year"
- The Hollywood Blacklist
- "Could the Reds Seize Detroit?"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
