The Race
“The civil war in Palestine was overtaken by World War II.”
— David Brownstone and Irene Franck, Timelines of the Twentieth Century
The lean and hungry years of the Great Depression were eclipsed by the
outbreak of hostilities in Europe.
The Russian Revolution took a backseat to the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact.
Stalin’s Great Purge was put on hold by Germany’s invasion of Russia.
Official American neutrality was interrupted by the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Enlightenment was suspended until further notice by the race to build an atomic bomb.
But nothing overtook the murder of the Jews.
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