Since, in their essay, FDR and the Jews, Dr. Breitman and Lichtman seek to expose, at least in part, “…the strengths and limitations of the American presidency.” It is no surprise that in doing so they ascribe the role of FDR in the American government’s response to the Holocaust, as an ultimately sympathetic leader , who was largely hamstringed in his efforts to aid the victims of the Holocaust, and whose “…handling of the crisis of European Jewry may offer the best opportunity to understand the political dynamics of American responses to persecution and genocide in foreign lands.” Because, according to these author’s, “Even if FDR had been more willing to override domestic opposition and twist arms abroad, he could not have stopped the Nazis’