"There are Times When Silence is a Sin": The Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress and the Anti-Nazi Boycott Movement. From: American Jewish History | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: SHERAMY, RONA | COPYRIGHT 2001 American Jewish Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

From 1933 to 1941 the American Jewish Congress helped lead a consumer boycott of German-made goods in the United States in an effort to undermine the Hitler regime and alleviate the crisis of German Jews. While failing to bring an end to Hitler's antisemitic campaign, the anti-Nazi boycott movement--and the Congress's participation therein--is still regarded as one of the most significant examples of American Jewish mobilization on behalf of European Jewry. Scholarly accounts of th...

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