The Holocaust occupies a key place in American consciousness, possibly more so than in many European countries. This is a post 1970 developement. Please see the link.
The recognition of the realities of the Holocaust shamed the Americans for not joining in the war against the Nazis sooner. Thousands of Jews relocated to the Unite States and found freedom and...
Six Million Jewish people killed. Two Million were children. .
They weren't just killed they were gased, worked to death, and impaled just because they were Jewish.