二战期间美国拒绝轰炸奥斯维辛集中营的原因探析

Analysis on the US Rejecting Bombing Auschwitz Concentration Camp in World War II

在德国纳粹疯狂屠犹的1944年,一些组织或个人向美国政府提出了轰炸奥斯维辛集中营、以拯救更多犹太人的请求,但为美国政府所拒绝。这个决定在二战后引起了西方历史学界的极大争议,西方历史学家在对这一事件的研究中,逐渐形成了观点截然不同的两派,一派对美国政府的决定进行了严厉的批评,另一派则赞同支持美国政府的决定。其实轰炸奥斯维辛集中营的请求大都是在1944年的下半年提出的,那时的美国在技术和能力上都能够做到,但种种因素的制约导致了美国政府拒绝对其进行轰炸。

In 1944, some organizations or individuals proposed the idea of bombing Auschwitz by the Allies in order to save more Jews. But this proposal was rejected by the USA government, which caused a storm of controversy by the western historians after the Second World War. As historians continued to study this question, they had been divided into two different parts： one criticized the USA severely, and the other supported it. In fact, the idea of bombing Auschwitz was proposed by some individuals or organizations in the second half of 1944, when the US could achieve it in technology and in capacity. But as a result of various factors, US government rejected bombing Auschwitz.