In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became President. Over the next 12 years, he instilled confidence in a nation that had been mired in fear. The Jews of America revered Roosevelt and, from an early age, author Robert Beir regarded him as a hero. In mid-life, however, Beir experienced a conflict. New research was questioning Roosevelt's record concerning the Holocaust. Beir felt compelled to undertake a historian's quest - and this book is the result. How much did Roosevelt know about the Holocaust, and what could he have done?