The end of Holocaust came as a respite for the Jewish victims, but they also wanted the international community to take actions to make sure this kind of event never happens again. There was a big possibility that a power like the Nazis could arise in the future and create a massacre like the Holocaust. So, soon after the Holocaust, severe actions were taken to promote peace and justice worldwide. The UN’s recognition of genocide as a crime, Americans allowing the Jews to enter the country and creating the universal declaration of human rights are evidence towards the international communities’ liberal actions, even though it hasn’t produced a peaceful atmosphere worldwide.
Firstly, some people wanted genocide to be recognized as a crime after
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But they never thought about the impact of Holocaust it had on the surviving Jews completely. US President Harry Truman slightly loosened the restrictions on immigration to persons displaced by the Nazis. “The US immigration laws was bad – really, really bad because they were too concentrated on the welfare of the country. I’d say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government’s name” (Sowell). This shows how the US were never able to promote a fair world because they wanted to improve the country’s welfare and they were trying to punish the Holocaust culprits, instead of helping the Jewish victims. Only 50,000 US immigration visas were available for displaced Jews between January 1, 1949, and December 31, 1952. This forced them to take major risks in order to find themselves a home, because of the lack of help. They either tried to sneak into the US or other countries, or live in countries where the Jews were constantly being tortured. Due to the self-centered attitude of the US, the Jews could never recover from what happened to them before, even though the US tried their best to achieve their goals and give the Jews a home to