Background
Wyman, David Sword was born on March 6, 1929 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hollis Judson and Ruth (Sword) Wyman.
( In his landmark bestseller, The Abandonment of the Jews...)
In his landmark bestseller, The Abandonment of the Jews, David Wyman exhaustively detailed America’s failure to help rescue the victims of Nazi genocide. But one man, Peter Bergson, led a tireless battle against that tide of indifference, making it impossible for American leaders to plead ignorance of the German atrocities. Now, Wyman, along with Rafael Medoff, tells for the first time the story of the man who led America’s most effective campaign to rescue victims of the Holocaust. A Race Against Death utilizes extensive firsthand interviews to present Peter Bergson’s own account of his remarkable life and struggles. Facing deportation from America and threats on his life, Bergson employed every conceivable method to influence policy and public opinion: he personally hounded Congressmen to support a rescue; placed controversial full-page ads in major newspapers demanding action; and drew a record crowd of 40,000 to a rally and memorial pageant at Madison Square Garden. Award-winning historian David Wyman is the definitive authority on America’s actionand inactionduring the Holocaust. In A Race Against Death, he and Rafael Medoff return to this tragic era in American history and chronicle one of its few heroes.
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Wyman, David Sword was born on March 6, 1929 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hollis Judson and Ruth (Sword) Wyman.
AB, Boston University, 1951. Master of Education, Plymouth State College, 1961. AM, Harvard University, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute Religion, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University, 1988.
Various positions, 1951-1957;
teacher public schools, Tilton, N.H., 1957-1960;
teacher public high school, Penacook, N.H., 1960-1961;
professor of history, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1966-1991;
Josiah DuBois professor of history, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986-1991;
Josiah DuBois professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1991;
chairman Judaic Studies Program, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977-1978, 82-84. Academic advisor Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, since 1983. National county National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, 1986, numerous radio and television appearances.
Historian advisor to films.
( In his landmark bestseller, The Abandonment of the Jews...)
Member Society for American Baseball Research, New Hampshire History Society, Friends History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mildred Louise Smith, September 13, 1950. Children: James Nayler, Teresa Carol.