‘A Façade for Inaction’? Governmental Actors, the Bermuda Conference and the Non-Rescue of Jewish Refugees

The article, ‘A Facade for Inaction’, explores the production of inaction by governmental actors during the 1943 Bermuda Conference. It focuses on how the Allied governments used the war effort as a pretext for not assisting Jewish refugees. By employing the theory of political inaction by Allan McConnell and Paul t’Hart, the study argues that inaction was produced to decrease pressure within British and American societies for intervention on behalf of persecuted Jews in Europe. This approach allows a more nuanced understanding of the complex negotiation processes regarding the rescue of Jewish refugees during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath.