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The Year FDR Hid His Deathbed: 1944's Dark Secrets of Power & Holocaust
1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History
In 1944, FDR was dying. His doctor gave him a year to live. But the White House hid it, calling it 'the flu.' Meanwhile, the Holocaust was at its peak. 300,000 Hungarian Jews were gassed in weeks. A report exposing Auschwitz was buried by Jewish leaders trading lives for trucks. The Allies refused to bomb the gas chambers—even as their planes flew right over them. FDR chose Stalin over Churchill at Tehran, mocking the British leader to win Soviet trust. He signed off on internment camps for Japanese Americans. This is the untold story of the year that changed history—a year of impossible choices, moral failures, and a dying president who shaped the world we live in today. Based on Jay Winik's book '1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History.'
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