How long does it take to read The Abandonment of the Jews?
David S. Wyman
The Abandonment of the Jews by David S. Wyman takes about 8 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 444 pages, about 122,100 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author sets out to show that, whilst the Nazis were the murderers, Americans were all-too-passive accomplices, contending that a substantial commitment by the United States to rescuing Jewish people could have saved hundreds of thousands of Nazi victims.
Subjects: Émigration et immigration, États-Unis. War Refugee Board, Jews, Joden, Juifs, Holocaust
