David S. Wyman (1929–2018) was the chairman of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and emeritus professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was the author of The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941–1945 (The New Press) and Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, 1938–1941; the co-author, with Rafael Medoff, of A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust (The New Press); and the editor of the thirteen-volume America and the Holocaust and The World Reacts to the Holocaust. He holds honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College and Yeshiva University.

Praise for The Abandonment of the Jews:"A monumental volume: sweeping in its scope, stunning in its insight, and enduring in its importance. . . . A damning indictment." —The Wall Street Journal"Never before has the evidence been marshaled so painstakingly, with such meticulous scholarship and to such effect." —The Washington Post Book World"We will not see a better book on this subject in our lifetime."—Leonard Dinnerstein, The Journal of American History