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But during the [[Second World War]] he became famous for something else: unabashed advocacy for the Jews against the [[Nazi]]s. In 1944, he wrote a work titled ''A Guide for the Bedeviled,'' roundly criticizing "objective thinkers" who, as he saw it, expressed too much sympathy for [[Germany|Germans]] when the first rumors of the [[Holocaust]] already had become too prominent to ignore. He also played an active role in the supply of what became the State of [[Israel]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] boycotted his work in retaliation for his activities.
 
But during the [[Second World War]] he became famous for something else: unabashed advocacy for the Jews against the [[Nazi]]s. In 1944, he wrote a work titled ''A Guide for the Bedeviled,'' roundly criticizing "objective thinkers" who, as he saw it, expressed too much sympathy for [[Germany|Germans]] when the first rumors of the [[Holocaust]] already had become too prominent to ignore. He also played an active role in the supply of what became the State of [[Israel]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] boycotted his work in retaliation for his activities.
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==External links==
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*[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ben-Hecht Biography] at the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
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*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/BHecht.html Biography] at the ''Jewish Virtual Library''
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