of the american and british government met in bermuda to find a solution to the growing refugee problem. the bermuda conference of april 1943 was not the result of outrage against evil or determination to do good or deep concern for jews. it was a show that yielded nothing but an optimistic press release and a dreary bureaucratic report released a month later. -- eight months later. an american official wrote to the secretary of state "the bermuda conference was an effective. -- was ineffective andwe knew it would be." one headline read "scant hope seen for victims." for those victims a death