ing ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁probably ▁assigned ▁too ▁many ▁F ' s . ▁But ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁Armen ian ▁and ▁Greek ▁students ▁had ▁threatened ▁him ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁two ▁years ▁and ▁can ce led ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁classes ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁quarter . ▁With ▁the ▁controvers y ▁un ab ated ▁ten ▁years ▁later , ▁Shaw ▁would ▁claim ▁Armen ians ▁were ▁per sec uting ▁him ▁not ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁scholar ly ▁views ▁but ▁for ▁anti - S emit ism , ▁a ▁charge ▁that ▁was ▁ref uted ▁by ▁Jewish ▁organizations , ▁including ▁the ▁U CLA ▁chapter ▁of ▁H ille l , ▁on ▁campus , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Jewish ▁public ▁figures ▁and ▁sch ol ars . ▁ ▁Turkey ▁and ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁Shaw ' s ▁study ▁on ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Turkey ▁in ▁providing ▁refuge ▁to ▁the ▁Jews ▁of ▁Europe ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁leading ▁to ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁was ▁published . ▁Shaw ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Turkey , ▁as ▁a ▁neutral ▁during ▁the ▁greater ▁part ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁ex ert ed ▁its ▁diplom atic ▁efforts ▁to ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁its ▁ab ilities ▁to ▁save ▁Jews ▁of ▁Turkish ▁orig ins ▁from ▁ex termin ation . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁particularly ▁re cept ive ▁among ▁Turkish ▁government ▁circles . ▁It ▁was , ▁however , ▁sever ely ▁critic ized ▁by ▁Bernard ▁Wasser stein ▁in ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement ▁for ▁fact ual ▁and ▁method ological ▁errors . ▁Shaw