How the Jews Defeated Hitler - Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism

Informationen zum Autor By Benjamin Ginsberg Klappentext One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted the Germans but actually played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The question, he contends, is not whether the Jews fought but where and by what means. True, many Jews were poorly armed, outnumbered, and without resources, but Ginsberg shows persuasively that this myth of passivity is solely that-a myth. The author describes how Jews resisted Nazism strongly in four major venues. First, they served as members of the Soviet military and as engineers who designed and built many pivotal Soviet weapons, including the T-34 tank. Second, a number were soldiers in the U.S. armed forces, and many also played key roles in discrediting American isolationism, in providing the Roosevelt administration with the support it needed for preparing for war, and in building the atomic bomb. Third, they made vital contributions to the Allies-the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain-in espionage and intelligence (especially cryptanalysis), and fourth, they assumed important roles in several European anti-Nazi resistance movements that often disrupted Germany's fragile military supply lines. In this compelling, cogent history, we discover that the Jews were an important factor in Hitler's defeat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: The Problem of Jewish ResistanceChapter 2: The Soviet Union: The War of the EngineersChapter 3: The United States: The Anti-Nazi CoalitionChapter 4: Jewish IntelligenceChapter 5: Partisan WarfareChapter 6: Aftermath and Afterward: From Tragedy to FarceBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Ginsberg, Ginsberg Benjamin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9781442222380
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2238-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, European studies;Jewish studies