Jewish Responses to Persecution - 19421943

With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, this volume offers an important perspective on the peak years of the Nazi "Final Solution," when the Jewish struggle for survival became increasingly desperate. The rich set of documents captures the cultural, political, and economic diversity of European Jewry under assault.

List of contents

Introduction: The Peak of the Holocaust
Part I: Facing the "Final Solution" (Fall 1942-Spring 1943)
Chapter 1: The Impact of the Summer Deportations of 1942: From Warsaw to the West
Chapter 2: The Camp Universe
Chapter 3: Living and Working in the Remaining Ghettos
Part II: Responses in the Killing Zone (Fall 1942-Fall 1943)
Chapter 4: Hiding and Rescue
Chapter 5: Armed Resistance in Ghettos
Chapter 6: Fighting Outside Ghettos
Part III: The War Tide Turns (Spring 1943-Late 1943)
Chapter 7: Beyond Direct German Reach
Chapter 8: The Collapse of Fascist Italy
Chapter 9: Free Jewries: Outside Hitler's Orbit
Part IV: The Varieties of Jewish Experience
Chapter 10: The Hungarian Holocaust
Chapter 11: Jewish Experiences in Extreme Times
Chapter 12: Religion and the Holocaust

About the author

Emil Kerenji is an applied research scholar at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Summary

With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, this volume offers an important perspective on the peak years of the Nazi "Final Solution," when the Jewish struggle for survival became increasingly desperate. The rich set of documents captures the cultural, political, and economic diversity of European Jewry under assault.

Product details

• Authors: Emil Kerenji, Kerenji Emil
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2014
• EAN: 9781442236264
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3626-4
• No. of pages: 598
• Series: Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context; Documenting Life and Destructi; Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, European studies;Holocaust studies;Jewish studies