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Facing the catastrophe : Jews and non-Jews in Europe during World War II edited by Beate Kosmala and Georgi Verbeeck.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Oxford : New York : Berg, 2011.Description: 266 pages 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781845204716 (hbk)
  • 9781845208257 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RD804.3 FAC
Contents:
Jews and non-Jews in the aryanization process: comparison of France and the Slovak state, 1939-45 / Jean-Marc Dreyfus and Eduard Nižňanský -- Pogroms and massacres during the summer of 1941 in the Łomża and Białystock district: the case of Radziłów / Andrzej Żbikowski -- Holocaust in the Lithuanian provinces: case studies of Jurbarkas and Utena / Christoph Dieckmann -- Facing deportation in Germany and the Netherlands: survival in hiding / Marnix Croes and Beate Kosmala -- Jews and their social environment: perspectives from the underground press in Poland and France / Daniel Blatman and Renée Poznanski -- Cultural memory and legal responses: Holocaust denial in Belgium and Romania / Georgi Verbeeck and Mariana Hausleitner.
Summary: Covering Western and Eastern Europe, this book looks at the Holocaust on the local level. It compares and contrasts the behaviour and attitude of neighbours in the face of the Holocaust. Topics covered include deportation programmes, relations between Jews and Gentiles, violence against Jews, perceptions of Jewish persecution, and reports of the Holocaust in the Jewish and non-Jewish press.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf D804.3 FAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 147739 Available BK134585
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf D804.3 FAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 147744 Available BK134369

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jews and non-Jews in the aryanization process: comparison of France and the Slovak state, 1939-45 / Jean-Marc Dreyfus and Eduard Nižňanský -- Pogroms and massacres during the summer of 1941 in the Łomża and Białystock district: the case of Radziłów / Andrzej Żbikowski -- Holocaust in the Lithuanian provinces: case studies of Jurbarkas and Utena / Christoph Dieckmann -- Facing deportation in Germany and the Netherlands: survival in hiding / Marnix Croes and Beate Kosmala -- Jews and their social environment: perspectives from the underground press in Poland and France / Daniel Blatman and Renée Poznanski -- Cultural memory and legal responses: Holocaust denial in Belgium and Romania / Georgi Verbeeck and Mariana Hausleitner.

Covering Western and Eastern Europe, this book looks at the Holocaust on the local level. It compares and contrasts the behaviour and attitude of neighbours in the face of the Holocaust. Topics covered include deportation programmes, relations between Jews and Gentiles, violence against Jews, perceptions of Jewish persecution, and reports of the Holocaust in the Jewish and non-Jewish press.

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