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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791184203321

Titolo

'Bystanders' to the Holocaust : a re-evaluation / / editors, David Cesarani, Paul A. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-79174-6

0-7146-8243-8

1-315-81017-4

1-317-79175-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CesaraniDavid

LevinePaul A

Disciplina

940.53/18

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Moral and ethical aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Social aspects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

World War, 1939-1945 - Collaborationists

World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Frank Cass Publishers.

"This group of studies first appeared in "'Bystanders'to the Holocaust: a re-evaluation" a special issue of the Journal of Holocaust education, Volume  9, nos. 2 and 3 (Autumn/Winter 2000) published by Frank Cass and Co. Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Towards a Taxonomy of Rescuers in a 'Bystander' Country - Britain 1933-45; 'Pissing in the Wind'? The Search for Nuance in the Study of Holocaust 'Bystanders'; Constructing Allied Humanitarian Policy; Switzerland, National Socialist Policy, and the Legacy of History; The Lost Honour of the Bystanders? The Case of Jewish Emissaries in Switzerland

'The War is Over - Now You Can Go Home!' Jewish Refugees and the Swedish Labour Market in the Shadow of the HolocaustA Study of Antisemitic Attitudes within Sweden's Wartime Utlänningsbyrån;



Attitudes and Action: Comparing the Responses of Mid-level Bureaucrats to the Holocaust; Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses; Conclusion; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using accessible archival sources, a team of historians reveal how much the USA, Britain, Switzerland and Sweden knew about the Nazi attempt to murder all the Jews of Europe during World War II.