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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796307103321

Autore

Bolchover Richard

Titolo

British Jewry and the Holocaust / / Richard Bolchover [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2020

ISBN

1-80034-002-8

1-909821-24-1

Edizione

[[New edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xliv, 210 pages)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

940.53/18

Soggetti

Jews - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Public opinion

Jews - Great Britain - Attitudes

Great Britain Ethnic relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition also issued in print: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

How did British Jewry respond to the Holocaust, how prominent was it on the communal agenda, and what does this response tell us about the values, politics, and fears of the Anglo-Jewish community? This book studies the priorities of that community, and thereby seeks to analyse the attitudes and philosophies which informed actions. It paints a picture of Anglo-Jewish life and its reactions to a wide range of matters in the non-Jewish world. The text charts the transmission of the news of the European catastrophe and discusses the various theories regarding reactions to these exceptional circumstances. It investigates the structures and political philosophies of Anglo-Jewry during the war years and covers the reactions of Jewish political and religious leaders as well as prominent Jews acting outside the community's institutional framework.