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Autore |
Ginsberg Benjamin |
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Titolo |
How the Jews defeated Hitler : exploding the myth of Jewish passivity in the face of Nazism / / Benjamin Ginsberg |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-38641-5 |
1-4422-2239-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Jewish |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Jewish Resistance; Chapter 2. The Soviet Union: The War of the Engineers; Chapter 3. The United States: The Anti-Nazi Coalition; Chapter 4. Jewish Intelligence; Chapter 5. Partisan Warfare; Chapter 6. Aftermath and Afterward: From Tragedy to Farce; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 th |
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