Arrows in the dark [[electronic resource] ] : David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust / / Tuvia Friling ; translated by Ora Cummings

• Autore: Friling Tuvia
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wisc., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (704 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.53/1835
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews - Palestine - Politics and government - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: v. 1. Confronting the information; Phases of acknowledging: information, consciousness, mental and emotional processing ; Protest: political tool or substitute for action? ; Lightning rod: establishing the rescue committee ; Rescue plans ; "Or we shall have no repentance": plans to rescue children ; Dealing with the Devil: the 1942 and 1943 ransom plans ; Between the hammer and the anvil in 1944: continuing efforts to rescue children and the struggle for immigration to Palestine ; The secret partnership -- v. 2. "A one-in-a-million chance": attempts to rescue Hungarian Jewry and negotiations toward the end of the war ; Bombing to deter and stultify ; Financing of rescue attempts and assistance ; At the edge of the abyss: financial maneuvers by Ben-Gurion and Kaplan, 1942-1943 ; Financing aid and rescue activity in liberated Europe ; The Jewish Agency budget and fund-raising appeals in Palestine ; Fund-raising campaigns abroad ; Money transfers ; Funding aid and rescue operations: a summary.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arrows in the dark
• ISBN: 1-282-26902-X; 9786612269028; 0-299-17553-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451755803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II