Resisting Persecution: Jews and Their Petitions during the Holocaust
Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (editor), Wolf Gruner (editor)Since antiquity, European Jewish diaspora communities have used formal appeals to secular and religious authorities to secure favors or protection. Such petitioning took on particular significance in modern dictatorships, often as the only tool left for voicing political opposition. During the Holocaust, tens of thousands of European Jews turned to individual and collective petitions in the face of state-sponsored violence. This volume offers the first extensive analysis of petitions authored by Jews in nations ruled by the Nazis and their allies. It demonstrates their underappreciated value as a historical source and reveals the many attempts of European Jews to resist intensifying persecution and actively struggle for survival.
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Année:
2020
Editeur::
Berghahn Books
Langue:
english
Pages:
262
ISBN 10:
1789207215
ISBN 13:
9781789207217
Collection:
Contemporary European History; 24
Fichier:
PDF, 1.50 MB
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english, 2020