'Bystanders' to the Holocaust: a re-evaluation
Title'Bystanders' to the Holocaust: a re-evaluation
Author
Call number940.5318/0171
Object number05394
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherFrank Cass
Year of publication
2002
Physical description286p.,index
MaterialBook
ISBN0714682438
NotesAlso appears as a special issue in 'The Journal of Holocaust Education' Volume 9 Numbers 2 & 3 2000
Description
This book uses new archival sources to examine the record of the 'free world' during the Nazi persecution and mass murder of the Jews, and ask why so little was done to help the Jews. Acclaimed historians and new researchers from around the world reveal how much Britain, the United States, Switzerland and Sweden knew about the fate of the Jews and explains why only a few, exceptional individuals understood the catastrophe that was unfolding