Jewish honor courts: revenge, retribution and reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust.
TitleJewish honor courts: revenge, retribution and reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust.
Call number940.5318/0448
Object number04759
Place of publicationDetroit, Michigan, United States
PublisherWayne State University Press
Year of publication
2015
Physical descriptionviii,387p.,index
MaterialBook
ISBN9780814338773
Description
After World War II, virtually all European countries struggled with the dilemma of citizens who had collaborated with Nazi occupiers. Jewish communities in particular faced the difficult task of confronting collaborators among their own ranks-those who had served on Jewish councils, worked as ghetto police, or acted as informants. European Jews established their own tribunals-honor courts-for dealing with these crimes, while Israel held dozens of court cases against alleged collaborators under a law passed two years after its founding. This book bring together scholars of Jewish social, cultural, political, and legal history to examine this little-studied chapter of Jewish history.