More than parcels: wartime aid for Jews in Nazi-era camps and ghettos
TitleMore than parcels: wartime aid for Jews in Nazi-era camps and ghettos
Author
Call number940.5318/0584
Object number11385
Place of publicationDetroit, Michigan, United States
PublisherWayne State University Press.
Year of publication
2022
Physical descriptionix,367p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9780814349229
Description
Explores the horrors of the Holocaust by focusing on the systematic starvation of Jewish civilians confined to Nazi ghettos and camps. The modest relief parcel, often weighing no more than a few pounds and containing food, medicine, and clothing, could extend the lives and health of prisoners. For Jews in occupied Europe, receiving packages simultaneously provided critical emotional sustenance in the face of despair and grief.