Anti-Semitism and the rescue of Jews in France: an odd couple?
TitleAnti-Semitism and the rescue of Jews in France: an odd couple?
Author
Call number364.151/0027
Object number08463e
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherColumbia University Press
Year of publication
2011
Physical descriptionpp83-99
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe CERI comparative politics and international studies series
ISBN9780231701723
NotesArticle from the book'Resisting genocide: the multiple forms of rescue' pp83-99
Description
On the basis of a study of the treatment of the "Jewish problem" by the French Resistance between 1940and 1944, the author demonstrates that there is no automatic correspondence between rescuing Jews and philo-Semitism. She argues for shifting the interpretive framework of rescue acts from the 'humanitarian' to a more 'political' one