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TitleThe BBC Hungarian service and rescue of Jews of Hungary, 1940-1945

Author

Frank Chalk

Call number364.151/0027

Object number08463s

Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States

PublisherColumbia University Press

Year of publication

2011

Physical descriptionpp313-330

MaterialArticle

Series titleThe CERI comparative politics and international studies series

ISBN9780231701723

NotesArticle from the book'Resisting genocide: the multiple forms of rescue' pp313-330

Description

According to historian William D. Rubinstein, the possiblity of the Allies saving Jews from the Nazi genocide once World War II was underway was a myth. This paper argues that BBC broadcasts to Hungary were a weapon capable of providing early warning to even the most isloated Jews and of alerting them to the Nazis mass murders while it was still possible for some to flee. The BBC Hungarian service, only warned Hungarian Jews of the fate that awaited them once deportations had begun.

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