Surviving undetected: the "Bund," rescue and memory in Germany
TitleSurviving undetected: the "Bund," rescue and memory in Germany
Author
Call number364.151/0027
Object number08463ab
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherColumbia University Press
Year of publication
2011
Physical descriptionpp465-479
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe CERI comparative politics and international studies series
ISBN9780231701723
NotesArticle from the book'Resisting genocide: the multiple forms of rescue' pp465-479
Description
Roseman analyzes the long history of the Bund, a socialist reform group established in the city of Essen that saved several Jews from death. The Bund did not describe itself as a religious organisation, but a bit like a religious sect with its own codes and rituals in the service of social change. It took many decades before the group obtained public recognition and almost 60 years before its members were honoured by Yad Vashem