Defying genocide: Jewish resistance and self-rescue in Hungary
TitleDefying genocide: Jewish resistance and self-rescue in Hungary
Call number940.5337/0069
Object number09013v
Place of publicationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp519-546
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780813225890
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish resistance against the Nazis' edited by Patrick Henry, pp 519-546
Description
More than 500,000 Hungarian Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but armed resistance was basically non-existent. These three authors explain why. There were no relevant non- Jewish anti-Nazi resistance that Jews could join. In March 1944, Jews were singled out, crowded into ghettos and 437,000 were deported
