Czechoslovak service of the BBC and the Jews during World War II
TitleThe Czechoslovak service of the BBC and the Jews during World War II
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number04187bz
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherYad Vashem
Year of publication
2010
Dimensionspp123-153
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 38 Part 2, 2010 pp123-153
Description
Discusses the treatment of Jewish issues in the Czechoslovak government broadcasts to occupied Europe over the BBC. The wartime political climate played a considerable role in shaping the broadcasts that referred to the plight of the Jews. Calls for Czechs and Slovaks to aid Jews were cautious, as were condemnations of local collaborators, out of postwar diplomatic interests