plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
TitelThe plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
Forfatter
Call numberS940.5318/004
Objektnummer03469MQ
UdgivelsesstedNew York, New York, United States
Udgivelsesår
2016
Målpp81-104
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp81-104
Beskrivelse
The Finnish Jewish leadership was aware of the Holocaust and took precautions: when the Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement strengthened Finland's ties with Germany in June 1944, Jewish leaders formulated plans to evacuate Jews to Sweden. Germany's worsening military situation allowed Finland to abandon cooperation with the Axis. The author addresses the silence surrounding this story, along with the complicated situation of Finnish Jewry in the war's afttermath