What was known in neutral countries about the on-going genocide of European Jews?
TítuloWhat was known in neutral countries about the on-going genocide of European Jews?
Autor
Call number940.5318/0508
Número del objeto06374h
Lugar de publicaciónBerlin, Germany
EditorialMetropol-Verlag
Año de publicación
2016
Paginaciónpp125-137
MaterialArticle
SerieIHRA series, 2
ISBN9783863312879
NotesArticle from the book 'Bystanders, rescuers or perpetrators? The neutral countries and the Shoah'pp125-137
Descripción
This essay seeks to understand when and through what channels countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Turkey learned that the Third Reich was implementing its policy of annihilating the Jews of Europe. The neutral and allied countries were well informed about antisemitic persecution conducted by the Nazi regime from its very beginning. From late autumn 1941, Germany's goal was to exterminate all the Jews on the continent. Yet it was a long time before this was understood by the Allies and the neutral states