plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
TitreThe plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/004
N° d'objet03469MQ
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
Année de publication
2016
Dimensionspp81-104
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp81-104
Description
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