BBC Hungarian service and rescue of Jews of Hungary, 1940-1945
TitoloThe BBC Hungarian service and rescue of Jews of Hungary, 1940-1945
Autore
Call number364.151/0027
Numero oggetto08463s
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew York, New York, United States
EditoreColumbia University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2011
Paginazionepp313-330
MaterialeArticle
SerieThe CERI comparative politics and international studies series
ISBN9780231701723
NotesArticle from the book'Resisting genocide: the multiple forms of rescue' pp313-330
Descrizione
According to historian William D. Rubinstein, the possiblity of the Allies saving Jews from the Nazi genocide once World War II was underway was a myth. This paper argues that BBC broadcasts to Hungary were a weapon capable of providing early warning to even the most isloated Jews and of alerting them to the Nazis mass murders while it was still possible for some to flee. The BBC Hungarian service, only warned Hungarian Jews of the fate that awaited them once deportations had begun.