BBC Hungarian service and rescue of Jews of Hungary, 1940-1945
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The BBC Hungarian service and rescue of Jews of Hungary, 1940-1945
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number364.151/0027
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08463s
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Columbia University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2011
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp313-330
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]The CERI comparative politics and international studies series
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780231701723
NotesArticle from the book'Resisting genocide: the multiple forms of rescue' pp313-330
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.