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plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The plan to rescue Finnish Jews in 1944
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03469MQ
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2016
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp81-104
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp81-104
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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