Beate Meyer

A Fatal Balancing Act

The Dilemma of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, 1939-1945

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In 1939 all German Jews had to become members of a newly founded Reich Association. The Jewish functionaries of this organization were faced with circumstances and events that forced them to walk a fine line between responsible action and collaboration. They had hoped to support mass emigration, mitigate the consequences of the anti-Jewish measures, and take care of the remaining community. When the Nazis forbade emigration and started mass deportations in 1941, the functionaries decided to cooperate to prevent the worst. In choosing to cooperate, they came into direct opposition with the interests of their members, who were then deported. I… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78238-028-3
EAN: 9781782380283
Produktnummer: 20450232
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 454 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'416 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Beate Meyer is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg, Germany and is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Hamburg. She has been a Fellow at the International Institute of Holocaust Research in Yad Vashem/Jerusalem (2000/2001) and the USHMM (2010). Recent publications include Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation (co-edited, University of Chicago Press 2009).