Genocide and Rescue: The Holocaust in Hungary 1944

Why didn't the Hungarian Jews do more to resist the 'Final Solution'? Why didn't the Allies bomb the gas chambers at Auschwitz? Why did the Allies sabotage schemes to save the Jews? In this provocative book, historians from Hungary, Israel, Britain and the United States examine one of the greatest tragedies of World War II -- the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of the war when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Could Jews in the West have done more to help, or were they 'prisoners' of civil servants and politicians in Whitehall and the US State Department? Drawing on new sources, leading scholars address these controversial issues and shed new light on a shameful period in history.

Author: David Cesarani
Publisher: Berg 3pl
Published: 10/01/1997
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.42w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781859731260
ISBN10: 1859731260
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- History | Eastern Europe | General

About the Author
David Cesarani Professor of Twentieth-Century Jewish History and Culture, University of Southampton and Director, Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Librar