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Arrows in the Dark recounts and analyzes the many efforts of aid and rescue made by the Jewish community of Palestine--the Yishuv--to provide assistance to European Jews facing annihilation by the Nazis. Tuvia Friling provides a detailed account of the activities carried out at the behest of David Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv leadership, from daring attempts to extract Jews from Nazi-occupied territory, to proposals for direct negotiations with the Nazis. Through its rich array of detail and primary documentation, this book shows the wide scope and complexity of Yishuv activity at this time, refuting the idea that Ben-Gurion and the Yishuv ignored the plight of European Jews during the Holocaust.

Author: Alexander Missal
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 11/30/2008
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.30w x 0.89d
ISBN13: 9780299229405
ISBN10: 0299229408
BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding | History
- Technology & Engineering | Civil | General
- History | Latin America | Central America

About the Author
Alexander Missal, a journalist in Germany, earned his Ph.D. in Anglo-American history from the University of Cologne.