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Hitler, the Allies, and the Jews

Shlomo Aronson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Aug '06

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This book examines the doomed political situation of the Jews in Germany under Nazi rule.

Based on known and new records now available, this book explains when and why Hitler decided to destroy the Jews of Europe, the Allied refusal to deal with things Jewish in order to be able to fight Hitler, and the dilemmas of the Jewish leadership abroad.This book offers an analysis of the Holocaust as a multiple trap, its origins, and its final stages, in which rescue seemed to be possible. With the Holocaust developing like a sort of a doomsday machine set in motion from all sides, the Jews found themselves between the hammer and various anvils, each of which worked according to the logic created by the Nazis that dictated the behavior of other parties and the relations between them before and during the Holocaust. The interplay between the various parties contributed to the victims' doom first by preventing help and later preventing rescue. These help and rescue efforts proved mainly self defeating, and various legacies about them emerged during the Holocaust and are heatedly debated even today. Their real nature is uncovered here on the basis of newly opened archives worldwide.

'A real contribution to the field of Jewish, Nazi, and World War II studies.' Richard Breitman, American University
'Aronson's book is a major contribution to Holocaust historiography.' Henry Friedlander, Emeritus, Brooklyn College
'… his passion never leads to bias; Aronson's book is a model of scholarly objectivity, supported by superb research. Hitler, the Allies, and the Jews is likely to become a standard work, to be consulted by anyone interested in Jewish and Allied reactions to the murder of the Jews in Europe.' Holocaust and Genocide Studies

ISBN: 9780521689793

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 549g

408 pages